Wireless Bridge

[rutters]

Bought a Vonets Wireless Bridge and set it to talk to my router. I have plugged it into my 500 but I can't communicate with it.

Do I need to change settings in the 500 or maybe laptop?

cheers

[lincsat]

You need to configure them in a PC/Laptop first, they need to know which network to connect to and what the password is.

[rutters]

yup..done that bit..put it in dm..now what?

Do I still have network and DCHP ticked?

Do I leave ip at 192.168.0.0?

[waqasahmed]

The IP should be something within your network ie:

My router has an IP of 192.168.2.1-subnet mask of 255.255.255.240-Default gateway of 0.0.0.0
My printer has an IP of 192.168.2.5-subnet mask of 255.255.255.240-Default gateway of 192.168.2.1
My DMM has an IP of 192.168.2.8-subnet mask of 255.255.255.224-Default gateway of 192.168.2.1(Directly connected(wired) to router)
My repeater(bridge) has an IP of 192.168.2.10-subnet mask of 255.255.255.240-Default gateway of 192.168.2.1

Find your default gateway first.Im assuming you have a wireless router within your household?

If so, go to a PC, and find the command prompt
Type: ipconfig
The cmd prompt should display something like the following:

IP: 192.168.x.x
Subnet:255.255.255.0
Default gateway:192.168.x.x

If you have a router with an IP address of 192.168.1.1, then the PC will display the following

IP: 192.168.1.5(any number between 2 and 254)
Subnet:255.255.255.0
Default gateway:192.168.1.1

Then you should configure your repeater to either do DHCP, or to manually configure it to an IP of your choice. ie:
IP: 192.168.1.10
Subnet:255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

The IP you have there is a network IP. Anything ending in 0.0 is usually a network. You've either not got a wireless router OR its been mis configured OR the bridge is not within range

You will then need to configure your DMM. Its probably not best to have a DHCP address, considering you'll probably need to FTP to it etc..

[rutters]

thanks for that

My laptop is 192.168.1.8

My router is 192.168.1.1

So I take it my Dm needs to be 192.168.1.something?yes?

So how do I change my DM's ip?

cheers

[waqasahmed]

It will be in settings, and network settings or expert settings and communications setup

[rutters]

Thanks

Do I need both Network and DCHP ticked?

[waqasahmed]

You can leave DHCP ticked for your repeater, but untick it on your DMM
DHCP gives IP's out automatically. You dont want an automatic IP on your DMM

[lambo]

Originally Posted by rutters

Thanks

Do I need both Network and DCHP ticked?

You will need network enbled for internet connection so leave it ticked

DHCP if your using it as a client box then leave it ticked, but if you want a static ip then untick and give it an ip use a high number like 192.168.1.199

[waqasahmed]

For the bridge, it wouldnt really matter if its DHCP or static, unless you want to do further modifications.
For the DMM, its advisable to have a static(DHCP unticked) IP address, considering that you will have to FTP to it to simply add a cline

It is also very likely that you have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 considering that manufacturers have no idea how many hosts you want on your network, and that is the default subnet mask for a 192.x.x.x address