On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:43:56PM -0500, Sam Lewis wrote:
> >>Typically in a router your WAN interface has a internet IP address
> >>assigned by your ISP and your Local interface (the wired and wireless)
> >>has an IP address that is on the same network as the rest of your
> >>ethernet devices.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Maybe typically, but not applicable in my case.
> >
> >I have five static IP addresses - one for my ADSL wireless router, two for
> >my servers and one which I normally use with desktop. The other is allocated
> >as and when I need to use it.
> >
>
> Does your ISP assign these addresses to you?
My ISP has allocated five IP adresses to me
> > What I can't figure out is whether the WLAN
> >interface on the wireless router will have the same static IP address as
> >the ethernet interface.
> >
>
> In my experience with the Linksys routers they have the same address.
> The router has one IP address and this adress is the Gateway or Default
> Route. Your hardware may be different so maybe someone has experience
> with what you are using.
>
> Now if your ISP is assigning you all of these IP addresses then they may
> be doing the routing for you which would explain why your bridging
> configuration is working. So I would think that your Wireless interface
> is already active with the IP address you have been using for the wired
> interface. Your Cat5 and Wifi connections are most likely connected
> together via an internal Hub/Switch.
>
> > At the moment the device acts as a bridge between
> >the ADSL and ethernet interfaces, but I don't know whether to set the WLAN
> >interface as a bridge or router.
> >
> >
>
> Did you try assigning your spare IP address to your WiFi computer and
> see if get a connection?
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?
> Your Router/Bridge should have a default SSID
> but you can change that if you want.
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?
> 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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