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Grant schrieb: |
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> My laptop is connected to a distant wireless signal with a strong |
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> antenna and I'd like to create a local wireless LAN using the distant |
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> wireless signal as the WAN. The layout would look something like |
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> this: |
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> WAN->(wireless)->laptop1->(ethernet)->router->(wireless)->laptop2 |
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> My travel router is wireless, has a LAN port, and can operate in |
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> Router, Client, or AP mode. I think AP mode is what I want. laptop2 |
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> can ping the router, but it can't ping laptop1. laptop1 can't ping |
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> the router. I don't know what my communication problem is between the |
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> router and laptop1. Here is my eth0 config for laptop1: |
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> config_eth0=( "192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" ) |
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> The travel router is in AP mode and configured like this: |
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> IP: 192.168.0.30 |
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> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 |
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> Gateway: 192.168.0.1 |
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> I have dnsmasq and shorewall on laptop1 for DNS and NAT, but I can't |
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> use those until I get laptop1 talking to the router. Does anyone see |
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> what I'm doing wrong? |
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> - Grant |
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Is it possible that you need different subnets for your AP's wired and |
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wireless connection? |
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