On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Joe Pruett <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> my guess is that it is doing routing, and it sounds like it is using the > >> same ip range, which is really confusing. > > > > Why's this confusing? > > it isn't confusing if the device is bridging between the wireless and the > wired side. but when you use the wan port, it does nat routing (unless > that device has the ability to be setup in wap mode, or bridge mode or > something like that). since you are seeing one way pingability, that > sounds like the laptop is behind a nat box (just like your internet > router). by using the lan ports on the linksys you'll get bridged > behaviour because those are both "inside" the nat. with dhcp disabled on > the linksys, your laptop dhcp will be bridged to the netgear and get that > info for routing, dns, etc and the gateway functionality on the linksys > won't be used. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Rich, Run /sbin/route on the laptop and the desktop here when you get a chance and post them on the list. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
