"Paul A Bristow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a connection to an ISP using a Dlink 520+ PC card in a PC which
works
> (most of the time) to connect to the Internet, for example for Outlook and
> Internet
> Explorer.
OK, so here is your client, and although you didn't say, I assume you ISP is
a WISP.
>
> I want to use a an ASUS WL500g router so that I can use other PCs as well
> (and not have a power hungry and unreilable Windows PC on all the time).
>
> I have swapped the antenna cable from the PC card to the router.
Typically, although I am not familiar with the Asus model, most wireless
routers have two interfaces right? a WAN interface and a LAN interface.
The wirleess side of the router usually operates on teh LAN side, so
effectively you would be operating the router as a regular AP - acting in
same way as a hub. This is assuming you have the option for 'client bridge'
on the router (which I doubt)
> I know the static IP of several PCs, including one IP 192.168.0.3 (subnet
> mask 255.255.255.0) that I can use to control the setup of the router,
whose
> IP address I have set to 192.168.0.32.
Typically, your ISP will assign you one static IP address. you would need to
enter that into the WAN side of the router...
> I know the MAC of the remote wireless device, its SSID name, IP address
> 10.0.3.254, the WEP key.hex string, the ISP's DNS 217.17.48.1.
>
> The router can be pinged OK, and the setting made and saved, but I can't
> ping any external IP addresses, which suggests that the wireless link is
not
> working - but it was using the PC card and nothing else has changed.
>
> Whereas on the PC Dlink card , there is a tool to see wireless strength
> signals, on the router I haven't found any equivalent on the router.
Chances are if you are getting a good signal with the PCI card, you will
likely get a good signal with any other Bridge device, grated different
manufacturers have different Reception sensitivity, but that would really
only make a difference if you are 'on the edge' of good signal with the PCI
card.
>
> Please can anyone advise the settings I should use to
> enable this. I have tried lots of unsucessful combinations :-(
>
> Suggestions on how to proceed please.
What you need is a good quality 'bridge' like a smartbridge airBridge that
has an ethernet interface so you can plug it into your WAN port of your
router.
You ISP might also have some sort of MAC authentication, so if you were
originally setup on your PCI card with MAC address of 00 0F xx xx xx xx you
would need to re-register your new MAC with your ISP.
contact them for more info, I am sure they will be willing to help, unless
of course you are trying to get away with a single-user tariff and running a
multi-user network.
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
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> Paul A Bristow
> Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
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