MAC address of wireless dongle/setting up a wireless repeated using anetgear wnr2200

Hi, my broadband is provided by a Huawei E585 wireless dongle over
3G.

Upstairs wireless signal strength is fine. Downstairs it is patchy.

I have purchased a NetGear WNR2200 router. I am attempting to
configure the "wireless repeater" functionality. In the NetGear
configuration screens, it says that my SSID and encryption (WEP) have
to be the same. In the configuration it is also asking for the IP
address of the base station (the Huawei, it is 192.168.1.50) and its
MAC address.

I don't know how to get the MAC address of the dongle. I am running
linux and an "ifconfig -a" shows in part this

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:00:4e:b5:42:d5
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

As far as I can see, the 90:00:4e:b5:42:d5 is the MAC address of my
NIC on my computer, not the MAC address of the wireless dongle.
Looking through the Huawei configuration screens, I cannot see the MAC
address for the Huawei.

The "ifconfig -a" also shows

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:84:3c:df:a2:66
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

but I think here the 78:84:3c:df:a2:66 if the NIC for the lan
connection, that I am not using (as the laptop is wireless to the
Huawei dongle).

I'd really appreciate a few pointers and any help as to what I should
do next. At the moment, I can "see" the NetGear WNR2200 in my wireless
SSID's broadcast but I cannot get the repeater functionality working
without the Huawei MAC address.

The NetGear WNR2200 manual is here: http://support.netgear.com/app/answe...ail/a_id/16995
The Huawei E585 manuals are here:
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwid...eId=3619&tab=0

Thank you

Jon

On 1/8/2012 2:13 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi, my broadband is provided by a Huawei E585 wireless dongle over
> 3G.
>
> Upstairs wireless signal strength is fine. Downstairs it is patchy.
>
> I have purchased a NetGear WNR2200 router. I am attempting to
> configure the "wireless repeater" functionality. In the NetGear
> configuration screens, it says that my SSID and encryption (WEP) have
> to be the same. In the configuration it is also asking for the IP
> address of the base station (the Huawei, it is 192.168.1.50) and its
> MAC address.
>
> I don't know how to get the MAC address of the dongle. I am running
> linux and an "ifconfig -a" shows in part this
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:00:4e:b5:42:d5
> inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> As far as I can see, the 90:00:4e:b5:42:d5 is the MAC address of my
> NIC on my computer, not the MAC address of the wireless dongle.
> Looking through the Huawei configuration screens, I cannot see the MAC
> address for the Huawei.
>
> The "ifconfig -a" also shows
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:84:3c:df:a2:66
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>
> but I think here the 78:84:3c:df:a2:66 if the NIC for the lan
> connection, that I am not using (as the laptop is wireless to the
> Huawei dongle).
>
> I'd really appreciate a few pointers and any help as to what I should
> do next. At the moment, I can "see" the NetGear WNR2200 in my wireless
> SSID's broadcast but I cannot get the repeater functionality working
> without the Huawei MAC address.
>
> The NetGear WNR2200 manual is here: http://support.netgear.com/app/answe...ail/a_id/16995
> The Huawei E585 manuals are here:
> http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwid...eId=3619&tab=0
>
> Thank you
>
> Jon
>

I'm using Windows 7 Pro to test this but here is what works on my
present machine, which is wired but has other wireless devices on the
same network via the router.

Open the network and sharing Center.
When that come sup click on the "See Full Map" option.
When that brings up some graphics, make sure the "Network Map Of" drop
down is showing your active network adapter, in case you have more than one.

Then hover your mouse on the icon for the device you want to find out
the MAC address of. After a second or two it should display the device
name, IPv4 address, possibly the IPv6 IP address, and MAC address.