Wireless Bridge help (xbox)

Hi, I have just purchased a Pheenet WAP-011a Wireless AP/Bridge and I am
hoping to use it with my Xbox 360 to connect to my Linksys Wireless
router but I have fallen down at the first hurdle!

I have connected the Pheenet bridge to my PC NIC and the network
connection indicates that it is connected but when I browse to
192.168.1.1 as advised in the very bad instruction manual it doesnt take
me to the config menu for the bridge. Normally 192.168.1.1 is my Linksys
router but for setup purposes I switch the Linksys off so that it
doesn't confuse the issue but still I have no joy.

I'm a total newbie when it comes to networking so have no idea what I
am doing wrong. Any advice would be VERY welcomed.

Thanks,
Ross


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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:38:10 -0500, SussexMM
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>Hi, I have just purchased a Pheenet WAP-011a Wireless AP/Bridge and I am
>hoping to use it with my Xbox 360 to connect to my Linksys Wireless
>router but I have fallen down at the first hurdle!
>
>I have connected the Pheenet bridge to my PC NIC and the network
>connection indicates that it is connected but when I browse to
>192.168.1.1 as advised in the very bad instruction manual it doesnt take
>me to the config menu for the bridge. Normally 192.168.1.1 is my Linksys
>router but for setup purposes I switch the Linksys off so that it
>doesn't confuse the issue but still I have no joy.
>
>I'm a total newbie when it comes to networking so have no idea what I
>am doing wrong. Any advice would be VERY welcomed.

Configuring a wireless Ethernet client bridge can be quite tricky,
making it even more important to buy a quality supported product,
not just the cheapest thing you can find.

To connect to 192.168.1.1 your PC needs to be configured for the same
subnet.

If you turn off the wireless router, then your PC almost certainly won't
be on the same subnet -- it will get a different address assigned by
Windows when DHCP fails.

You probably need to manually configure a temporary IP address in your
PC NIC.

See:
<http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems#Can.27t_connect_to_Wi-Fi_client_bridge_and_Internet_at_the_same_time>
<http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Configure_a_Wi-Fi_client_bridge>

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