Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>Bob & Geri <bobandgeri@rbhayes.net> hath wroth:
>
>>At our campgorund I have a WET54G with a directional antenna connected
>>to it, and a WAP54G connected to it via the Ethernet cable. I am able
>>to connect to the campgrounds wireless with a 100% signal at 54Mbps
>>via the bridge/antenna, and the same in our trailer to the WAP54G
>>achieving download speeds up to 2 Mgps.
>
>I read this that you're using the WET54G and the WAP54G as client
>radios to connect to whatever the campground is using. What are they
>using for hardware?
Yes - I am connecting to the Campgroud router with the WET54G bridge
to the WAP54G AP. This all works fine.
>>The campground service is a external pay service,
>
>Which pay service? Many of these (Bonigo, Waypoint, etc) lock in
>their hardware to prevent wire tapping. The MAC address of the pay
>service supplied router is registered with their server and will not
>work with a replacement.
WiConnect is the service, but this all works fine. I can connect to
the current service with no issue. The campground owner actually
supplies and pays for the cable modem connection. His goal is to
provide WiFi to the campground for free - hence my desire to make sure
it works well.
>>so I offered to give
>>him a spare WRT54G so he could offer free Wifi to folks. Only problem
>>is that when we swap out the original router with the Linksys, I
>>cannot connect in the trailer.
>
>Cannot connect to the WRT54G or cannot connect to the internet? One
>step at a time. Can you get to the router setup screen at
>192.168.1.1?
When I point the WET54G bridge to the WRT54G and connect using the
correct SSID, I cannot obtain an IP address from the WRT54G router.
When I have the WET54G bridge pointed to the current campground router
it works just fine.
>Which box is supplying the IP addresses? Are they coming from the pay
>service router or are they coming from your WRT54G?
I am trying to have the WRT54G router provide the IP address via teh
WET54G bridge/WAP54G AP setup. In this setup with the 3 Linksys
products, I cannot obtain an IP address when I connect to the WAP54G
AP. If I point my laptop via the wireless card directly to the WRT54G
router I get an IP address with no problem. If I connect the laptop to
the WRT54g router via an ethernet cable I also have no problem.
Is there any
>address overlap. There are so many ways to do this wrong that I don't
>even know where to start offering things to check. It could be setup,
>interference, encryption issues, typo errors, wiring errors,
>assumptions, conflicts with the pay service system, authentication
>with the pay service, multiple DHCP servers, etc.
No to all of the above - I am proficient at conecting to differant
Wireless nets.
>>If I plug my laptop into the WET54G I
>>can obtain an IP address but it takes a long time - much much longer
>>than normal.
>
>Let me guess.... The IP address is 169.254.xxx.xxx ????
No - The address is correct - I obtain an address of 192.168.1.211 (I
have the starting range configured this way. If I connect to the
WRT54G router with my laptop either via wireless or ethernet, I
connect and recieve an IP address in @ 10 seconds.
When the WET54g is pointed at the current campground router, I recieve
an IP address is the same timeframe either connected to the bridge via
ethernet, or to the WAP54G AP via wireless (after it is connected to
the WET54g bridge.
When I point the WET54G bridge to the WRT54g router, it takes up to a
minute to connect and obtain an IP address. When I connect the WAP54G
bridge to the WET54G bridge via ethernet and I try to connect to the
WAP54G with my laptop , I obtain a 100% signal, but fail to obtain an
IP address.
>How can you connect to the WRT54G? With a CAT5 cable or via wireless?
either way works
>Does that mean you can connect to the router (as in seeing the
>192.168.1.1 setup page) or to the internet?
Both - obviously to connect to the Internet I need to unplug the
current campground router from the cable modem and plug the WRT54G
into the cable modem.
>>I also tried this at home using the neighbors WRT54G as the source and
>>had the same issue.
>
>Same issue as in inability to connect, to see the 192.168.1.1 web
>page, get an IP address, or surf the internet?
Inability to obtain an IP address when the bridge is pointed to the
router.
>No thoughts. I don't think you can just "replace" the pay service
>router.
I can - as I indicated above - the pay service router plugs into the
cable modem that the campground owner pays from. I have already
testing doing that and connecting to the WRT54G via wireless and have
no problem getting an IP address and access to the Internet.
Unfortuantly due to the location of the modem/router at the far end of
the campground it is too far away to use by itself.
Bob & Geri
bobandgeri@rbhayes.net http://www.rbhayes.net 
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