[olug] Wireless bridge

[Abraham Serafino]

Sorry, I meant to say that I tried Adam Lassek's idea. ><

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Abraham Serafino
<abrahams at teknohazard.com>wrote:

> Well so far no luck, guys. I tried using nmap, it detected all the machines
> on my wireless network except the bridge. So I plugged the bridge straight
> into the wireless router, and it showed up in the attached devices list...
> but then of course, it got very confused when I tried to go to the internal
> webserver... hehehe
>
> Then I tried Mr. Tetherow's idea... I just turned everything off, shut 'er
> down, and stuck a paper-clip in the back to reset the device. Then I plugged
> it in and hooked it up, and started my computer again. I turned off my
> wireless adapter (which sort of works, but not satisfactorily, which is why
> I got the bridge to begin with), and tried to set up a local-only network
> between my PC and the bridge. Success! Almost... when I did an ifconfig, I
> discovered that my network was the default for a failed IP (something like
> 169.254.*.*, or something... I don't exactly remember.) I tried setting my
> own PC to something on the 10.10.*.* subnet, 10.10.1.2 and 10.10.1.100, no
> dice.
>
> The link lights work fine, in other words, the CB3000 thinks that its
> connected to both my PC and the wireless network, but my PC can't see either
> one.
>
> I was able to get to the bridge once when I set it up under Windows XP, ...
> I used a program on the driver CD to detect it's IP where it was attached to
> the computer. But when I tried to go to the IP it detected, it spent 2 or 3
> minutes "waiting for a reply from 10.10.1.1", and then timed out. I'm just
> about ready to call the manufacturer, but I'm a little skeptical about
> getting any Linux support.
>   On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net>wrote:
>
>> Every wireless bridge I have seen has a switch to change the port from
>> crossover to standard.
>>
>> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 14:30, Abraham Serafino <
>> abrahams at teknohazard.com
>> > >wrote:
>> > > Yes, that's my device. And I was rather hoping to do pretty much
>> exactly
>> > > that, minus hub. Couldn't I just plug my non-wireless devices (my
>> desktop
>> > > computer) straight into the CB3000?
>> >
>> > If you don't use a hub, you might have to use a "crossover" cable to
>> > connect
>> > your PC to this device - it all depends on the abilities of this bridge.
>> > (In short, if a regular RJ45 network cable doesn't make the link lights
>> > light up, you might want to put a hub/switch between the two devices.)
>> >
>> > Good luck - sounds like this device should "just work" since you already
>> > have wireless in your house.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
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> Abraham Serafino
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Thanks!
Abraham Serafino
email: abrahams at teknohazard.com
homepage: http://www.teknohazard.com/blog

"He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me."
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life."
-- Jesus Christ