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<DIV><SPAN class=625522110-04052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=625522110-04052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=625522110-04052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>g@z.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-melbwireless@wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless@wireless.org.au]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Guy
Weymouth<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 4 May 2005 7:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
melbwireless@wireless.org.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> [MLB-WIRELESS] File sharing
over 2 x WRT with WEP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hi
all,<BR><BR>I’ve begun configuring my 4 node wireless setup and have simply
started with two Linksys WRT54G’s with Alchemy firmware and will expand to the
4 locations once I nail down the process for two.<BR><BR>The main Linksys will
connect into an existing network which has an internet router, etc so all it
needs to do is get an IP address from the existing network. The existing
network therefore plugs into the WAN port on the Linksys.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>So, I’ve configured as follows and it does work, but the
problem is listed after the configuration:<BR><B><BR>Router 1 -
Main<BR></B>Internet Connection Type: Auto Configuration - DHCP<BR>Internal
IP: 192.168.20.1<BR>Gateway: 192.168.20.1<BR>No DHCP server<BR>SSID and Router
Name: Main<BR>Set up as AP<BR>Uses WDS pointing to the Mac Address of Second
router<BR>remote admin enabled (because rest of network (192.168.1.x) connects
to linksys via WAN port)<BR><BR><B>Router 2 - Second<BR></B>Internet
Connection Type: Disable<BR>Internal IP: 192.168.20.2<BR>Gateway:
192.168.20.1<BR>DHCP (range from .100 to .150)<BR>SSID and Router Name:
Second<BR>Set up as AP<BR>Uses WDS pointing to the Mac Address of Main
router<BR><BR><B>Problems:<BR></B>- 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?<BR><BR>- If I physically plug into the “Main” router, it
gives me an IP address (192.168.20.x – 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?<BR><BR>I’ve spend the entire day working on this and it’s killing
me!<BR><BR>Any help would be greatly appreciated.<BR><BR>Guy</SPAN></FONT>
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