[MLB-WIRELESS] File sharing over 2 x WRT with WEP

[rick]

im pretty sure u ither use the 4 ports or the wan and not both?

Guy Weymouth wrote:

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>On 4/5/05 10:00 PM, "David Ashburner" <d_ashburner at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>File sharing over 2 x WRT with WEPI don't know how the alchemy firmware
>>>treats the WAN port, but under normal firmware you can't connect it to an
>>>existing network with the WAN port. but that's all I can offer atm.
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>>Yes you can, though there are some side effects.  In this configuration what
>>it will be doing is performing NAT between anything on it's LAN & wireless
>>ports and the existing LAN. It will also firewall the wrong way - anything
>>on your wireless side can get into the  existing LAN and if you want to
>>initiate anything from the existing LAN you will be restricted to port
>>forwarding to only one address per port.
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>I don't quite get that, but what's the alternative?
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>>>  I want that main Linksys to point to the other location where there is
>>>no
>>>internet. So the second location‚s Linksys needs to be configured with DHCP
>>>server enabled so if the link between the second and first location is
>>>lost,
>>>both locations‚ workstations will still be able to obtain IP addresses and
>>>print to the local printer, etc.
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>>You could have DHCP on at both ends and serve different address ranges (
>>like 50-100 at main and 101-150 at second)
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>Well I could but any workstations will connect to the "Main" Linksys via
>wireless or one of the 4 ports, but ultimately get an IP from the existing
>DHCP server on the existing network (which is connected to the WAN port on
>the "Main" linksys). So why would I want DHCP on the Linksys as well?
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>>>  Problems:
>>>  - I can't file share with wireless security enabled. If I turn on WEP or
>>>WPA Pre-shared key, I try to connect over standard file sharing and it just
>>>doesn‚t connect. I can get net access and ping between locations so they
>>>are
>>>talking... It just doesn‚t like file sharing. Why so?
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>>Sorry can't help here. The file sharing works ok without WEP?
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>Yeh, file sharing works fine without security. But with WEP or WPA, if I
>connect directly to the "Main" linksys or via the existing network which is
>connected to the "Main linksys, I can't file share with a workstation
>wirelessly or directly connected to the "Second" linksys.
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>>>  - If I physically plug into the „Main‰ router, it gives me an IP address
>>>(192.168.20.x ˆ provided by the Second router) but gives me a gateway of
>>>192.168.20.2 (and it should be .20.1). This results in an inability to get
>>>web access because the gateway is wrong. How do I fix that?
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>>This is because when you get the DHCP address you get a bunch of other
>>goodies with it, like the default gateway etc.  You could over come this
>>with a DHCP server at both ends,you may get both trying to serve you
>>addresses but the DHCP requestor will accept on and reject the others. It
>>should get the local one first (unless something is very wrong).
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>Yeh, I've tested that and it does work. It's not really a big issue because
>if I connect to the existing network, I get the right IP and default gateway
>and I don't really intend on connecting any workstations directly into the
>"Main" linksys anyway... It's just a problem if you want to connect directly
>to administer the router and while you're there reference something on the
>internet - you can't. So, I guess DHCP on both routers would solve this.
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>>Your using WDS, so will you have both local wireless clients and do your
>>links with the same wrt/radios?  WDS sucks big time if you are sending stuff
>>across the link, you cut you available bandwidth in half because each packet
>>you send in has to go out again through the same radio.
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>I can't get it to work without WDS. How can I set it up without using WDS?
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