Eric Larson wrote:
>
> I recently purchased a Webgear Aviator 2.4 wireless lan kit that contains
> two PCMCIA cards and two ISA adaptor cards with the intent of giving myself
> the ability to roam about the house and back yard and still have internet
> connectivity with my laptop. This card is supported in the latest version
> of PCMCIA. After compilation and installation everything SEEMS to be working,
> (two beeps and all that) but I am a little bit at a loss as to how to
> best configure the resulting network.
>
> The desktop now has active network interfaces (eth0 which is a tulip
> ethernet card) that handles connectivity with one other desktop workstation,
> (and the laptop if I use an ethernet card in it) and eth1, which is the
> wireless LAN card. The ethernet card is assigned to 192.168.0.1. Also attached
> to the desktop is a modem which I use in conjunction with diald and ppp
> and IP masqing to make my internet connection. The other desktop is set up as
> 192.168.0.2, and the laptop (when equipped with ethernet) is set up as 192.168.0.3.
>
> What I need to know is whether I have to or should establish a separate subnet
> for the wireless segment; or if it should be configured as part of the
> 192.168.0.x network. Pointers to the best book in this area would also be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
I have almost an identical setup, and I put the wireless box as
an address on my 192.168.1.149. In my case the main machine is
192.168.1.1. My wireless cards are treated like anyother NIC
on the system. I see no reason to set up a sub net. I think it would
just be a headache.
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