Re: Name of a particular wireless device

On Jul 14, 7:58 pm, Tom Adams <tadams...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:13 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:44:17 -0700 (PDT), Tom Adams

<tadams...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 12, 11:53 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:54:28 -0700 (PDT), Tom Adams

<tadams...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a device that is not a router that connects to a wired router
(via a cat 5 cable) and provides a wireless 802.11g access point?

Wireless Access Point.  You can use ANY wireless router as a wireless
access point by simply ignoring the router section and disabling the
DHCP server.  There's no need to buy a dedicated AP.  See:
<http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a...>
<http://www.dslreports.com/faq/11233>
<http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1080>

I tried to use a wireless router as an access point, but I could not
get it to work:

Trust me.... it works.  I do it quite often.

1.  I could log into the wireless router from a wireless device, so
the wireless link was working,

2.  I could plug into one of the ethernet ports on the wireless router
with a wired device and access the WWW, so the router has outside
access through my existing router.

3.  But I could not acess the WWW from the wireless device.

- Did you set the SSID of the main router and access point to be
different so that you could distinguish between the two devices?

- Could you ping the IP address of the access point?

- Could you ping the IP address of the main router?

- Are the two wireless devices on different channels (1, 6, 11)?

- Did you remember to disable the DHCP server in the AP?

- Duz the light come on when you plug in the interconnecting ethernet
cable between devices?

- It appears that you have a proper ethernet connection between the AP
and router.  However, I can't tell if you have it plugged into one of
the 4ea LAN ports, as is required, or plugged into the WAN (internet)
port, which is NOT what you want to do.  Both will respond to pings
from the ethernet, so I can't tell from here.

I am not sure I exactly followed the instructions in the wiki how to
that you referenced.  But I wonder if I should try again and make sure
I exactly follow the instructions, given the results I got from my
earlier testing.  There could be something wrong with this wireless
router, it was picked up in a yard sale.

You can test the yard sale wireless router independently, but using it
temporarily to replace the main wireless router.  Be sure to reset the
setting to default and upgrade the firmware to the latest version.  I
get such "surplus" routers all the time.  Many are trashed and all of
them seem to have out of date firmware.

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Thanks, I actually pulled the thing out of the attic decided to have
another go at it.

It's actually a cable modem.  It has 4 ethernet ports and (apparently)
no WAN port.

(I thought I recalled it was a cable modem or something like tha but I
was not sure so I did not claim that earlier)

First I decided to test it in "normal" mode by using it to replace my
cable modem.

It's a Netgear CG841WG wireless cable modem gateway.  I have the
instuctions.  I will take your suggestion and look for a firmware
update at some point.

I was not sure if that would work because I am replacing the one from
Time Warner
Cable.

I think it passed this test.  I had a web page pop up on the screen
that was basically
a vending machine from Time Warner.   They seemed to identify me as
new customer who
just put a alien modem on cable.  Anyway, the cable modem communicated
with Time Warner and my PC.

So, I am going to follow the instructions that you pointed me to and
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Well, I am having the same problem I did before.

I can log in to my router via the wap/yardsalecablemodem, but I can't
get to the internet. (I am using a PS3 as my wireless device by the
way, and I can get to the internet with it wired.)

That is PS3 > via wireless > CABLE MODEM > ROUTER works, but I can't
get to the internet

However, I can get to the internet via a wired connection through the
cable modem that has the wap. I am typing this message that way right
now.

PC > via ETHERNET > CABLE MODEM > ROUTER > INTENET WORKS

of course, the yardsale cable modem is configured to as you specified
to be a WAP. I have another cable modem that is actually doing the
cable-modeming.
.

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