On 8 Aug 2006 10:58:03 -0700, "Skip - Working on the boat"
<SkipGundlach@gmail.com> wrote in
<1155059883.485683.125200@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups .com>:

>Thanks to John, Jeff, Lutful and others who've attempted to assist my
>very unsuccessful attempts to remedy what seemed an intractible problem
>in achieving a wireless solution.
>
>As this is not a problem any more, and therefore of little interest,
>I'll attempt brevity:
>
>My network engineer son and I spend 5 hours in his office with
>everything connected over ethernet, including my computer, his
>computer, on which he monitored traffic, and the AP and Bridge units.
>
>The problem was in the bridge which, when it was in "any" (no specified
>SSID) mode would see the AP in the same class (had to be or could not
>configure the bridge wirelessly through the AP), and immediately clash
>with it. If one wired the bridge, configured to a specified SSID other
>than the AP it connected to when put back, there was no conflict.
>
>It required a router in between to allow them on different classes to
>talk to each other. That the router just happened to be my (very
>limited router) Vonage phone unit was a bonus: I am also on the phone
>as though it were home.
>
>The b vs g discussion is presumed to be the reason I could not reach
>the station I'd been associating with the Hawking USB adapter; a newer
>bridge might do better for me, though I rather like the 200mw this one
>has. Perhaps there's a web interface configurable bridge with b/g and
>200 or more mw someone would like to recommend? Actually, of course,
>I'd prefer being able to point and click as I can with either the
>windows zero or Hawking configuration tools I have, but as I will
>always need to associate with my AP ("boatAP"), that probably won't
>happen.
>
>So, while I have to keep the Vonage unit aboard (vs up the mast) in
>order to run my phone line more effectively, and the Senao unit still
>requires NIC interface (unplug from the Vonage router) in order to
>configure in a new port, this is a workable solution. I'll be
>exploring POE next.
>
>All the prior thrashing around was a product of the b vs g for the
>local station difficulties, and the 'any' ssid configuration being
>overwhelmed with my ap connected to it for the IP conflict.
>
>Again, thanks to all who have attempted assistance in my travails.

The IP conflict should be avoidable.

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