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Date:  Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:03:19 -0500
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From:  Sam Lewis <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Setting up wireless router

John Poltorak wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:37:16PM -0500, Sam Lewis wrote:
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>>John Poltorak wrote:
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>>>>Does your ISP assign these addresses to you?
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>>>My ISP has allocated five IP adresses to me
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>>OK that answers allot of unasked questions.  So your ISP is doing your 
>>routing between the internet and local network.
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>I'm not really sure what your point is...My IP addresses are all real 
>addresses not internal addresses, so the routing is just the same as any 
>other ISPs. 
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>
So you configure all of your systems with a Gateway/Router address? if 
so is it the same address as your ADSL Router/Bridge?

Or are you saying that all of your IP addesses are visible to the 
internet?  Surely thats not the case.

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>>>>Did you try assigning your spare IP address to your WiFi computer and 
>>>>see if get a connection?  
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>>>I don't think I have the WLAN interface on my wireless router configured
>>>so I wouldn't expect it to connect. 
>>>
>>>Should I assume that it using the same IP address as the ethernet 
>>>interface?
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>>For now I would work under that assumption.  That has been my experience 
>>with other wireless routers.
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>>>>Your Router/Bridge should have a default SSID 
>>>>but you can change that if you want.  
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>>>I've just checked and can see that it has an ESSID set to Artem, so it 
>>>must be something I changed a long time ago since I have a couple of Artem 
>>>cards. I also notice that the status is set to 'Activating'. Is that the 
>>>usual status?
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>>I'm not sure.  I would just fire up a wireless workstation and see if it 
>>works.
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>:-)
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>Nothing ever 'just works' - especially where OS/2 is involved.
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I beg to differ.  I too had allot of difficulties with my first wireless 
configurations.  When I got everyting working I found that I was getting 
wrapped around the axle about things that didn't really matter.

Setting up WiFi with OS/2 is really easy and straight forward.

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>>>>In MPTS field of your WiFi 
>>>>computer leave the SSID field blank and your WiFi card will pickup any 
>>>>Wireless network.
>>>>
>>>>What ISP are you using?
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>>>It's a small one in the UK.
>>> 
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>>We do things a little different across the pond.  If your Wired network 
>>is bridged then the wireless one should be also.  I wouldn't think you 
>>should have to do anything special.  I would recomend disabling WEP 
>>while getting it to work.  Once you get it working then you can worry 
>>about the security aspects.
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>I'll give it a go, but am not optimistic.
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What's the downside of trying? :)
Sam


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>>Sam
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