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    From Michael Steiper@steiper@fas.harvard.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 22:53:15
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hello again,
    I am new to Airport. I just setup a new pBook 10.2. First thing, I just
    put in the password for my local Airport network. Safari, ssh, ftp all
    worked A-OK. Here is the issue, I can't get to the other servers and computers on the network, which are connected to the base computer (G4
    tower) via ethernet. Can anyone let me know how to do this? Or, point me
    to an kbase doc for this? I can't query the kbase, since I actually don't know exactly what it is called that I am having a problem with.

    Thanks a bunch,

    Mikey
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  • From nmassello@nmassello@earthlink.net (Neill Massello) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 00:29:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Michael Steiper <steiper@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:

    Hello again,
    I am new to Airport. I just setup a new pBook 10.2. First thing, I just
    put in the password for my local Airport network. Safari, ssh, ftp all worked A-OK. Here is the issue, I can't get to the other servers and computers on the network, which are connected to the base computer (G4
    tower) via ethernet. Can anyone let me know how to do this? Or, point me
    to an kbase doc for this? I can't query the kbase, since I actually don't know exactly what it is called that I am having a problem with.

    The problem is that what you want is a wireless bridge, but what you've
    got (using the G4 to share its Internet connection with the PowerBook)
    is a wireless router that does not bridge the Ethernet and AirPort
    physical networks to which it is connected.

    Unlike an Apple AirPort Base Station, which puts all its DHCP clients on
    the same network (10.0.1.*), the DHCP server in Apple's software base
    station (SBS) assigns addresses in the 10.0.2.* range to its wireless
    clients, addresses in the 192.168.2.* range to its Ethernet clients, and
    a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 to all clients. Unlike a hardware base
    station, an SBS cannot be configured as a bridge that simply passes
    traffic (no DHCP or NAT) between the Ethernet and AirPort networks.

    You could try giving the PowerBook a fixed IP address ("Configure:
    Manually" in the AirPort Network preference pane) in the 192.168.2.*
    range, but you will find that this disables Internet access for the
    PowerBook, as an SBS only shares its Internet address with its DHCP
    clients -- again, unlike an AirPort Base Station.

    What you need is third-party software, such as IPNetShare <http://www.sustworks.com>, or a wireless hardware bridge, such as a
    Belkin F5D7130 or a D-Link DWL-2000AP.
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  • From nmassello@nmassello@earthlink.net (Neill Massello) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 14:18:17
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Dale J. Stephenson <dalestephenson@mac.com> wrote:

    Will any of the wireless hardware bridges do a wireless to wireless bridge
    as well? Reception from my (graphite) airport in my office is a bit weak upstairs. I'd like to put another wireless unit upstairs to provide
    bridging to an airport-less iMac there, but also to be used by iBooks upstairs.

    Wireless bridging -- what Apple calls a "Wireless Distribution System"
    or WDS -- is appearing in most of the recent wireless router models, for example Belkin's F5D7230 and Apple's AirPort Extreme Base Station. At
    this point, it generally works only between two routers of the same
    brand. You would have to buy two new routers to use it.
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  • From russotto@russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 13:08:42
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <m3d6gj96ns.fsf@mac.com>,
    Dale J. Stephenson <dalestephenson@mac.com> wrote:
    nmassello@earthlink.net (Neill Massello) writes:

    [airport network bridging...]
    What you need is third-party software, such as IPNetShare
    <http://www.sustworks.com>, or a wireless hardware bridge, such as a
    Belkin F5D7130 or a D-Link DWL-2000AP.

    Will any of the wireless hardware bridges do a wireless to wireless bridge
    as well? Reception from my (graphite) airport in my office is a bit weak >upstairs. I'd like to put another wireless unit upstairs to provide
    bridging to an airport-less iMac there, but also to be used by iBooks >upstairs.

    I don't know of any which are both repeater and wireless-to-wired
    bridge using mixed hardware. Two Airport Extremes could do it, I think, but that's an expensive way to do it.
    --
    Matthew T. Russotto mrussotto@speakeasy.net "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
    of justice is no virtue." But extreme restriction of liberty in pursuit of
    a modicum of security is a very expensive vice.
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