RE: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls

[Seeni Mohamed]

Hi Rick,   Thank you for your detailed information on the network setup.   Sorry, I missed out your original post and you have clearly mentioned that the ABO is connected at the WAN port of the router. As based on your setup, the aBO is connected at the WAN port of the router and ABO is wirelessly connected to NOC's APPO. With this setup, you can use firmware 0.01.04 onwards. In this scenario, the PC can able to pass the traffic to the internet successfully. Because the router does the NAT between the two network.   Setup : 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/24 --> {Linksys LAN=192.168.1.1/24 : WAN=12.172.164.202/24} --> {ABO=12.172.166.202/24} --> {APPO=12.172.164.11/24}   Setup : 2 Actually I was referring to the reverse setup of the airBridge connected behind the router's LAN port. PC ........APPO.......aBO(09.10) __ (LAN)Router(WAN).......Internet With the above setup, you have to use the firmware 09.10 on the aBO.   The intermittent problem, perhaps due to low signal strength between CPE(ABO) and APPO.   Thank you   Kind regards, Seeni sB Tech support     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kunze Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] OT: ABO and firewalls     Well, I've got it working again.   [EMAIL PROTECTED]/24 --> {Linksys LAN=192.168.1.1/24 : WAN=12.172.164.202/24} --> {ABO=12.172.166.202/24} --> {APPO=12.172.164.11/24}   Seeni?  Does this tell you anything?  The PC (192.168.1.45/24) can indeed route to the Internet in this scenario, with the ABO on a different /24.   I'm sending this from that setup.   Rk       -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kunze Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls   Seeni,   Thanks for the response.  I installed 6 ABO units 2 months ago, the all get updated as you release new firmware, and all have 01.07 firmware in them now.  They ALL have Linksys BEFSR41 firewalls, and are all set up exactly the same.  LAN is 192.168.x.x and WAN is public IP.  Each customer gets two public IP addresses from me.  One for the ABO, one for the WAN port on the Linksys.  Of these 6 customers, only one has this problem, and it's intermittent.  The customer started out working just fine, no problems at all.  Then after several weeks the Linksys or ABO seems to have a problem passing traffic, but there is NO problem passing pings.  When this problem began on this one customer, I suspected a faulty Linksys.  I replaced the Linksys with a new one, and the customer was happy, it worked fine.  Then, after several weeks, the problem resurfaced again.   All ABO have 01.07 firmware.  I verified this today.   Rk   At 06:40 AM 10/31/2003, you wrote:   >Probably they might be using 0.09.10 firmware (Single MAC) on the >airbridge. >With the newer firmware (0.01.04 onwards) loaded on the aB, the PCs will >not be able to get to internet. This is correct symptom as the aB does >Mac translation causing this design unsuitable for routing. It can only >work between the site to site connectivity. > >To workaround this problem, you can downgrade the aB to older firmware >0.09.10, and this will become transparent bridge with single Mac >support. The aB is connected directly to the router/firewall so it can >only see the router/firewall as single client. >In order install the old firmware 0.09.10, please install the >simpleMonitor 1.43 which is included with 0.09.10. >http://www.smartbridges.com/new/support/ab.php > >Thank you > >Kind regards, >Seeni >sB Tech support > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kunze >Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:16 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > >I've got many other customers running this exact same setup. > >Rk > >At 12:55 AM 10/31/2003, you wrote: > >In my experience you can't use an airBridge (indoor) to connect your > >firewall to your AP. For that you need an airPoint in Client Bridge >mode. > >Internet traffic will not pass if you use an AB even though you can >ping > >everything else. > > > >See my reply to Microcell setup > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jeremy Oswalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:10 AM > >Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > > > > > > > Are you using NAT or any internal IP's?  I run 10.0.0.0 on my >network and > > > have had issues with people running the same on their own internal > >networks. > > > > > >   _____ > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > >   _____ > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of Rick Kunze > > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:57 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > > > > > > I've got several other customers running exactly this same setup >with no > > > apparent problems.  So it's not simply the firewall it would appear. > > > > > > Rk > > > > > > At 05:21 PM 10/30/2003, you wrote: > > > >Yup, I know exactly what it is. The Firewall is breaking it :-) > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Behalf Of Rick Kunze > > > >Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:21 PM > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > > > > > > > >I seem to have a few problems. > > > > > > > >I've got a customer with an ABO, and like all my customers he has a > >Linksys > > > >BEFSR41 firewall.  The WAN port is static and public, the LAN is > > > >192.169.1.1 and is static. > > > > > > > >There seems to be a problem passing traffic.  But if the firewall >is > > > >removed from the loop and it's WAN address assigned to the PC it >works > > > fine. > > > > > > > >I have this offending firewall here on my test bench now, hooked to >yet > > > >another ABO and it's doing the same thing.  I then replaced it with >a new > > > >Netgear (more features/expensive) firewall and this one also does >the > >same > > > >thing.  That is, with either firewall in the loop it won't pass > > > >traffic.  Yet from a PC on the private side of the firewall I can >ping > >both > > > >the firewall (private) and the ABO (public), AND from a PC on my >wired > > > >Ethernet I can ping the ABO across the wireless. > > > > > > > >Anyone got a clue what this is all about?  Oh, and I've done the >reset to > > > >factory defaults on both devices MULTIPLE times.  Occasionally it >works, > > > >but most of the time it won't pass any traffic between the PC and >my > >tower > > > >if there is a firewall in the loop. > > > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > > > >Rk > > > > > > > >----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > > > >Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > > > >http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > > > > > > >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