[Info-vax] Wireless networking for my home xp900

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In article <48e3d907-caf4-477b-9645-dd9897455998 at c34g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>, John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>On Aug 22, 11:45=A0am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <w4ednTMRmbMt0RLXnZ2dnUVZ_r2dn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. G=
>ilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
>>
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>> >VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> >> In article <1f919585-c3f2-4faf-a311-9c4f1f715... at z31g2000yqd.googlegro=
>ups.com>, Doug Phillips <dphil... at netscape.net> writes:
>> >>> On Aug 17, 5:15=3DA0pm, Jojimbo <jjgessl... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> On Aug 17, 2:07=3DA0pm, VAXman- =3D... at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> In article <6eaa6e9d-3a95-46c1-98d5-ab7b8b280... at z24g2000yqb.google=
>grou=3D
>> >>> ps.com>, Jojimbo <jjgessl... at gmail.com> writes:
>> >>>>>> Due to some residential reorganization, my xp900 will be moving
>> >>>>>> further away from the network hub. =3DA0This will make having an a=
>ctual
>> >>>>>> wire very inconvenient for network connectivity. =3DA0Is there som=
>e devi=3D
>> >>> ce
>> >>>>>> I can use to let the xp900 join my already established wireless ne=
>t?
>> >>>>>> Any suggestions appreciated.
>> >>>>>> Thanks, =3DA0Jim
>> >>>>> A wireless bridge. =3DA0Eg. =3DA0LinkSys WET54G.
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>> >>>>> =3DA0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
>> >>>> Thanks, =3DA0I was looking for something along these lines, transpar=
>ent to
>> >>>> the xp900, relatively cheap.
>>
>> >>>> Regards, =3DA0Jim
>> >>> Or, if you want to save a few dollars go with a cheap wireless router
>> >>> (I'm using a WRT54G) and download (and install) the appropriate (free=
>)
>> >>> firmware upgrade from <http://www.dd-wrt.com/>.
>>
>> >>> My basement LAN has been connected to my upstairs LAN for years using
>> >>> this setup.
>>
>> >> Does this give you more robust router capabilities on a Linksys? =A0I =
>just
>> >> picked up one for the first time for my son away at college. =A0I am _=
>NOT_
>> >> impressed with the web based configuration and it was very limited fro=
>m
>> >> what I witnessed. =A0
>>
>> >If you are used to a *real* router, the Linksys (and equivalent stuff)
>> >is pretty lame. =A0A LinkSys, or equivalent, router does get the job don=
>e
>> >IF the job is to connect an RFC-1918 Private Network to the Internet.
>> >It doubles as a firewall (perhaps also lame) by requiring that all
>> >connections are originated from the Private side. =A0I suspect that ther=
>e
>> >are millions of such devices quietly doing the job. . . .
>>
>> >As for the configuration, there is not whole lot to configure! =A0I thin=
>k
>> >mine required a whole three minutes. =A0Two and one half of those minute=
>s
>> >were devoted to reading the instructions.
>>
>> Yeah, I blogged my entire Linksys experience.
>>
>> I still don't understand why a WEENDOZE PeeCee can't connect to and
>> configure the Linksys without installing/running the software on the
>> enclosed CD. =A0It's not really important, I run operating systems on
>> my hardware.
>>
>> I found the documentation on the CD too. =A0Yeah, it was in PDF format
>> too! =A0All I needed to do was power it up, connect to the default of
>> 'linksys' for SSID, connect to it with my Linux laptop and point its
>> Firefox browser to 192.168.1.1. =A0The documentation said 'admin' was
>> the password. =A0Once I read that far and was talking to the device, I
>> added the CD to my polycarbonate drink coaster collection. =A0I copied
>> the manual to the documentation folder on my laptop too... not that
>> I think I'll read it but you never know.
>>
>> I'm off to PSU Abington today to see if it will actually function on
>> the cable network there.
>>
>> BTW, the menus didn't seem to refresh properly when I used Safari to
>> connect to the web management pages. =A0That seemed rather odd for the
>> only browser to have passed the ACID3 test! =A0FireFox is still 93/100.
>>
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>> =A0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
>
>Based on what I have observed with various bits of Linksys kit, I have
>*assumed* that the setup app on the PC CD uses some Linksys-private
>LAN protocol to "discover" what Linksys kit is on the LAN, so that the
>first bit of the setup process can be a "Which box do you want to set
>up?" with a list of identified Linksys boxes to choose from. I've
>never actually used this process, I've always avoided it by resetting
>the new Linksys stuff to factory default (ie known IP address) and
>bodging the IP setup on the relevant host so it can browse to the
>Linksys, but there may be times when that isn't an option.

Like when the only other systems on the LAN are running OS X or Linux 
or some non-WEENDOZE virus invitational software?

One thing I can do on Cisco is define which machine, by MAC address,
will be assign what DHCP address.  

ip dhcp pool BOX-X
   host 192.168.1.xyz 255.255.255.0
   hardware-address aabb.ccdd.eeff
   client-name BOX-X

The client doesn't need to be touched and it's still DHCP served its
IP address, I just maintain control of what that address is!

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