Bridged MN-500 clients can't see network

I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is set
up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off of
the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the printer
on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine when
they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
500.
Thanks

I have tried this several different ways, setting up the
bridge with and without assigning an IP, plugging the
cable in the WAN port and the numbered ports on the
bridged MN-500. I can't get anything plugged into the
numbered ports. I can get the internet but not the rest of
my workgroup off of the bridge when I am plugged into the
WAN port. I have looked at Barb's expert article and I
think I have tried everything except putting in the bridge
MAC address into the router. But the article is for using
a 700 instead of a 500 for the router and I am using a 500.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
>wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
>wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is
set
>up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
>The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off
of
>the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
>connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the
printer
>on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
>workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine
when
>they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
>router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
>wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
>500.
>Thanks
>.
>

How did you tie you bridged MN-500 into the network? I
have two MN-500 s but I can't get them to communicate
with each other wirelessly. I have read one reply in
this newsgroup that says it can't be done, but alot of
what I have read indicates otherwise. Here's what I have
so far...

I still need help. I have successfully put BS2 into
bridging mode. Now I need it to work wirelessly.

The following configuration is working well...

Internet-----CM-----BS1-----BS2-----C1

I need to eliminate
this cable
(The one between BS1 and BS2)
It goes out of the BS2 modem port and into the BS1
Ethernet port 1

CM = Cable Modem
BS1, BS2 = Base Station 1 and 2
C1 = Computer 1

Thanks for your time.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
>wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
>wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is
set
>up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
>The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off
of
>the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
>connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the
printer
>on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
>workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine
when
>they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
>router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
>wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
>500.
>Thanks
>.
>

The briged MN-500 has to be connected to the router using
an ethernet cable. You can not bridge MN-500's wirelessly,
it has to be with a ethernet connection.
>-----Original Message-----
>How did you tie you bridged MN-500 into the network? I
>have two MN-500 s but I can't get them to communicate
>with each other wirelessly. I have read one reply in
>this newsgroup that says it can't be done, but alot of
>what I have read indicates otherwise. Here's what I have
>so far...
>
>I still need help. I have successfully put BS2 into
>bridging mode. Now I need it to work wirelessly.
>
>The following configuration is working well...
>
>Internet-----CM-----BS1-----BS2-----C1
>
> I need to eliminate
> this cable
> (The one between BS1 and BS2)
> It goes out of the BS2 modem port and into the BS1
>Ethernet port 1
>
>CM = Cable Modem
>BS1, BS2 = Base Station 1 and 2
>C1 = Computer 1
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
>>wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
>>wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is
>set
>>up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
>>The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off
>of
>>the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
>>connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the
>printer
>>on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
>>workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine
>when
>>they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
>>router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
>>wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
>>500.
>>Thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>

I got it working. Somewhere along the line the WAN mac
address on the router got changed to the mac address of
the network adapter of the desktop that ran the setup
wizzard. Does this happen during setup?
I changed it back to MAC of the base station. Now the LAN
is plugged to the bridge at the modem port. Wireless - no
WEP, both bridge and router on same wireless channel.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have tried this several different ways, setting up the
>bridge with and without assigning an IP, plugging the
>cable in the WAN port and the numbered ports on the
>bridged MN-500. I can't get anything plugged into the
>numbered ports. I can get the internet but not the rest
of
>my workgroup off of the bridge when I am plugged into the
>WAN port. I have looked at Barb's expert article and I
>think I have tried everything except putting in the
bridge
>MAC address into the router. But the article is for using
>a 700 instead of a 500 for the router and I am using a
500.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
>>wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
>>wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is
>set
>>up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
>>The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off
>of
>>the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
>>connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the
>printer
>>on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
>>workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine
>when
>>they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
>>router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
>>wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
>>500.
>>Thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>

Sorry, you can't bridge them wirelessly.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:03:23 -0700, "BC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>How did you tie you bridged MN-500 into the network? I
>have two MN-500 s but I can't get them to communicate
>with each other wirelessly. I have read one reply in
>this newsgroup that says it can't be done, but alot of
>what I have read indicates otherwise. Here's what I have
>so far...
>
>I still need help. I have successfully put BS2 into
>bridging mode. Now I need it to work wirelessly.
>
>The following configuration is working well...
>
>Internet-----CM-----BS1-----BS2-----C1
>
> I need to eliminate
> this cable
> (The one between BS1 and BS2)
> It goes out of the BS2 modem port and into the BS1
>Ethernet port 1
>
>CM = Cable Modem
>BS1, BS2 = Base Station 1 and 2
>C1 = Computer 1
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a MN-500 working fine off of a DSL modem for my
>>wireless and wired network. I got a second MN-500 for
>>wireless connection on the far end of the house. It is
>set
>>up in the briged mode, IP 192.168.2.50
>>The clients, a wired desktop and a wireless laptop, off
>of
>>the briged MN-500 can access the internet but they can't
>>connect to any of the shared, mapped drives or the
>printer
>>on the desktop at the other end of the house. All of the
>>workgroup stuff is setup OK because it all works fine
>when
>>they are connected directly to the MN-500 set up as a
>>router. Both MN-500's have the latest firmware and my
>>wired lan is connected to the WAN port of the bridged MN-
>>500.
>>Thanks
>>.
>>

--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)