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Date:  Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:17:22 +0100 (BST)
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From:  "Howard Winter" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Setting up wireless router

John,

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.
>
>Can I use the same IP address on both the WLAN and 
Ethernet interface? I'm 
>really not very clear about how this should hang 
together.

As I understand it (and I stand to be corrected!) 
Bridging is a connection between two parts *of the same 
network*, so not only can you use the same IP address on 
either side, but you must!  It acts as a single "point" 
on the network, with different physical interfaces, but 
there's no way for it to have two addresses.

Routing, on the other hand, connects two seperate 
networks, so has a different address on each side.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
The H2Org
http://www.ecomstation.co.uk


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