So Chris, you mean to say that you can't lay a cable along the baseboards in your room? Where do you live? In a maximum-security prison? Does is landlord actually live in the room with you? Weird! Good luck with all of that.
Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 27, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because my landlord wont' allow me to do this for some weird reason. Oh > wait, I'll shut up. that isn't rellavant about my housing. > > Oh whoops? Sorry people. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Hernandez" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 10:55 PM > Subject: RE: Major trouble with internet: Warning: not for the basic user! > > > Ok, so he can't have the receiver next to the computer at his desk. So the > receiver is on another side of the room. Why can't he just run a cable along > the room's edges along the floor to the receiver from his internet router? > You can get a 25ft cable for like 20 bucks. > > Best, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Schucker > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 7:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Major trouble with internet: Warning: not for the basic user! > > In the interest of helping, here's what people are getting at. > > "Hi. I'm trying to make my mac bridge from wifi to Ethernet, so I can > connect an Ethernet device to it and give that device internet access. I > go into blah on the mac and enter ... I've also tried the command line > and ... Can anybody help"? > > Yes, the device might be relevant, but guess what? Your housing > situation and so on and so on and so on isn't, because you want to > bridge your wifi to your Ethernet port so something connected to that > port can access the internet. That's it. That's your question. It's > specific. It's short. You simply don't need the twelve side digressions > and the "and trust me when I tell you that I've sprinkled it with potato > chips and waved a dead chicken over it thirty times while praying to > great Cthulhu as prescribed in the seventeenth chapter of the > Glockenspiel Network Administrator's Guide, but the third edition which > is correct not the newer fourth edition which quite frankly in my > opinion is not worth the paper on which it was printed, and there is no > way I can use a cable because did I mention that my landlord has rules > and these rules are, and also if I had a different computer in a > parallel universe this would be easy but since we're in this particular > state of quantum collapse and not the one in which my former computer is > still functional or the one where I have a totally different but also > functional computer that could accomplish this task for me, or ..." > > In short, nobody cares why you want to bridge, or hwy it's an absolute > necessity that you do so and do no other thing. You have to bridge, it > ain't working. Done. > >> On 4/26/2015 17:44, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> Excuse me. I have posted to forums, and yes my housing arrangement >> is! rellavant, because if it was not rellavent, I would a just plugged >> it directly to my router, and bam! Problem solved. I can't with how >> things are arranged, so yes, it most certainly is! rellavent. >> Further, this is rellavent for the list, as isn't this list about the >> mac? Am I not trying to achieve this with a mac computer? There! OK >> then! >> Secondly, no one has had any idea in any of the forums I've posted >> to. I'd ask if you want me to put links to the forum discussions I >> created on to a virtual ciber fried poopoo platter for you to see, but >> what good would it do? >> Finally, you saying that I am being over hyper sensitive? Well, pardon >> me for asking a question. >> What the heck do you all want me to do? When I'm very brief with no, >> in your word, narrative, you all tell me I'm not specific enough. >> Then, when I try to elaborate, and be specific, you all cut off my >> balls for being too lengthy and for being a major attitude causer. >> So, make up your minds, with all due respect. Do you want me to give >> precise and con! cised info, or do you want the little snippits which >> don't seem to help you all. I obviously cannot win, so I may as well >> quit trying! >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* gs <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 26, 2015 6:18 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Major trouble with internet: Warning: not for the >> basic user! >> >> This list may not be the best forum to get a definitive response >> with regard to a specific network question like this. Instead of >> the condescending attitude, just go to the proper forum and narrow >> your question sufficiently. >> Work on the narrative skills and get down the the issue. >> You are obviously doing something wrong and not considering >> something with regard to the configuration. I've seen similar >> dilemmas but it's been a while and network bridging can be tricky, >> especially with something like an A/v receiver where one may not >> have ultimate control over how it decides to connect. I have more >> experience with these situations with Windows than with the Mac. >> And , of course, it may be that there is no solution. >> >> I admit I've read this with quite a lack of diligence and really >> have not focused on the specific issue because it seems quite like >> a comedy >> the way it's presented. >> >> I'm sure there are list subscribers who have the knowledge to >> solve the issue if it indeed can be solved. What I'm getting to is >> your housing/office situation is quite irrelevant. It takes us >> rewriting the issue in order to narrow it to the point that we can >> even start to consider the real problem. Many may not have the >> patience and can possibly not duplicate your scenario. Maybe >> seeking a more specialized forum will help. Not that it hurts >> posting here but without all the condescension. >> >> Not trying to be all that harsh here but you seem to be >> hypersensitive to the reactions you're getting. There's a reason why. >> >> >> >> On Apr 26, 2015, at 5:55 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Jeff, that would work, but the issue is, then, the receiver only >> would have LAN access. I need a way to get not just LAN access to >> the receiver, but it also needs to have specifically internet >> access, and with the way my office is designed architecturally >> speaking, there is no way I could gain internet access via >> ethernet without running cables along the ceiling, which isn't >> allowed. And please do not tell me then get another office. I'm >> sorry, but the poster who said that was totally out of line. >> Here's the thing. Your suggestion is great, but correct me if I >> am wrong. If I plug the ethernet cable from the Airport Express >> you suggested to the receiver, that would then connect the >> receiver via a LAN, and give it a private local area network IP. >> But then, I'd need a way to connect the WAN port of the Extreme to >> the internet, which would mean connecting an ethernet cord from >> the modem to the extreme, right? Well, if so, that isn't gonna >> happen. The modem is on the same desk as my router which has to >> be sitting across the room from the receiver. 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