[MLB-WIRELESS] D-Link Bridging

[Jason Hecker]

I just used two free static IP's on the subnet as the class C subnet is
the same in both premises.

For example, you could do this:

192.168.0.254   - internet gateway and firewall
192.168.0.253   - wireless bridge 1
192.168.0.252   - wireless bridge 2

192.168.0.1-100 - IP's in one building
192.168.0.101-200 - IP's in other building.

DHCP works across the bridge too, so you don't have to partition the IP's 
up like I did in the two lines above.  It'd be like one big happy subnet 
spanning two sites.  As usual, don't have more than one DHCP server up.

The bridges also figure out which MAC address lie on which side of the 
link so it doesn't unnecessarily ship ethernet frames over that it doesn't 
have to.


On Wed, 28 May 2003, Matthew Hill wrote:

> Yo im interested in this as well.
> 
> what ip address do u set the each ap to ? does the ap ip stay in the
> same range as its wired network, or does it obtain one from the other
> wired range, of from a seperate wireless range.
> 
> cheers
> 
> matthew
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Jason Hecker 
>   To: Jason Tedesco 
>   Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] D-Link Bridging
> 
> 
>   Yah,
> 
>   If you have good line of sight and a good solid signal, the bridge mode in 
>   the DWL-900AP+'s work's fantastically (for me anyway).  Make sure you 
>   install v2.50 of the firmware as they ship with v2.1.
> 
> 
>   j
> 
>   On Wed, 28 May 2003, Jason Tedesco wrote:
> 
>   > I remember a while ago, a little talk about how D-Links handle bridging, or maybe lack off. 
>   >  
>   > I currently have two switches in opposite ends of my house.  I want to bridge these two switches with either a DWL-900+ or the DWL-1000. 
>   > 
>   > Has anyone had any problems in bridging something similar to my set up with D-Links?  Is the bridging feature in D-Links now stable and robust?  Any info would be appreciated.
>   > 
>   > Thanks,
>   > # jason
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