[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless networking question

[Joe Hovel]

Rowan,
Firstly, I was talking about Wireless packets increasing continuously.
The AP900 lights only indicate ethernet connection (permanently on when
plugged in) and the wireless light just flickers continuously (even
without traffic at all, eg not connected to anything, just powered on)
I thin you have something there: a separate network card! That might
help. I have a PCMCIA slot left in the proxy server which I could use
and connect to the AP with a cross-over cable. Since the Win95B proxy
machine (486) can't route properly and already has the firewall, that
might stop all LAN traffic going out of that interface. My question is
then though, will I be able to send and receive data from another PC on
the LAN (since the proxy is in a cupboard and I don't "use" it to access
things)? 
Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Rowan Crowe
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:30 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless networking question
> 
>snip... 
> Are these packets on the ethernet interface, or the wireless 
> interface?
> 
> If the AP900 has separate LAN and WLAN indicators, does the 
> WLAN indicator flash as much as the LAN indicator?
> 
> I have an AP900+ (note +) and it only passes traffic that is 
> destined for a wireless computer. I presume it only sends a 
> packet over wireless when it's destined for an ethernet 
> address that belongs to an associated client, or perhaps it 
> keeps a cache of addresses that are generated when a packet 
> is received.
> 
> As another poster said - it's probably better to have 
> something between your LAN and your WLAN. At the very least, 
> a dedicated network card in your 'nix or 'doze box to connect 
> to your AP.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
> --
> Rowan Crowe - Melbourne, Australia


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