Couldn't said it better myself. v2.8beta4 and higher have a fix that will allow you to basically "disregard" the MAC address so you can have it working with units like the aB and the WET11's however it opens up a small security hole.
/ Eje Thursday, September 25, 2003, 2:27:07 PM, you wrote: JB> Only PPPoE will work with both the AirBridge and the WET11. When you try to use the hotspot through the Airbridge it will substitute it's own MAC address for the client computers address. JB> Here is the short version of what is happening. Your computer requests an address from the DHCP server and uses it's own MAC Address. this is passed through the airbridge and the mikrotik assigns JB> the address, enters it and your MAC address in the arp table and sends it back to your computer. Now you try to send a TCP/IP packet to the mikrotik and the airbridge replaces your MAC address JB> with its own MAC address and when it gets to the Mikrotik the MAC address doesn't match what is in the arp table so the Mikrotik won't respond. The WET11 suffers from the same problem. JB> John JB> ----- Original Message ----- JB> From: Kevin Summers JB> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:11 PM JB> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] AirBridges and Bridging. JB> Yes. JB> Kevin Summers JB> KISTech Internet Services Inc. JB> www.kistech.com JB> -----Original Message----- JB> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Banes JB> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:46 AM JB> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] AirBridges and Bridging. JB> Are you using a Mikrotik Hotspot with the dhcp-pool method? JB> John JB> ----- Original Message ----- JB> From: Kevin Summers JB> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:34 AM JB> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] AirBridges and Bridging. JB> I've tried two other ABOs at this location, and tried all JB> the different firmware versions. I'm going to attempt one JB> more time today since we just kicked one guy off that had JB> Nachi and was broadcasting ping and NetBios packets all over JB> the place. JB> I'll let you know how it turns out. If we can't get the SB JB> radio working today I'll be replacing it with a WET 11 to JB> see how that goes. I just have to find a container to put JB> it in for weatherproofing. JB> As for the ability to get an address, but not ping the JB> gateway, I'm not sure. Once I changed to a different JB> brand of radio I was able to ping the gateway, and pull JB> up our HotSpot page. I couldn't do that with the ABO in JB> place no matter what I tried. JB> Kevin Summers JB> KISTech Internet Services Inc. JB> www.kistech.com JB> -----Original Message----- JB> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of sB Tech Support JB> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:38 PM JB> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] AirBridges and Bridging. JB> This could be device specific problem. Have you tried to replace the unit? It is weird that client can get an IP address but couldn't go anyway, does it able to ping to the accesspoint or JB> gateway. As to the slowness, can it because of the recent virus hit? The problem should be something else, if not interference, collision, packet loss.. JB> Alex JB> sB Tech Support JB> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> -----Original Message----- JB> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Summers JB> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:24 AM JB> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' JB> Subject: [smartBridges] AirBridges and Bridging. JB> Well, after fighting with this one connection for weeks JB> I finally decided to swap the ABO for a different brand JB> of radio. While it appears to be only able to pass one JB> MAC address in client bridge mode, it's doing what it's JB> supposed to do, and all the problems that we were having JB> with the ABO went away. JB> A run down of the problems.. JB> - Client could get an address from DHCP, but couldn't go JB> anywhere JB> - PPPoE login worked, but speed was VERY slow and sporadic. JB> - ABO worked better with 0.09.10 firmware, but the slowness JB> was killing the connection. JB> I tried changing radios, I tried different firmware versions, JB> I spent a great deal of time and money on various things trying JB> to fix this problem. Nothing worked except a different radio. JB> Does anyone happen to know if the WET11 will pass multiple MACs? JB> Kevin Summers JB> KISTech Internet Services Inc. JB> www.kistech.com Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The Family Entertainment Network eFax : 240-376-7272 Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 Online Store http://www.fament.com/catalog/ - Your Full Time Professionals - -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm 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
