jerm24x1
join:2005-10-07
Rusagonis, NB
| HELP! Sharing internet
My neighbour and I have decided to share our high speed internet. the link to the company goes into his house. He has a Siemens SpeedStream 6520. Its configured well at his house, having systems connect via wireless and cat5.
Cross the road to my house, I have an Dlink AP2100 in the window as a AP client. Got the signal great to his. Into this I plug a DLink DI 624. Anything connected to it via Cat 5 has no problems getting to the internet via the connection to his house.
On this DI 624 I have turned on the wireless, broadcasting a second network. I can connect to it via a laptop (using a DLink G650) no problem. From the wireless machine, I can ping, any machine in my house, the router, or the access point. I can not ping my neighbours router, nor any site on the internet. The wireless is configured with settings, that if I use on the network adapter and plug the machine in, work ok to get the internet....
For some reason I can not 'cross the road' using the wireless on my router.
If it helps, when I try to connect to MSN on the wireless connection to my router, it shows a warning sign for DNS and Key Ports. Again though, I use the same settings on the same machine to connect via cat 5 and they work.....
Any ideas???
Thanks
Jeremy |
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funchords
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1 edit | The AP2100 should be plugged into a LAN port.
On the DI-624:
•Turn off the DHCP server (your neighbor's router will issue DHCP for your clients)
•Turn off the UPnP server (because your neighbor's router is your Internet Gateway)
•Leave the WAN port empty
•Ignore the DI-624's firewall features (your neighbor's router is your WAN/LAN firewall)
What this does is turn the DI-624 into a Wireless Switch -- which is kinda what you want. A router separates two different network segments. A switch keeps it all on one segment.
Hope this helps!
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funchords
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join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC | reply to jerm24x1
Oops...
Edit:
The AP2100 should be plugged into a WAN port.
should have been
The AP2100 should be plugged into a LAN port. |
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jerm24x1
join:2005-10-07
Rusagonis, NB
| reply to jerm24x1
thanks for the reply..... Most of that had already been set up.
- DHCP server - already disabled.
- AP was pluged into lan port 1
- WAN port was / is empty
- DI-624's firewall features were already empty
As for UPnP it was still enabled. I altered it to disable.
Rebooted the router and the wireless laptop. The result is: No Change.
Here is the layout of the systems in place...
Neighbours My
House House
/\ /\
/ \ / \
Siemens DLink
SpeedStreem 6520 ------- OK ----- AP2100
IPaddress: (.2.1) (Wireless) (.2.15)
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OK (cat5)
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DLink - - - - OK- - - - Laptop
DI624 (wireless) (.2.22)
(.2.75)
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OK (cat 5)
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Desktop
System
(.2.30)
I still find this odd as I am able to ping anything from the desktop system (.30), including the neighbours router and the internet just fine.... The problem is still getting the wireless laptop internet access.... :-(
As an aside, when I try to connect MSN from the laptop, it gives an error- the 'repair' tool still shows an error with the "DNS server" and the "key ports". Does this provide a clue? Are there any tools out there to confirm settings and make suggestions on what to repair??? |
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funchords
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| said by jerm24x1  : As an aside, when I try to connect MSN from the laptop, it gives an error- the 'repair' tool still shows an error with the "DNS server" and the "key ports". Does this provide a clue? Are there any tools out there to confirm settings and make suggestions on what to repair??? No tools that I can think of for this situation. You are a bit ahead of the complexity of most of the market.
With the laptop connected (as best as you can), can you attach an IPCONFIG /ALL for the .2.22 and the .2.30 systems?
The "key ports" error might have been explained by UPnP ... but I'm not certain. Did you reboot your systems after making that change?
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scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC | reply to jerm24x1
You are aware that you guys are probably violating the Terms of Acceptable use of the ISP ? |
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Matsayz
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join:2005-02-08
Tucson, AZ | you are aware that we are paying way too much for our services that our ISP's provide....dont wet your panties...they'll get an email saying stop if anything at all. will the ISP notice this small network? please |
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jerm24x1
join:2005-10-07
Rusagonis, NB
| reply to jerm24x1
Well, we used to have a 283 foot long Cat 5 cable running through the trees between the two houses so we could play video games. There was no high speed in this area until recently.
The intent for the wireless network is to replace the blue cable running through the trees so we can still play as before. (both our wives said the cable was unsightly).
Sharing the internet is just a bonus. |
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jerm24x1
join:2005-10-07
Rusagonis, NB
| reply to funchords
WORKING DESKTOP
IP address: 192.168.2.30
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
DNS: 192.168.2.1
Wireless Laptop
IP address: 192.168.2.22
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
DNS: 192.168.2.1
This configuration works when I plug in via Cat 5 but when I try the wireless it craps out (also on the MSN troubleshooter check it craps out on "deafult gateway" and goes no further on the list.
I have also tried:
IP address: 192.168.2.22
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.75 (access point)
DNS: 192.168.2.1 (far router)
DNS: 192.168.2.15 (close router)
This second configuration gets me a little further down the 'MSN troubleshoting' list.... it only shows a warning for "DNS" and "key ports", but OK's default gateway....
Thanks. |
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funchords
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| The default gateway should definitely be 2.1, the IP address of the far router (the one right after the broadband modem).
To keep your routing tables from getting screwed up, please do not enable more than one network card at a time.
Also make sure that the wireless card on that computer has a different IP address than the wired card. This is because a switch learns which IP address goes to which port ... so it might misroute the traffic if you use the same IP address on both.
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