I didn't use the WRT54GL yet because it is complicated to flash
the firmware (i.e. it takes at least 30 minutes of concentrated
thought which I don' t have to devote to it now). I have a
Linksys wireless client G-570S lying around. It is not a
router. It just connects to an access point. It outputs a
single Ethernet port. You connect the 570 to the ISP's
wifi access point. I know from testing it at home that the
access point issues it an IP address, but the PC connecting
through it gets a different IP address (when I do it at home
on my home access point/router)
I'll recheck the 150-page user manual to see about a
MAC clone function. Do I understand that this is supposed
to work such that whatever IP address shows to the ISP for
the device connected will also show when the PC tries to
access?
jr
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:46:25 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>On 11/05/08 10:29 am, Jeffrey Race thus wrote :
>> OK so I am setting up internet access for my
>> step-father here in Bangkok; no DSL is available
>> but the ISP also offers unlimited access for about
>> $13 per month if we can access by WiFi. I verified
>> using my LMC350 card and norn antenna ("cantenna")
>> that I have signal and can log on. The server presents
>> a portal page to a browser when you connect so you
>> can input your username and password.
>>
>> Problem is the signal is too weak inside the house
>> so I have to use the horn on the roof connected to
>> Wireless Client hardware and run an ethernet cable
>> into the house. (Now using Linksys G-570S but later
>> if I can get it to work will switch to the WRT54GL.)
>>
>> However I cannot log on with the PC connected via
>> the ethernet port to the Wireless Client, I am guessing
>> because it asks for an IP address once the Client
>> connects to the ISP's Wifi access point. I suspect
>> the ISP has to authenticate on the issued IP
>> address and won't give me another one.
>>
>> Any ideas for a fix or workaround? All I can
>> think of is to set up an old computer and log
>> on with that, then use Internet Connection
>> Sharing (two lan cards in same machine).
>> Sounds clunky to me.
>>
>> Something better?
>>
>>
>Hey, Jeff...
>
>Just clone your "authenticated" PC's MAC address into the router. Most
>routers allow you to do this (the LinkSys does). I'm having a bit of
>trouble visualizing the setup, however. Are you using the Wi-Fi router
>as a router between the ISP's network and yours? If so, then your
>clients should be getting DHCP addresses form the router and not from
>the ISP. The router's WAN side is what needs to get your authenticated
>MAC address cloned onto it.
>
>Cheers/2
>
>--
>Lewis
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