It might be better to use an even less frequently used block of RFC1918/IANA reserved address space. I'd avoid the ones that most home routers use out-of-the-box which is usually in the 192.168.x.x range. The 10.x.x.x and 172.16.x.x are more virgin territory.
Greg On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:28 AM, David Williamson wrote: > Yes, it is most likely the LAN subnet on the radio that is causing the > problem. Microsoft made 169.254.x.x subnets non-routable beginning with > Windows Vista operating system. We had this problem about almost two years > ago and once we finally figured it out, we just changed all of our radio LAN > subnets from 169.254.1.x to 192.168.10.x subnet and it 100% solved this > problem. > > This problem only exists with firmware 9.5 or higher if memory serves me > correctly, because I remember we initially rolled back firmware and it solved > the issue “temporarily”, but the long-term fix was to change all the LAN > subnets on the NAT’d radios. > > I hope this helps. > > Regards, > > David Williamson > Owner > Custom Computers & Winchester Wireless > 2979 Valley Avenue > Winchester, VA 22601 > http://www.customcomputersva.com > http://www.winchesterwireless.com > Work 1: 540.722.9688 x223 > Work 2: 540-665-0800 x223 > Toll Free Fax: 877-765-3700 > da...@customcomputersva.com > da...@winchesterwireless.com > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Scottie Arnett > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:52 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Problem with Access to Canopy network > > Are you doing DHCP with the client radios? If so, I remember some having > problems if they used the 169.254.x.x private IP structure. Changing to > another private structure solved the problem. > > Scottie Arnett > President > Info-Ed, Inc. > Electronics and More > 931-243-2101 > sarn...@info-ed.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rwall...@tigernet.us > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:07 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Problem with Access to Canopy network > > To All, > > I have a problem with about 15 users not able to access the net. Their PC's > network icon, lower right on quick launch toolbar - MS, has a yellow triangle > w/!. indicating that their ethernet interface has no access. Each user has > MS7. > > This is specific to one tower location and three of the four sectors, 2 > Canopy 900's w/180* sectors, 2 Canopy 2.4's w/ 180* sectors. At first we > thought it was specific to MS7 Users, that is still the case. However, not > all MS7 users. The setup of all CPE & AP devices is the same. > > We have reset one 900 to factory default and reconfig'd that device with no > affect on the ability to access the net. > > Any suggestions, advice, questions or direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Ron Wallace > Hahnron, Inc. (Tigernet Internet) > rwall...@tigernet.us > Phone: 517-547-8410 > Cel: 517-740-0941 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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