Wet 11 Ad Hoc

Bought several of these for a community wireless project. They are
reputed to work as peer to peer devices within an ad hoc network but we
have been totally unable to get them to work in this way. One will
"see" the other but the mac address reported is both spurious and random
so there is no way to connect the two - the wlan light stays
stubbornly off. Have spent almost two hours and a considerable sum of
money on the Linksys help line to no avail.

Should have mentioned that the units are version 2 with the latest firmware.

Has anybody persuaded these units to work in ad hoc (peer to peer) mode
or have I been sold a pup (pups).

TIA

"crb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bought several of these for a community wireless project. They are
> reputed to work as peer to peer devices within an ad hoc network but
we
> have been totally unable to get them to work in this way. One will
> "see" the other but the mac address reported is both spurious and
random
> so there is no way to connect the two - the wlan light stays
> stubbornly off. Have spent almost two hours and a considerable sum
of
> money on the Linksys help line to no avail.
>
> Should have mentioned that the units are version 2 with the latest
firmware.
>
> Has anybody persuaded these units to work in ad hoc (peer to peer)
mode
> or have I been sold a pup (pups).
>
> TIA

Clarifying...
Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
Each must have the same SSID
Each must be set for ad hoc mode
Each must be on the same channel
May have to enable MAC cloning and set to auto.

Airhead wrote:

> "crb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Bought several of these for a community wireless project. They are
>>reputed to work as peer to peer devices within an ad hoc network but
>
> we
>
>>have been totally unable to get them to work in this way. One will
>>"see" the other but the mac address reported is both spurious and
>
> random
>
>> so there is no way to connect the two - the wlan light stays
>>stubbornly off. Have spent almost two hours and a considerable sum
>
> of
>
>>money on the Linksys help line to no avail.
>>
>>Should have mentioned that the units are version 2 with the latest
>
> firmware.
>
>>Has anybody persuaded these units to work in ad hoc (peer to peer)
>
> mode
>
>>or have I been sold a pup (pups).
>>
>>TIA
>
>
> Clarifying...
> Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
> Each must have the same SSID
> Each must be set for ad hoc mode
> Each must be on the same channel
> May have to enable MAC cloning and set to auto.
>
Thanks for your reply :-

Each was set to a different IP in the same sub net.
Each retained the default SSID i.e linksys
Each ad hoc.
Each on channel 6 (have tried 3 and 11 too)
Tried with MAC cloning on and off.

The host machines were also in the same subnet but with different IPs.

Still no response. Should also mention that I have tried several
different units and combinations of units.

Any more ideas?

TIA

>Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.

Not true. The IP is used for configuration purposes only. They can all
be the same, or all be in seperate subnets. WLAN will work regardles.

/Jan

Jan Bachman wrote:
>>Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
>
>
> Not true. The IP is used for configuration purposes only. They can all
> be the same, or all be in seperate subnets. WLAN will work regardles.
>
> /Jan
Sadly WLAN will not work at all

"Jan Bachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
>
> Not true. The IP is used for configuration purposes only. They can all
> be the same, or all be in seperate subnets. WLAN will work regardles.
>
> /Jan
This is true, but not a good network design, and I dont encourage it so I
preach it

>Sadly WLAN will not work at all

Tough luck.

How about the LAN-connection? Are the WETs properly connected? Is the
green LAN-light on? How about personal firewalls on the PCs

/Jan

Airhead wrote:

> "Jan Bachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>>Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
>>
>>Not true. The IP is used for configuration purposes only. They can all
>>be the same, or all be in seperate subnets. WLAN will work regardles.
>>
>>/Jan
>
> This is true, but not a good network design, and I dont encourage it so I
> preach it
>
>
Agree with what both of you say, but as I mentioned in my first post the
wet11s seem to be either broadcasting or picking up spurious MAC
addresses so its hard to see how the can work in ad hoc mode. Or am I
missing something?

Jan Bachman wrote:

>>Sadly WLAN will not work at all
>
>
> Tough luck.
>
> How about the LAN-connection? Are the WETs properly connected? Is the
> green LAN-light on? How about personal firewalls on the PCs
>
> /Jan
Lan connection is ok. Personal firewalls deactivated. Don't think it can
be a lan problem as they will work perfectly well in infrastructure mode
using a Buffalo AirSytion as an AP. BTW the Buffalo was switched off
during the tests in ad hoc mode.

Colin

"crb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Airhead wrote:
>
> > "Jan Bachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>>Each WEP11 must have a different IP address.
> >>
> >>Not true. The IP is used for configuration purposes only. They can all
> >>be the same, or all be in seperate subnets. WLAN will work regardles.
> >>
> >>/Jan
> >
> > This is true, but not a good network design, and I dont encourage it so
I
> > preach it
> >
> >
> Agree with what both of you say, but as I mentioned in my first post the
> wet11s seem to be either broadcasting or picking up spurious MAC
> addresses so its hard to see how the can work in ad hoc mode. Or am I
> missing something?

Can you explain the spuriious Macs. Are they valid macs? What do you have
these wet11s connected to?