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In-Reply-To: <auto-000405624335@admin.nni.com>; from Stanley Sidlov on Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:48:50AM -0400
Date:  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:44:39 +0100
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From:  John Poltorak <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Setting up wireless router

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:48:50AM -0400, Stanley Sidlov wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:58:17 +0100, John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> >I need some help setting up my wireless router - I've had it for years but 
> >only ever use it as router between my ADSL line and my ethernet 
> >network.
> >
> >The WLAN Configuration allows it to be set in either Bridged or Routed 
> >mode. It's currently set to Bridged, and the Ethernet interface has a 
> >fixed IP address which I want to keep.
> 
> what router is it? 

It's an ASUS wireless ADSL router with 4 ports - although this model has  
now been superceded.
 
> I have a SMC 8 port hub. One of it's ports has a SMC Wireless AP attached. 

So you have two seperate devices?...

> Only the ASUS wg300 is in 'bridge mode' It's IP is the same subnet as the SMC router but 
> does not have the same IP. It has the same SSID. It has the gateway IP of the SMC router, 
> and the DNS entry of the SMC router.  This allows the IP phone attached to it, and my 
> wife's laptop attached to it, to ask the SMC router for IP addresses and DNS resolution. 
> The Asus has a stored profile to connect to the channel and SSID and encryption that the 
> SMC AP uses instead of the 5 other networks available in my house from my neighbors. 
> Thankfully, my neighbors are too dumb to use anything but the default channel 6.....

Your setup looks completely different to mine.
 
 
  
> Stan Sidlov
> --
> http://www.warpstock.org
> 
>  Warpstock 2005 will be Hershey, PA, Oct. 6-10th. 
>      What are YOU doing that weekend?


-- 
John


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