Teletronics XI-1500 or Zcomax XI-1500 ? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:12:53 -0400
>> Anyone familiar with the Teletronics Xi-1500 radio will >> tell you that when you are dealing with bridges the IP >> changes depending on which direction you are looking at >> the device, and what is on the other side of it. >> >> For example, on a backhaul link the status on the Xi-1500 >> shows that the link is connected to 192.168.253.110, which >> is in fact the correct address of the radio on the other >> side of the link. When I connect to that radio and look at >> it's status page, it should show 192.168.253.109, which is >> the radio that I just checked, but in fact it shows the IP >> address of the workstation I'm connecting to it from. >> >> It's not a bug, it's the nature of the beast, and it just >> may not be possible to get it to display the way that we >> think it should. That, I believe is why SB took it out. >> Their programming efforts are best spent on more critical >> aspects of the firmware. If somewhere along the line they >> should figure out a way to do it, so much the better for us. >> >> Kevin Summers >> KISTech Internet Services Inc. >> www.kistech.com > > > >I'm not familiar with the Teletronics, so maybe it's me and my flawed >understanding of bridges. Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying, >but what you're describing still doesn't match my experience. > >Here's what I have on my network (more or less. Well, ok. Less. Numbers >are fictitious, but you get the point.): > >NOC++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= >Win2K IP: 66.123.2.1 > > >ClientA+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >[antenna]->[radio]->[Linksys router] -> -> -> [3 computers] > >Radio IP: 192.168.2.3 MAC: 00-30-1A-00-00-03 >Router WAN IP: 66.123.2.3 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-03 >Router LAN IP: 192.168.1.1 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-02 >Computer IPS: 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, 192.168.103 ... > > > >ClientB+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >[antenna]->[radio]->[Linksys router] -> -> -> [2 computers] > >Radio IP: 192.168.2.4 MAC: 00-30-1A-00-00-04 >Router WAN IP: 66.123.2.4 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-04 >Router LAN IP: 192.168.1.1 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-03 >Computer IPS: 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, 192.168.103 ... > > > >ClientC+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >[antenna]->[radio]->[Linksys router] -> -> -> [5 computers] > >Radio IP: 192.168.2.5 MAC: 00-30-1A-00-00-05 >Router WAN IP: 66.123.2.5 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-05 >Router LAN IP: 192.168.1.1 MAC: 00-06-25-00-00-04 >Computer IPS: 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, 192.168.103 ... > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Here's what SimpleNMS would show: > >66.123.2.5 -> 00-30-1A-00-00-05 >66.123.2.5 -> 00-30-1A-00-00-04 (*should* show 66.123.12.4) >66.123.2.5 -> 00-30-1A-00-00-03 (*should* show 66.123.12.3) > >So my question is ...why was SimpleNMS showing that a radio's mac would >have a neighbor's public IPs? At no time was my Win2K box at the NOC using >a client's public IP. Why did SimpleNMS insist that a radio's MAC had a >neighbor's public IP? If those were private IPs (like the kind that show >up in simpleMonitor), then that's no problem. I can understand that a >bridge may display a public IP or may just show it's own private IP. But >it's somebody *else's* public IP?? > >If it's me, just say so, and I'll go google "Bridging 101" and stop >wasting everyone's time. I'm still "a pupil in an intro class". > > >Hope I'm not wasting everyone's time beating this dead horse.... > >Tim Foster >www.AledoBroadBand.com >Aledo's only high-speed ISP > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges ><yournickname> >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) >Archives: http://archives.part-15.org >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
