OK, I'm using a Zyxel P-330W router essentially as a wireless card for my computers to conect to the remote wireless access point. I understand that this is possible with this router in client mode. OK, I can get the remote AP (weakly) with a PCI card in the main computer and get Internet (flakily). I've pulled that card. With the router, I can get a much better wireless connect to the remote AP, but I cannot get the computer, which is connected to the router by an Ethernet cable, to access the Internet via the router to the remote AP. Intuitively, I suspect that there's something amiss with the IP assignments. Here are the readouts from my router's diagnostic screens while connected to the remote AP. Can you tell what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks for any help! ======================================== System Uptime: 0day:0h:26m:49s Firmware Version: P-330W_V1.5 Wireless Mode: Infrastructure Client < Should that be "Ad Hoc"? Band: 2.4 GHz (B+G) SSID: linksys < that's the remote AP Channel Number: 6 Encryption: Disabled BSSID: 00:16:b6:d7:8f:ab State: Connected LAN Connection Method: Fixed IP Physical Address: 00:13:49:2a:65:3d IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server: ON DHCP Start IP Address: 192.168.1.33 DHCP Finish IP Address: 192.168.1.65 Internet Connection Method: DHCP Physical Address: 00:13:49:2a:65:3f IP Address: 192.168.1.70 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254 ======================================== Wireless ISP Operation Mode ======================================== Status Internet Connection Method: DHCP Internet IP Address: 192.168.1.70 LAN IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 DHCP Server: ON System Firmware Version: P-330W_V1.5 ======================================== Connection Details Internet Connection Method: DHCP Physical Address: 00:13:49:2a:65:3f IP Address: 192.168.1.70 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254 Uptime: 0day:0h:32m:38s -=- This message was sent via two or more anonymous remailing services.
No -- Infrastructure Client is what you want. You probably want DHCP turned OFF, with the router working just as a bridge, not as a router.
That's what I suspected. Will do. So, "Wireless ISP Operation Mode" isn't right? I don't think "Bridge Mode" worked, but I'll try again and see how it goes later tonight. There are "Gateway," "Bridge" and "Wireless ISP" modes available. Thanks for your help. -=- This message was sent via two or more anonymous remailing services.
