Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #6276

From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Wireless extension to LAN
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:48:44 -0400
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Hi, Ray...

On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:12:33 -0700
 "Ray Davison" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

It appears to all be working with WPA.  It seems that all it took is a fixed IP for G.

According to the screen shots, you have an address conflict between your two routers which is going to cause you untold grief. Assuming you have no statically-assigned device with an address of 192.168.1.2, change the G to that address.

OK, I guess my message that you replied to was a little brief and cryptic.  I should have said disregard previous message.

I did assign a fixed IP to G.  Then everything seemed to fall into place.  Both the GS and G nodes seem to be happy.  And currently using WPA.  What security setting is preferable?

As long as the G & the GS have *different* addresses (on the same network), you're fine. If they're both 192.168.1.1, then you will run into problems.

I would probably go with WPA2/TKIP+AES (WPA2 Mixed, or WPA2 Personal Mixed). This allows the broadest range of clients (operating systems, cards, and drivers) to negotiate.

Also, you'd might as well set the timezone in the G to keep the timestamps straight in the logs. ;-)

Even that confuses me.  "Use local time" is checked.  I selected -8 for US Pacific.  Last Sun Mar - Last Sun Oct is the closest to correct that is offered.

Hehehe... No, I'm the one who was confused. So many of these things come defaulted to PST, that I, being located in EST, immediately ass-u-me that the TZ hasn't been set. ;-) You got it right; please ignore such outbursts from me, as they are usually the result of either too much coffee, not enough sleep, too many clients yelling at me at once, or a combination of the above!

Anyway, glad this is working for you. I told you that the experience would be a good one to get under your belt. It's a little tricky, but I find that once you actually get it working, it's fairly consistent.

Cheers/2

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Lewis
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