Benjamin (and others), I've tried every combination of the standard ports, the uplink port & the WAN port between the LAN hub and the WAP and none of them are simply "plug-n-play, life is good". There's obviously some static mapping or something that the WAP has to know about to send the traffic to the other LAN.
Why would I want to turn off the DHCP in the WAP? You stated that NAT is not a good idea and that it doesn't work well with Microsoft's protocols. This WAP is NAT-based, as are many other things that exist quiet nicely in the Microsoft world. I've used NAT for this small LAN for two years now and have had no problems. What have you seen that would cause you to speak against it? Lastly, if you'll recall in my message, I stated that this was for business purposes and for use with my demo gear. As such, it is my demo gear that is using the 11-dot IP address scheme - not my own network. I don't have a lot of control of that, but the two networks will never meet. I just want the WAP to support my LAN when home and my demo gear when away on business. Larry A. Duncan Field Systems Engineer, Southeast Region Altiris Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: 615.599.5031 T: 800.869.9747 F: 615.599.5259 Have you maximized your investment in SMS, MOM and other Windows Mgmt tools? Get expert answers, hands-on training, and great utilities at the Microsoft Management Summit. Register today at http://www.altiris.com/aem/mmsconf2002/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Benjamin Scott Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:46 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Re: Kinda OT: Wireless LANs On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, at 10:20pm, Larry A. Duncan wrote: > - Linksys BEFW11S4v2 EtherFast WAP + Cable / DSL Router > ... I'd like to have the freedom of using the WAP when I'm home by > simply connecting it to my existing LAN. 802.11b is basically Ethernet without cables. You can bridge a wireless LAN to a wired LAN, and it functions as if you are on one big happy LAN -- which you are. No IP NAT or other layer three tricks are required -- your wireless nodes are in the same broadcast domain as the wired nodes. Easy as pie. The BEFW11S4 has a four-port switch bridged to the WAP. Connect your wired LAN hub to said switch, and you are good to go. Ignore the router and WAN side of the BEFW11S4 entirely. Oh, you will likely want to turn off the DHCP server built-in to the BEFW11S4 as well. Do that before you hook it up to your existing LAN. :-) Keep in mind that 802.11b is hideously insecure. Anyone within a thousand feet or so of you will have full access to your LAN, if they want it. > Is it possible for me to just connect the WAP to the hub and the wireless > connected clients be able to pass through using NAT? You could do that, but it would not be a good idea. It would complicate things needlessly, and likely make many things not work. NAT is not perfect. In particular, Microsoft's LAN protocols do not get along well with NAT. > 11.11.11.x - IP Addresses > 255.255.255.0 - Subnet Mask Ohhhhhh. Bad. Never, ever pick arbitrary IP addresses and use them on your LAN. You will screw yourself up when you collide with the real owner. There are over 16 million addresses reserved for private use by RFC-1918. Use some of them. 192.168.1.0/24 would be a good bet, given your existing wired LAN. Of course, all of this becomes moot if you just put everything on one broadcast domain. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 3/22/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 3/22/2002 ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
