wireless help

erpa1119 erpa1119 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 7 15:19:37 UTC 2008


Why would I change something that is known to function correctly?




Steve Bertrand-2 wrote:
> 
>> topology: 
>> wall-->bellsouth router-->linksys AP 
>> linksys has a static IP of 192.168.1.3 
>> bellsouth router has a static IP of 192.168.1.254 
> 
> You need to configure different prefixes (aka subnets) on each side of 
> the Linksys router:
> 
> LAN side on Bellsouth:	192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0
> WAN side on Linksys:	192.168.1.3   255.255.255.0
> 
> LAN (wifi) side of Linksys:	192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
> Laptop:				192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0
> 
> Laptop gateway:			192.168.2.1
> 
> A trick I recommend very frequently to our ADSL subs that want to 
> implement a wireless router into their network who are already using our 
> equipment that has NAT enabled (to avoid double-NAT), is to disable DHCP 
> on the LAN side of the Linksys, disable the WAN interface, and connect 
> the ADSL modem to one of the LAN ports on the Linksys.
> 
> Essentially, your access point will then be just that.
> 
> Hope I understood your problem properly.
> 
> Steve
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