So I have a fairly strange network setup going here, mainly out of necessity. I'll diagram it out below, with "WAP" meaning wireless access device, and "Bridge" meaning a linksys router configure to be a wireless client that bridges its network connections onto the wireless. A --- line means wireless connection, === is ethernet. So here we go:
WAP1 <--- Bridge1 <=== WAP2 <--- Bridge2 === Device \==device +==device The two WAPs operate on different channels and different SSIDs, but they do share the same broadcast domain, and all DHCP is handled by the first WAP. It's one big subnet (well a dozen client devices total). Anyway the problem is this. From the first WAP or any device attached to it, I can only ping either the second Bridge or the Device attached to it, but not both at the same time. However from any device attached to the second WAP I can reach the device just fine, as well as the Bridge2. So I started sniffing. I can see the ping requests on the Bridge1 for both addresses, but only one responds, and the responses eventually switch back and forth. On WAP2, I can only see the ping request and response for the ping that's actually working! It's very strange. So maybe the packets are being dropped by the kernel on WAP2? I should mention that from a device on WAP1 I can ping any device that's attached (wireless or wired) to WAP2. Eventually I would like to run hard wires instead of using bridges, but for now I can't (would have to trench in 600' of cable). Any ideas? cheers, Michael /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */