i'm currently in the city of fier, albania, and i decided to hook to up high speed internet here. the only provider provides it wirelessly. great, i figured, since i have a wireless notebook.
well, the signal doesn't do well with the concrete buildings of eastern europe, so the company sells high-gain antennas with an access point. i didn't want to buy the antenna that they offered (65 euros) so we bought the acess point. i decided to do it myself, and i set it on repeater mode. the ap connects just fine to the provider, and the computer connects just fine to the repeated signal. the problem is, i don't get any internet, and that's quite frustrating.
the provider does require me to sign in on the first connect, but that shouldn't really matter. i can't really figure out what's going on.
if anyone has some suggestions--if i'm forgetting to do something, or if a different wireless mode would be more suitable for the situation i have--please let me know. below i will post the ipconfig for both the direct connection and the repeating connection. i'm using a TRENDnet TEW-430APB.
ipconfig -all (directly connected to provider)
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name....................CSShepherd
Primary Dns Suffix...........
Node Type....................Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled...........No
WINS Proxy Enabled...........No
DNS Suffix Search List.......key.chillispot.org
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection
Connection-specific DNS Suffix...key.chillispot.org
Description......................Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Physical Address.................00-xx-F0-DF-B4-xx
DHCP Enabled.....................Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled........Yes
IP Address.......................192.168.182.xxx
Subnet Mask......................255.255.255.0
Default Gateway..................192.168.182.x
DHCP Server......................192.168.182.x
DNs Servers......................217.24.240.x
217.24.240.x
ipconfig -all connected through repeater
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name....................CSShepherd
Primary Dns Suffix...........
Node Type....................Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled...........No
WINS Proxy Enabled...........No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection
Connection-specific DNS Suffix...
Description......................Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Physical Address.................00-xx-F0-DF-B4-xx
DHCP Enabled.....................Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled........Yes
IP Address.......................0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask......................0.0.0.0
Default Gateway..................
DHCP Server......................255.255.255.255