Claude Jones wrote:
My FC3 computer with SELinux enabled in targetted mode is
accessing the internet just fine. On the LAN side, DHCP is working
and I have a wireless access point DLINK DWL-G700AP connected to
the LAN nic. It's passing traffic from a laptop to the Linux box
just fine, and I can access the internet from the laptop, so all
is well. I have one nagging issue. I can't access the DLINK. My
LAN is set to run as 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 and according to
the literature the DLINK is defaulted to IP address 192.168.0.50.
I have spent the better part of the afternoon trying to get around
this, but nothing is working. I changed the LAN addressing to
reflect the same range as the access point many times. I have
tried resetting the access point so that it's at its default
settings. I'm missing something - does anyone know something I
should be trying?
If I'm reading you correctly, your DHCP server (you don't say where
it is) is giving you an address in the range 192.168.2.0 through .255.
Your access point is on a totally different network, 192.168.0.50, so
I don't see how you can use it to get through your network.
First, find out what your IP address actually is:
ifconfig eth0
If it's in the 192.168.2.x range, you can do one of two different things
to access the AP. You can force a route:
route add net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
or change the IP address on your NIC to the same as that of the AP:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
How about describing your network a bit more? What router are you
using? Does it have wireless on it? What is acting as your DHCP
server? Do you want the NIC on your machine to plug into the AP
so your machine goes wireless? Just what are you trying to accomplish?
My access point is working too well - I can get internet access
from several rooms away in an industrial building with lots of
concrete and steel in the walls. It's not currently locked down in
any way, so I guess anyone else who tries can get in as well.
Set up a non-broadcasting ESSID and a WEP key, PRONTO!
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