On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:58:02 -0500, The Nomad wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ok the layout is:
>
> 2 linux boxes A & B, 1 win2k box C, and a win2K laptop D, a pair of
> wireless APs configured as an AP and a repeater (acting as a bridge
> according to the manual - it has a 5 port switch included in it) E & F.
>
> All connected via a network switch with standard ethernet utp cabling.
>
> All on the 10.52.52.0 network, with an adsl modem at 10.52.52.1
>
> A=.2
> B=.3
> C=.4
> D=.7
> E=.100
> F=.128
>
> When the laptop is connected to the wired network via the main switch all
> is not quite right I can ping around the network including the wireless
> repeater on 10.52.52.128 from all boxes except the 'main' box on
> 10.52.52.3
>
> $ifconfig on B gives:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:87:8D:17
> inet addr:10.52.52.3 Bcast:10.52.52.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::211:2fff:fe87:8d17/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1265557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1511511 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:677787424 (646.3 MiB) TX bytes:673543502 (642.3 MiB)
> Interrupt:185 Base address:0xa000
>
> and on A:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BF:98:A2:72
> inet addr:10.52.52.2 Bcast:10.52.52.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::250:bfff:fe98:a272/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:388820 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:418203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:53971835 (51.4 MiB) TX bytes:198355878 (189.1 MiB)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000
>
> Route gives on A:
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 10.52.52.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 10.52.52.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> and B:
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 10.52.52.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 10.52.52.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> The results for the win2K boxes are similar.
>
> It obviously gets worse when the laptop is on the other side of the
> wireless link!
>
> IP addresses are static.
>
> The wireless kit talks to each other OK (only about 4 meters apart at
> present for testing purposes (saves running to and from the garage each
> time!).
>
> So why can I ping the wireless kit on the far side of the wireless link
> from one machine and not the other even though there seems to be no
> difference in the setup. Firewall is off for the duration of this
> exercise.
>
> The intention is to put the F wireless kit in the garage to
> extend the network into there for various reasons.
>
> Summary from A, C & D I can ping _all_ the others but from B I can only
> ping A,C,D & E
>
> Help it is doing my head in.
>
> Thanks for nay help - need more info ask, I may be a bit slow replying as
> I may be working away for a couple of day with no usenet access
>
> Nick
Sorry forgot to say when the laptop is on the other side of the wireless
link all is well from A & C, but B is not accessible from the laptop but
the rest of the network (and the 'interweb') is! so what is it about
machine B?
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