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| blitZ |
 Jan 3 2008, 01:23 PM
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Beer please...  Group: Members Posts: 2,223 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Lawrenceville, GA Member No.: 4,719 Region Association: South East States  |
I have a wireless network in my house, works great. My son has moved to our basement, two floors down from where the my router is, so don't want to run a cable. I picked up an access point, thinking I could attach a switch to it so multiple devices can connect. I want to connect his xBox and PC. Apparently, it's only possible to connect one device directly to the AP, the switch doesn't work.
The access point works fine on the xBox. Any ideas on a simple solution? |
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| blitZ |
Jan 4 2008, 01:01 PM
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Beer please... Group: Members Posts: 2,223 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Lawrenceville, GA Member No.: 4,719 Region Association: South East States |
According to the doc the default IP for the AP is 192.168.0.35, couldn't hit it. Even reset it to the defaults. I'll try the one you posted.
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| SirAndy |
Jan 4 2008, 01:50 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,245 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(blitZ @ Jan 4 2008, 11:01 AM)  According to the doc the default IP for the AP is 192.168.0.35, couldn't hit it. Even reset it to the defaults. I'll try the one you posted. maybe DHCP is not on by default on the AP ... set your PC manually to: IP: 192.168.0.50 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.35 DNS is not important at this point ... make sure your PC is the only thing connected to the AP on the LAN side, make sure the connection LED is lit, change the PC manually (TCP/IPv4) to the settings above, then restart your PC. once restarted, open a DOS window and try to ping 192.168.0.35 ... then report back ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) Andy |
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| bperry |
Jan 4 2008, 02:12 PM
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Lurker Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 16-February 04 From: Dallas, Tx Member No.: 1,661 |
Andy,
From reading the DWL G820 manual, this device is not really an access point and is not a router. It is a simplified bridge. It forwards between the LAN port and the wireless link. There is no DHCP inside the device. All you can configure is the 802.11 settings. They also never show a configuration with multiple devices behind the lan connection like what is being attempted here. It could be that they have some sort of bridge learning inside the box that limits the clients on the lan to 1. Not the way, I'd do the code but it is possible. From a marketing/product sales guy's point of view it would theoretically sell more devices as each LAN device would need to use one vs sharing one amongst multiple LAN devices with a switch. My suggestion at this point would be call the DLink support desk and ask them if you can use a hub/switch on the LAN port of the G820. Can't hurt to get their answer to make sure it hasn't been disabled. (877) 453-4565 --- bill |
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blitZ OT: Wireless network questions Jan 3 2008, 01:23 PM
bperry Can you give us a description of the equipment you... Jan 3 2008, 01:44 PM silvernineonefour
I have a wireless network in my house, works grea... Jan 3 2008, 02:10 PM SirAndy
Any ideas on a simple solution?
does the AP supp... Jan 3 2008, 02:13 PM
bperry
Any ideas on a simple solution?
does the AP sup... Jan 3 2008, 03:02 PM banger You could also use powerline adapters. These are ... Jan 3 2008, 03:36 PM Marty Yeoman
oh, and btw., take all that wireless stuff of you... Jan 3 2008, 02:29 PM blitZ I prefer cabling also, but want to avoid running t... Jan 3 2008, 03:55 PM SirAndy
Here is the attempted setup.
DGL 4300 -> set ... Jan 3 2008, 04:03 PM Jeffs9146
I used this method and plugged another wireless ... Jan 3 2008, 06:34 PM blitZ Thanks for the tips. i attempted Andy's solut... Jan 4 2008, 06:32 AM SirAndy
Thanks for the tips. i attempted Andy's solu... Jan 4 2008, 12:55 PM blitZ
once restarted, open a DOS window and try to ping... Jan 4 2008, 02:21 PM bperry Just some other thoughts.
Perhaps the cable betwee... Jan 4 2008, 02:26 PM |
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