On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:04:25 -0700 wes <[email protected]> dijo: >> >> The D-Link is a gigabit router that serves me well. Its IP address is >> 192.168.0.1, although the Linksys appears to see it as 192.168.0.0. >> >The network number (192.168.0.0) is not the same as a host's IP number. >Also, this doesn't matter in a switched LAN situation. > >Setting it up with the crossover cable between the ethernet switch and >> the switch outlets on the Linksys makes it possible for my laptop to >> connect to it for administration purposes, and without using the >> laptop's wireless. In other words, I can connect to it via ethernet >> and do administrative stuff with its settings. > >This has sparked a memory: there is a setting labeled something >resembling "AP Isolation" that protects devices on the LAN from each >other. It's designed to be used in unsecured wireless situations, >where you only want guests to be able to reach the Internet, and not >any of your local devices. If you find this and turn it off, things >should work better. On my Linksys device, it's under Wireless -> >Advanced Wireless Settings.
I don't have such a setting, at least not on that tab. >> The default IP address of the Linksys is 192.168.1.1, but the rest of >> the network is working with the D-Link, so I set the IP address of >> the Linksys to 192.168.0.103. I set it to 103 because the D-Link's >> range is 100-200 and my laptop is already 102. For some reason that >> I cannot recall, the desktop is set to 165. > >If the D-Link's range is 100-200, you want to set static devices like >this Linksys deal to something outside the range. Otherwise, the >D-Link has no way of knowing that some device already has the IP >192.168.0.103, and will hand that IP to the next device that >DHCP-requests one. The number of possible permutations in the settings, even eliminating the ones that are obviously irrelevant, is staggering. I could spend the rest of my life trying things. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
