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From: "Ray Davison" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless extension to LAN
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:16:41 -0700
To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

Please log into the GS which is running factory firmware. On the first page (IIRC), you should see something related to DHCP Server; a radio button, most likely. That should be enabled. Under that should be something to do with address range. Please let me know what it says.

At the top of the page (most likely) it will tell you the LAN address of the device, which is likely (if left at default) 192.168.1.1. Please verify this.

See G & GS-XX: http://picasaweb.google.com/raydav94/ScreenShots#

Please log into the G, running DD-WRT. Go to the Setup tab (I think; I'm looking at 2.4 SP1, and don't have ready access to a box running 2.3) and go down to the Network Setup section. Under Router IP, what is listed for the Local IP Address?

Under Network Address Server Settings (DHCP), please list the settings you see there.

Finally, from a wired client machine, please go to an OS/2 window and type:

ifconfig lan0 <Enter> (assuming your wired interface is indeed lan0)

Copy and paste the output into your reply; and then:

netstat -r <Enter>

copy and paste that output, as well.


Wireless security is off.

The System Information page said
Services > DHCP server = enabled

And I got the following:

[E:\]ifconfig lan0
lan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOOPBRD>
        inet 169.254.240.251  netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 169.254.240.251

[E:\]netstat -r
  destination             router                netmask     metric flags intrf

127.0.0.1              127.0.0.1              255.255.255.255   0    UH     lo
169.254.240.251        169.254.240.251        255.255.255.255   0    UC   lan0

On the setup page were buttons for DHCP.  I selected disabled.

And got the following:

[E:\]ifconfig lan0
lan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOOPBRD>
        inet 192.168.1.106  netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255

[E:\]netstat -r
  destination             router                netmask     metric flags intrf

default                192.168.1.1            0.0.0.0           0   UGP   lan0
66.214.48.27           192.168.1.1            255.255.255.255   0 UGHW3   lan0
68.190.192.35          192.168.1.1            255.255.255.255   0 UGHW3   lan0
127.0.0.1              127.0.0.1              255.255.255.255   0    UH     lo
192.168.1              192.168.1.106          255.255.255.0     0    UC   lan0
209.225.8.224          192.168.1.1            255.255.255.255   0  UGHW
lan0

This is from G on WXP while connected to LAN and internet.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

H:\Documents and Settings\Ray>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : domain.actdsltmp
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.110
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

H:\Documents and Settings\Ray>netstat -r

Route Table
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 40 f4 6e db 53 ...... Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC -
Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x3 ...00 19 21 3b 95 f8 ...... VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Sc
heduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.1.1   192.168.1.110    20
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       1
      192.168.1.0    255.255.255.0    192.168.1.110   192.168.1.110    20
    192.168.1.110  255.255.255.255        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1    20
    192.168.1.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.1.110   192.168.1.110    20
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0    192.168.1.110   192.168.1.110    20
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.1.110   192.168.1.110       1
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255    192.168.1.110               3       1
Default Gateway:       192.168.1.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None



With limited iterations it is difficult to establish cause and effect.

eCS SM could not access G.  When it ran it said it could not find Mozilla.org.  OK.  So I entered 192...  It continued to say cannot find Mozilla.  So I went to WXP.  Later eCS works.

Now I cannot find the G DHCP setup.  Note the Basic setup page Help side bar refers to DHCP setting, but it not on the page.

If LAN and internet work without wireless security but not with it doesn't that imply a security issue?

Ray
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