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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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I tried with the WAN on ppp0 instead of wlan0 and it worked! |
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The only iffy thing is I manually specify the eth0 gateway IP to match |
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the gateway IP for ppp0 which was DHCPed by wvdial. Is there a way to |
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make that more dynamic so I don't have to match the eth0 gateway IP |
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and the DHCPed ppp0 gateway IP? |
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Here are my configs: |
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laptop1 eth0 (managed by wicd) |
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IP: 192.168.0.1 |
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Netmask: 255.255.255.0 |
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Gateway: the.ppp0.gateway.ip |
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DNS: the.ppp0.gateway.ip |
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router/AP device |
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IP: 192.168.0.30 |
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Netmask: 255.255.255.0 |
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Gateway: 192.168.0.1 |
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laptop2 wlan0 (managed by wicd) |
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IP: 192.168.0.31 |
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Netmask: 255.255.255.0 |
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Gateway: 192.168.0.1 |
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DNS: 192.168.0.1 |
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As Dan mentioned in the previous thread, should I be able to use a |
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wireless network interface instead of the router/AP device? |
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- Grant |
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