[CLUE-Tech] More 802.11 Woes

[skipworthy at realivetech.com]

Hey Tim...

Sounds to me like you are just not getting routing between nodes- which is a
default configuration for out-of-the box security on D-Link products as far
as I know ( We have two Dlink routers, and one Wireless Gateway,. and they
all have the same default config)

I would try (temporarily) setting the filters and the firewall to allow the
192.168.44.x range and see if it opens up.

G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy C. Klein" <teece at silverklein.net>
To: "Clue-Tech List" <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] More 802.11 Woes


> Hey again,
>
> So I recently posted about my Linksys WMP11 802.11b card that did work.
>
> Well, I decided to buy bridges, instead, and not futz with drivers. I
> like the features/speed/price of the D-Link DWL-2000AP. It supposedly
> can be a client, an AP, a p2p bridge, or a point-to-multipoint bridge.
> The latter is what I thought I wanted. It also can to WPA, and 2x 54
> Mbps if both ends are D-Link.
>
> Well, I got it, but I am unhappy, again.  Am I crazy in expecting the
> following scenario to work:
>
> Keats: Debian Linux, My office
> Usul: Debian, Wife's office
> Keatsap: DWL-2000AP
> Usulap: DWL-2000AP
> Dslap: DWL-2000AP, connected to Zoom DSL modem, phone line, living room.
>
> I have it hooked up as:
>
> Keats --> Keatsap -->
>                      \
>                       \
>                        --> Dslap --> Zoom --> Internet
>                       /
>                      /
> Usul  --> Usulap  -->
>
> Zoom:    192.168.44.1
> Usul:    192.168.44.2
> Keats:   192.168.44.3
> Dslap:   192.168.44.4
> Keatsap: 192.168.44.5
> Usulap:  192.168.44.6
>
> The Dslap is configured in point-to-multipoint bridging. Usulap and
> Keatsap are configured in point-to-point bridging, and have the MAC
> address of Dslap.
>
> It works as far as getting Usul and Keats on the Internet.  However,
> Usul and Keats cannot see each other.  Am I crazy in expecting bridging
> to work that way?
>
> I actually tried it with Dslap as a Access Point, and the Keatsap and
> Usulap as Wireless clients, but that fails to work at all, which
> surprises me.  I am beginning to think that the D-Link firmware is just
> damn buggy, but I am no expert on how this technology functions, so I
> could be wrong.
>
> (No encryption of any kind is turned on, at this point.  I have also
> tried many, many iterations of feature toggling on the DWL-2000APs to
> try and straighten things out, to no avail).
>
> Tim
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