Re: SMC2804WBRP-G or Sweex LC000070 useable?

Steve,

Thanks a LOT for your help; I have enough information for now I suppose,
I'll just try and see how I go. Is it really nescessary to know the remote
AP info and change settings in it? This might be a problem as it is in
someone's house who hasn't a clue about it, it is managed remotely by the
local wireless club and they are very understaffed and not too keen to spend
time sorting out 'problems' from non-standard users...

I'd think my set would just connect to the remote like any wireless card in
a laptop, then internally change it for distribution to the connected PC.
Remember I don not need to connect those wirelessly. One of our members also
said something about having a 'server' for our event; could we just connect
that wirelessly to the remote AP and somehow hitch the other machines to
that server? Would that alleviate the problem?

Paul
"Steve Berry" <reachnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:bdgUe.2471$Q%2.617@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Paul,
>
> Came across your post whilst Googling "Sweex" for something else - thought
> I'd try and do my Good Samaritan deed for the day.
> I can't speak for your SMC2804WBRP-G but with the Sweex LC000070 ( with
> the default firmware R1.97d7a ) you can definetly do it.
> I've got that setup at home - two Sweex LC000070's one acting as a WDS
> (Wireless Distribution Service) bridge to the external router attached to
> the Cable Modem. I had to buy two because the transmission strength of the
> Sweex is abysmal - paradoxically at home that's actually good - stops the
> neigbours accessing it.
> Anyhowz, I digress. I'll get to your issue but FYI the Sweex LC000070
> interface is almost identical to a USR 8003 and Sweex (previously inexq)
> won't release
> their source code to the routers (running Linux - embedded probably) even
> though they are under the GPL. Draw your own conclusions from that.
> Somewhat fishy...
> Anywayz, to your problem - basically ere's how the scenario applied to
> me - take the bits applicable to you.
> Scenario:
>
> Client PCs ( x however many you have ) <----> Internal Router (Bridge)
> <----> External Router <----> Cable Modem
>
> Long onto the Internal Router - by default http://192.168.123.254
> 1-Click the Basic\Wireless link.
> 2-Click the "WDS Setting" button.
> 3-Select "Enable" for "Wireless Bridging"
> 4-Enter the MAC address of the router you want to bridge to ( be aware on
> some LC000070s the wrong mac address is stamped on the bottom of them
> this is true for both of mine ) You can verify what mac addresses you
> should be entering by downloading NetStunbler and running that on the
> clients.
> The MAC addresses it reports are the ones you need. Click Save/reboot the
> router.
> 5-From the Basic\Wireless screen click the "MAC Address Control" button.
> 6-Disable Connection/Association/MAC Address control ( initially anyway -
> you can re-enable them later after hopefully getting the basic connection
> to work ).
> Save/reboot.
> 8-From the "Basic\DHCP Server" menu make sure you disable DHCP - that's
> important - won't work otherwise.
> 7-Set up the remote AP in a simlar fashion ( obviously you'll need to
> consult it's docs ) but make sure DHCP is enabled on this one
>
> You obviously may have further issues to deal with ( for me having two
> identical routers made it a little easier ).
> You may also find Googling "Wireless Distribution Service" helps - most of
> the big name routers already have this functionalitry and life being life
> the little
> guys (Sweex in this case) have nicked the functionality.
>
> HTH
>
> Rgds, S
>
> "Paul" <paul_joosten.no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6ff4d$4320473d$513b43d8$10020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> We need to connect a group of PC's to a free-to-use local WiFi Hotspot.
>> This
>> is the setup:
>>
>> WWW-[Hotspot]ant...radio path...ant.[my w'less router]- wired to local
>> PC's
>>
>> The radio link is not the problem, the signal is quite strong. I just
>> don't
>> know how to make the my router connect to the public hotspot and
>> distribute
>> internet access to the local computers. I already have 2 wireless
>> broadband
>> routers, a SMC2804WBRP-G and a Sweex LC000070. From an earlier post I
>> understand I need a Bridge and in the manuals of neither of the two can I
>> find any reference they can be used as such. Is there some way I could
>> still
>> use this equipment, load different firmware perhaps?
>>
>> If not, what is the best way to go, what else would I need? Any cheap
>> solutions?
>>
>> Paul
>>
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