On 10/23/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to troubleshoot two devices both behind the same IP address: > > Device A: a router > Device B: a wireless access point > > The network looks like this: > > Internet >> modem >> router >> AP > > Currently I have set up a firewall rule in the router to forward all pings to > the AP. The logic is that if the ping returns then both router and AP are > up. > > That's alright when both devices are working. However, if I am interested to > know which one of the two has failed, a different system is needed. Any idea > how I could ping them both separately? Is there a clever firewall rule I > could concoct?
I really don't get how you forward something to an Access Point, isn't this device like a "dumb hub" on your wireless network? Mine doesn't have an IP, nor MAC or anything that could identify it on the network. I would also be interested if something like that is possible... -- Daniel da Veiga Filosofia de TI: Programadores de verdade consideram o conceito "o que você vê é o que você tem" tão ruim em editores de texto quanto em mulheres. Não, o programador de verdade quer um editor de texto do estilo "você pediu, você levou" - complicado, indecifrável, poderoso, impiedoso, perigoso. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
