Re: IP bridging troubleshooting

Possible:

On some hubs/switches, especially old ones, when you need to connect to
another switch/router through the uplink port, you cannot connect another
device to the immediately adjacent port. Also, some older models have a
switch to enable/disable uplink.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

<hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to connect a hub to a router, such as at
>
<http://usa.asus.com/products/communication/wireless/wl-330g/ethernet.jpg>.
> The directions I have from Asus are:
>
> "After looking over your emails I saw that the original email
> solution I sent to you was wrong. I thought you were connecting two
> routers together ( which is called WDS), not connecting a hub to the
> router (which is called IP bridging) This setup is actually quite
> simple with the WL-330G. All you need to fo is reset the WL-330G and
> flip the switch on it to ethernet adapter mode. Then, plug the unit
> into your hubs uplink port. It will automatically find the wireless
> router signal and then bridge the two units together. There should be
> no setting changes made to the WL-330G. "
>
> The router is SMC7004VWBR, which is reviewed at
> <http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-19-ProdID-SMC7004VWBR.php>. I'm
> trying to pinpoint the difficulty I'm having with this setup. The
> likeliest candidates:
>
> a.) The WL-330g is defective. However, it works in other regards. I
> recently updated the firmware.
> b.) The hub is defective. However, I've used it to ping from one
> computer to another, so it works in that regard. It's an old model.
> c.) The router is defective, or more likely, doesn't have this
> capability. This seems the likeliest, to me, but I'm not sure. How
> can I find out? Unfortunately, it's not my router and it's not on my
> property. Asking the owner of the router, my neighbor, to update the
> routers firmware or otherwise do anything is no small task.
> d.) User error. I'm not connecting the different pieces together
> correctly, or something.
>
> what I'm doing:
>
> 1.) disconnect and power off the WL-330g and computer.
> 2.) connect hub to the computer.
> 3.) connect the WL-330g to the hubs uplink port.
> 4.) turn on the computer, WL-330g and hub.
> 5.) reset the WL-330g.
>
> But, err, no internet. Plus, the manual for the WL-330g says that MAC
> cloning must be disabled. However, when I run the software which
> controls the WL-330g settings, the software reports "no device found."
>
> I'm looking for a technique to try to figure out what's not working and
> why it's not working. There are many devices involved, which makes it
> kinda difficult to pin down. What are some good questions to ask,
> please?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thufir
>


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