[olug] Wireless bridge

[Sam Tetherow]

Two most common class C's used are 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 
especially in residential grade equipment.

DYNATRON tech wrote:
> a bridge is like a switch....no DHCP.
> does it give you an IP address?
>
> if not, set to static 192.168.1.2
> do an nmap for it.
>
> if that doesn't work, set your static address to 192.168.254.2,
> then do an nmap.
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
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>> What is the unit?  It sounds like it is a WAP and not a true bridge if
>> it is giving out DHCP addresses.
>>
>>    Sam Tetherow
>>
>> Abraham Serafino wrote:
>>     
>>> Does anyone have experience setting up an ethernet/wifi bridge device on
>>>       
>> a
>>     
>>> desktop? I am too far from the wireless router at home to get much of a
>>> signal on my desktop computer, so I bought a device which purports to
>>>       
>> bridge
>>     
>>> two networks - with a wifi antenna on one end and an ethernet jack on the
>>> other. It has software for Windows, but I couldn't get it configured
>>>       
>> either
>>     
>>> there or under Linux.
>>>
>>> Supposedly it has a web server running on it when it's plugged in, and
>>> functions much like a router, serving up DHCP to the host that plugs into
>>> it... but I can't reach the device over my wired network from Ubuntu.
>>>       
>> I've
>>     
>>> searched the boards, searched Google, but I just can't seem to find
>>>       
>> anything
>>     
>>> about how to get this little mother working. Plenty of advice for turning
>>>       
>> a
>>     
>>> laptop into a wireless bridge, but when it comes to this there is just
>>> silence.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Abraham Serafino
>>> email: abrahams at teknohazard.com
>>> homepage: http://www.teknohazard.com/blog
>>>
>>> "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me."
>>> "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting
>>>       
>> life."
>>     
>>> -- Jesus Christ
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