Asus wl-500gx advice wanted

After more than a week of trying I've been unable to configure an Asus
wl-500gx to communicate wirelessly as an access point with my 3com
3crwdr100a-72 router. The router's wireless is ok, I can connect to
it, and the internet, with my laptop (which has wifi built in). The
router can see the Asus but my network can't.
Netstumbler, running on the laptop can see two access points.
The Asus is configured with the same channel and SSID as the router,
both have WDS enabled/configured. Both use the same security
protocols. I've put the 3com's wlan MAC address into the remote
bridge list.
I've set the IP address of the router as the default gateway for the
Asus, the subnet mask is the same on each and their IP addresses
compatible.

Just to confound things, since starting this message I've managed to
get the Asus and the laptop communicating wirelessly, insofar as I can
log into the Asus but 'network places' on the laptop can't see it,
although it is seeing the router (by wifi)! And this despite the
notebook's MAC address not being on the remote bridge list.

Any tips or advice on how to proceed gratefully received. TIA

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:57:30 +0100, Peter Johnson
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>After more than a week of trying I've been unable to configure an Asus
>wl-500gx to communicate wirelessly as an access point with my 3com
>3crwdr100a-72 router. The router's wireless is ok, I can connect to
>it, and the internet, with my laptop (which has wifi built in). The
>router can see the Asus but my network can't.
>Netstumbler, running on the laptop can see two access points.
>The Asus is configured with the same channel and SSID as the router,
>both have WDS enabled/configured. Both use the same security
>protocols. I've put the 3com's wlan MAC address into the remote
>bridge list.
>I've set the IP address of the router as the default gateway for the
>Asus, the subnet mask is the same on each and their IP addresses
>compatible.
>
>Just to confound things, since starting this message I've managed to
>get the Asus and the laptop communicating wirelessly, insofar as I can
>log into the Asus but 'network places' on the laptop can't see it,
>although it is seeing the router (by wifi)! And this despite the
>notebook's MAC address not being on the remote bridge list.

WDS is problematic with different brands, and greatly reduces throughput
in any event. It would be much better to connect the two devices by
wire (e.g., powerline/phoneline networking), and configure the ASUS as
an access point.

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