Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:48:35 PM Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 08:05:12AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > > > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > > > It was very

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Hi. On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 08:05:12AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > > configuration - two

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > configuration - two WiFi APs with the same SSID ('AP name' in layman > terms), each brigded to the same wired

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Reco wrote: > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > configuration - two WiFi APs with the same SSID ('AP name' in layman > terms), each brigded to the same wired VLAN. Worked better than I was >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> Well, nice that they're starting to do that ... it's still a Linksys, so >> (not having any experience with it either), I'd lean toward it not being >> that great of a device. > > That's a shame. I was moving

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Hi. On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 09:17:06AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > > Celejar wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the same > >> channel as the upstream AP. It *cannot* use a different

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the same >> channel as the upstream AP. It *cannot* use a different channel. >> >> In the event you have a dual-band AP, and the following

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 10:00:31 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) >> > Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> >> >> Does the buffalo also

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> David Wright wrote: > >> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> >> > >> >> It's a nuance in the

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 10:00:31 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> Yep, you've got the terms right. > >> > >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi,

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> > >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. > >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting >> its time between pretending to be an AP for a client device, and

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: > >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > >> > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> >> [...] > >> >> > >> >> Yep, you've

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) >> > Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> >> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> Yep, you've got the terms right. > >> > >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it?

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: >> [...] >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it? >> or is it JUST trying to pretend that it's a client device to the >>

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Joe wrote: > >> > [...] > >> > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > >> > with

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Joe wrote: >> > [...] >> > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices >> > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. >> > Indeed, many routers

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Joe wrote: > > [...] > > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. > > Indeed, many routers can be configured as

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 13:09:00 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >> > >> > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> > Content-Disposition: inline >> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> > >> > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700),

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 12:49:16 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run > > > on the hardware, they should support bridging. > >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run > > on the hardware, they should support bridging. > > I can make sure the router I buy can run openwrt or ddwrt, but it >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > 1: I suppose there might be some network hardware which doesn't > > > support actual bridging of wired interfaces, but I've

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > 1: I suppose there might be some network hardware which doesn't > > support actual bridging of wired interfaces, but I've yet to see > > such an example. > > I think the router I've been

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 08:48:50 (+), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 13:09:00 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > >> On

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 23:26:38 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Joe wrote: > [...] > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. > Indeed, many routers can be configured as VLANs. Hubs pretty much are. Not entirely sure where you're thinking switches are

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

David Wright wrote: > > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: >> > When you reprogram routers with

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Friday, March 16, 2018 08:53:00 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I haven't had the need to do that, and I'm not quite sure how I would go > about it, but (thinking on the fly now), I might try putting a switch > immediately after the modem, with two routers plugged into that, then a > router and

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Friday, March 16, 2018 04:48:50 AM Joe wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: ... > > I haven't paid attention to this thread from the beginning, but > > looking at the sketch, I'm wondering what the purpose of the 2nd > > router is? Why not instead of a

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > > > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's formware doesn't allow > > for that? > > openwrt and dd-wrt both

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's formware doesn't allow > for that? openwrt and dd-wrt both allow wired bridging[1] (or pseudo-bridging by routing if your wireless

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Wednesday 14 March 2018 22:24:26 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 09 Mar 2018 at 12:31:35 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > > For many years I have used my desktp

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Fri 09 Mar 2018 at 12:31:35 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server > > > with two interfaces one

Re: Help needed with home network configuration:[SOLVED]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2018 23:22:36 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > Thanks again for all the inputs. > > I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. > > Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't > understand why I could not > get it working with

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 11:06:12AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I see I have broken the thread by adding [SOLVED] to the subject. But only because gmail is a broken mail user agent: it seems to have dropped the In-Reply-To header. The change of

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

I see I have broken the thread by adding [SOLVED] to the subject. Just to keep it in this thread: I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't understand why I could not get it working with Shorewall which I have used

Re: Help needed with home network configuration:[SOLVED]

Thanks again for all the inputs. I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't understand why I could not get it working with Shorewall which I have used for many years. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On 3/9/2018 3:30 PM, Johann Spies wrote: For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the local network. Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be available in parallel. I

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server > > with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the > > other the local network. > >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Johann Spies wrote: > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with > two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the > local network. > > Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be > available in parallel. > > I have

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

Hi. On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with > two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the > local network. > > Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both

Help needed with home network configuration

For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the local network. Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be available in parallel. I have decided to use my Raspberry Pi3 as