First, let me explain why the installer can login to the airBridge with his latop on public IP. By default, the airBridge being client device and its gateway is set to 0.0.0.0, and internally add routing on it, so you can login into it no matter what IP your PC is. This only work if the PC is attached behind the airBridge Ethernet segment.
Secondly, this may not work on Win98SE. Need to confirm. Thirdly, in order to search the airBridge from the wireless side, it has to be on the same subnet as the airBridge and that the device's primary port to be set to wireless. My recommendation is to set to the same subnet to avoid confusion or other error. Alex sB Tech Support -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:50 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [smartBridges] Searching for airBridges I've got the weirdest thing going on. When my installer puts in an airBridge, he uses a public IP address on his laptop and has no problem logging into the airBridge, configuring it for its new IP address (192.168.7.x/255.255.0.0), setting it to the proper AP, etc, etc, etc. On my laptop, I can never see an airBridge unless my PCMCIA card is on the 192.168.x.x subnet. Why's that? (he uses XP and I use Win98SE) And stranger still... My servers at the NOC can never see a radio that he programs. If I open up airBridge simpleMonitor and click the Search button, not only does his radios never come up on the screen, but they never show up in the arp -a list. What's up with that? Dittos for my laptop. When I plug my laptop into the switch at my NOC or connect wirelessly, I can never see the radios he programs. And yes, they do work! I can ping the client's *router*'s address, and *sometimes* their radio. ..but the radio doesn't come up on the search screen and it sometimes doesn't respond to pings. As soon as I plug in and program the radio (change it to a 192.168.5.x IP), voila! it shows up in any search screen (laptop, noc, whatever). I'm stumped. What's going on? (Tom.. I'll need Eje's screwdriver when you're done with it) Tim Foster www.AledoBroadBand.com Aledo's only high-speed ISP 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 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
