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Date:  Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:30:41 -0500
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  OS/2 Wireless Users <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Flushing routes

Has anyone noticed how it is sometimes necessary to flush the route 
table (and the arp table) multiple times, especially when switching back 
and forth between interfaces and/or networks? I just got done 
configuring a pair of LinkSys WRT54G's with Alchemy (the 
almost-opensource firmware available for them, which supports bridging 
mode, among other things - including boosting signal from the default 
23mw to 84mw) - which I accomplished, BTW, entirely under OS/2 with 
Firefox (as if there would be any doubt!) - and in the process, had to 
switch back and forth between interfaces and also had to reset one of 
the WRT54G's about a half dozen times, as I managed to lock it up. Every 
reset, of course, meant a return to the default subnet of 192.168.1.0, 
which was not the subnet I needed to configure, so I had to reconfigure 
my NIC each time.

Anyway, it appeared that after several reconfigs, I couldn't even ping 
my own interface, but the machine across the bridge could get a response 
from it (same subnet). Quite weird.

I think at next year's Warpstock, we should add a session on advanced 
wireless topics, like WDS (wireless distribution system - bridging 
mode). Thoughts?

-- 
Lewis
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Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA 
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