On 10/9/06, RBW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> On 10/8/06, RBW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>> >
>> > Either there is something broken by design in the WGR614, or there is
>> > a configuration parameter that is set wrong. But I can't find what to
>> > change.
>> >
>> >
>> Unfortunately you are probably going to come to the same conclusion I
>> did and that others have:
>> http://nocat.net/wet11/wet_dhcp.html
>
> My reading of this reference:
> "DHCP replies from the Netgear MR814 and the Linksys BEFSR41 were
> received at the DHCP client because they were sent as broadcasts."
> "DHCP reply from the isc.org DHCP server was sent to the hardware
> address of the client, but did not make it to the client through the
> Access Point/WET-11"
Hmmmm... So the WET11 doesn't want to deal with clients when the client
is referred to by its MAC address? Does this imply it does layer 3 but
not layer 2 in the ISO scheme? I didn't linger long enough on the WET11
to tail any logs or anything...
>
> Whether the DHCP reply made it back through the WET-11 depended on the
> signal encoding used by the DHCP server. Different servers produced
> different results.
Sounds like something is way off base with how something is playing by
the RFC's somewhere. I'm betting the WET11 is foobarred as opposed to
the DHCP servers.
>
> My next experiment will be to try a Motorola WE800G Ethernet bridge,
> because I have one.
Yep, isolate the WET11. This is exactly what I did. After the
substitution of another bridge worked I subsequently found a point in
the network for the WET11 where it would behave well and I stuck it
there, until it eventually died (as did the Hawking bridge).
Like I said, I was later thinking in Linuxese in that there has to be a
better way and I figured out that 3rd party firmware on a couple
WRT54G's would let me bridge, relay, boost the wireless signal, do WDS,
anywhere at any time I can plug one of them into a network and so far
through just about any normal building interference.
Too bad that the price of old-style WRT54Gs seems to be holding up so high.
I'm curious what your results will be after you do the substitution.
Tried the easiest thing -- took out the WET11 and put in the Motorola
wireless bridge. After some pilot error in configuring it (look for
the "execute" button that is scrolled off the screen) everything works
properly. So now I have 802.11g connectivity to the back room, and
can use at least two computers there, each getting its individual DHCP
address from the router at the other side of the bridge.
carl
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