 Re: Bridge two networks
João Miguel Roque wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a public hotspot that I want to access using my D-Link DWL-2000AP+
> but Ive been unable to do it! The L-Link is set up as wireless client and
> when I search for available wireless networks it finds the hotspot with
> SSID "802_11g" on chanel 6 and it parses the MAC address from him.
>
> I know that the hotspot is DHCP enabled in the range 10.0.0.X and gives as
> gateway the IP 10.0.0.254 and DNS 192.168.3.5
>
> The D-Link is configured with DHCP disabled and IP 192.168.1.1 but I'm
> unable to set the gateway as 10.0.0.254!!! I don't want and I can't put
> the D-Link with a IP in the range 10.0.0.X as I don't want to conflict
> with the hotspot network!
>
> In the computer side, I've put a IP like 192.168.1.20 and gateway
> 10.0.0.254 but nothing!
Why doesn't the D-Link get it's address via DHCP? Basically by using two
different private subnets, you're telling the network you don't want them
to communicate.
> The only way to access to the hotspot network was
> with the D-Link with IP 10.0.0.10
Yes.
> and the computer with IP 10.0.0.20 but
> this will use 2 IP's on the public network and later it will use maybe
> more as I will put my Asus WL-500g connected to the D-Link so that the
> Asus will make the wireless transmission to my network!
If you have a router in the mix, _it_ gets its address on the host network
from the hotspot's DHCP, and then assigns addresses on a 192.168.*.* subnet
to _your_ network.
> What config should I make in the D-Link side, keeping in mind that I need
> to have a IP range different from the one of the public network?
You don't, and you can't without a router. Sounds like this isn't really a
_public_ hotspot, just an open one.
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