Comments | adularia: what good is the internet if i can't have wifi in bed?

adularia

what good is the internet if i can't have wifi in bed?

Jun 30, 2008 20:20

Grrr. Efforts to set up wireless on top of my apartment building's network are failing, now that I've dropped $30 and had an Interesting Day in pursuit of a power brick for my AP. (ok, I sought lots of things, and attained all of them, but Interesting's the word for it.) Am tired of being tethered to this desk now ( Read more... )

wtf, techhology

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A couple of suggestions tcepsa July 1 2008, 03:02:22 UTC

Disclaimer: I realize that you are technically savvy and may have tried all of these ( ... )

Re: A couple of suggestions adularia July 1 2008, 04:10:41 UTC

I had already tried the approach of writing down the DHCP address, netmask, etc assigned to my computer and giving it to my router as a static IP, but in combination with other time-based suggestions (waiting some amount of time for MAC addresses to drop out of routing tables) it might still work. Thanks!

pauldf July 1 2008, 03:31:15 UTC

Random thought...do you have the Linksys spoofing the MAC address of the computer you're successfully connecting with? If not, try shutting the computer down before you leave for a few hours to do errands (or as you go to sleep), then bring the Linksys up when you return.

(Why? Because some servers try to ensure that each subscriber/customer only connects with one device. If you want to use another device, you have to wait long enough for it to forget about the old one.)

randomdreams July 1 2008, 03:53:24 UTC

I was going to suggest something similar.
My dsl modem has a fit if I swap hardware. I have to power it down, hook it to what it's going to run on, and bring it up, otherwise it refuses to see anything. When I do that, bring it up, and bring up the downstream box, everything's fine, whether the downstream box is a NAT/firewall or just a switch/router.

northernflights July 1 2008, 04:13:18 UTC

I know this is really basic, but:

(1) do you have the WRT54GL configured to clone the MAC address of the device that works right when it's connected directly to the modem?

(2) did you remember to turn the modem off before connecting the router? (yes, that means waiting for it to reconnect if it's cable or dsl.)

Usually, it is necessary to do ONE of the above. I'd try both if you're still having trouble.

3smallishmagi July 1 2008, 06:32:03 UTC

I've discovered my ISP does some variant of "I gave you an IP ten minutes ago. Fuck off." which makes things awkward when something goes wrong.

I've also discovered that when two routers get together on the same physical network they talk some protocol I know little about because it usually 'just works' They try and make a spanning tree and frequently get it wrong.

You may have to wait for the arp cache on the other end to expire which may mean waiting for your old lease to expire, but I don't know that.

My money says when you turn it all on again in the morning configured like you want it, it will work fine.