RE: WAP11 Problem

["Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>]

I still have a problem.

I came home and checked the original manual that came with AP and config utils. Both were the old versions. I downloaded the latest config utils and the latest firmware and upgraded it. Everything went O.K.

Now I wanted to start SNMP util. Ooops! Now asks for some password....Manual says that default one is "public", but doesn't work.

Back to USB util, change password into something known.

Now back to SNMP util.

Changed laptop IP into 192.168.1.251, AP is default 192.168.1.250.

Yellow link LED on AP is solid, ocasionaly blinking. Tried to ping 192.168.1.250, works O.K.

But SNMP util cannot find AP. When I click on Find Access Point, it searches and finds it on 192.168.1.250. When I click on it, it asks for IP Address and password and when I enter them, it starts Connecting... and comes with "Access Point not found".

But if I put wrong password it tells me that password is wrong, which means that it connects and checks the password.

 

Then I said, O.K. let's put both my laptop and AP into my subnet, so I put laptop to obtain IP address from DHCP and AP as well. And, really, when I click now on Find Access Point, it finds it on 192.168.0.50. Next time on 192.168.0.166, whatever IP address DHCP assignes. And I can ping it on those addresses. However, still, when I click to Connect to it with SNMP util, it still cannot connect to it, still "Access Point not found" message.

 

In the meantime I tried swapping cables, sockets, connecting directly to switch etc, but no difference.

 

O.K. I thought, maybe SNMP util doesn't work for some reason, I still have USB one. I installed Orinocco card then. Followed instructions, everything went smoothly.

Client manager shows me that it found AP and I'm on the network. Went through the flat, signal weakens, then back, it's full again.

Now I tried to see the network and I cannot connect to anything, pinged server, doesn't work.

Checked ipconfig /all and see that I have address completely out of range 168.0... something. TCP/IP settings are set to use DHCP.

Therefore I put ipconfig /renew, but after a while, it comes with "DHCP server not available"

But DHCP server works fine on fixed network.

So what should I do now?

I start thinking that something is really wrong with AP.

Does anyone have fixed network like me, using ICS and managed to connect AP to it?

Cheers,

Nik

 

-----Original Message-----
From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 March 2002 14:09
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] WAP11 Problem

>Tony,
>I downloaded manual >from manual looks slightly different from what I got with AP, maybe
newer version.

I think it's for the latest firmware (which I haven't yet downloaded), but I
prefer to have fixed IP for things like server, my CM router, the AP etc.
I will be changing the IP of the AP to match my conventions (the
aforementioned list of devices all have IP's of 192.168.1.1 -
192.168.1.100).
That way, I always know I can connect to 192.168.1.1 and know it's the main
server etc, for if/when dns & stuff get screwed up......

>Unfortunatelly, I'm using ICS, which uses it's own DHCP server, which has
it's own scope (192.168.0.2-192.168.0.254).
>It's all hardcoded, so I cannot change the scope to include AP's default IP
address.

That's okay, just put the AP on 192.168.0.255 or .1 then!

I would have to use proper DHCP server, but Microsoft doesn't support them
running together on the same LAN. (although, I know that it's working).

Ah, this is where a router comes in!  Or use WinProxy or similar to act as
firewall/dhcp/ICS device.
Easy to set up & get going.  Cheap too......


Tony


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