On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:55:48 est5edt, Neil Waldhauer wrote:
>Now that I have the wireless NIC working, I'm going to have to get both the
>built-in NIC and the wireless NIC to work together.
>
>For my first test, I just changed the built-in Intel NIC driver to the AmbiCom
>Prism driver, and all went well. Should I configure the wireless NIC as a
>second NIC?
>
>I want to use DHCP on whichever NIC gets a network. How can I configure that?
>
>Neil
Great comments and questions, Neil. I have experienced similar items.
But, let me provide some specific details that may encourage more
detailed responses from those who are *know* what is correct.
First, the specific configuration that I am trying to make operational:
* TPad A30p built-in:
- LAN0: Intel PRO PCI [E100BEO2 driver]
- LAN1: 802.11b [PRISM driver]
* MPTS Configuration specs
Both LAN0 and LAN1:
- TCPIP
- NETBIOS
LAN0:
- Interface Enabled
- DHCP [n/a on any other LANn...]
- DDNS is not selected.
LAN1:
- Interface *not* enabled, because it insists on having a
MANUAL IP Address and Subnet Mask. I have no idea what
to specify here. Maybe if I could resolve this issue
the rest would fall into place.
* TCP/IP Configuration Issues:
- For some reason, I cannot change the DHCP to anything
other than LAN0. Therefore, in order to activate the WLAN,
I have had to go into MPTS and change the Adapter Numbers
on the two adapters. Just to anticipate the question:
Even if I remove the selection of DHCP on LAN0, I cannot
select it on LAN1.
- I have not been able to make both NICs active at one time.
[See LAN1 comments above.]
i.e., I would like to be able to just turn the system on
and have the adapter that finds a signal take over with
DHCP using the connection that becomes active.
- When I did switch the two adapter numbers around so that
LAN0 was the Wireless, the only time I have ever been
able to actually make a connection is when I was able to
specifically identify a Network ID (SSID) that matched the
known ID of a predefined WLAN. AND, I also had to specify
the KNOWN DNS for that network in the MPTS "Host Names"
section.
- Only if I had the Wireless Adapter 'active' when the system
was booted, did the DHCP actually find/assign an IP address.
In all other cases, the DHCP Monitor always shows the IP
Address as "Not Registered." Killing the DHCP and restarting
it followed by Action->Request-Lease does not seem to work with
the wireless as it does with the Ethernet.
I think I have covered all of the conditions and configuration issues
that I have seen. Hopefully, this will allow someone who really
understands how to set this up to provide a "Wireless for Dummies"
response for those of us who can follow detailed directions, but are
not network savvy enough to figure things out for ourselves. [Now,
maybe that does not apply to Neil, but it does to me.]
Thanks in advance,
Carl
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