wireless help
erpa1119
erpa1119 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 7 16:36:00 UTC 2008
had to figure out how to mount the usb stick
ifconfig
plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:13:46:21:83:0c
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/36Mbps)
status: associated
ssid GCH_Wireless channel 10 bssid 00:18:39:7c:ea:88
authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit txpowmax 38
bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst bintval 100
arp
? (192.168.1.3) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.254) at (incomplete) on ath0 [ethernet]
ping linksys
PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
--- 192.168.1.3 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
netstat
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.254 UGS 0 0 ath0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0
192.168.1 link#3 UC 0 0 ath0
192.168.1.254 link#3 UHLW 2 0 ath0
Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags
Netif Expire
::1 ::1 UHL
lo0
fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 U
lo0
fe80::1%lo0 link#2 UHL
lo0
ff01:2::/32 fe80::1%lo0 UC
lo0
ff02::%lo0/32 fe80::1%lo0 UC
lo0
Thanks for the help
erpa1119 wrote:
>
> Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other
> hosts on your network use this same setup successfully?
>
>
> Correct.
> I have 4 other laptops on this AP that all have internet connectivity (2
> winxp and 2 win2k pro).
> All configured with the gateway as 192.168.1.254 (the BS router)
>
> Any ping except to 192.168.1.12 (manually assigned) and 127.0.0.1 and
> localhost result in either "host is down" or a name resolve issue, ie
> cannot resolve host.
> Additionally EricBSD (manually assigned name to box) returns with a cannot
> resolve host as well.
>
> I will post the result of the below shortly.
> # ifconfig -a
> # netstat -rn
> # ping ip.of.linksys
> # ping ip.of.bellsouth
> # arp -a
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Bertrand-2 wrote:
>>
>> erpa1119 wrote:
>>> Why would I change something that is known to function correctly?
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance... It was my understanding that the reason you
>> posted to the list was to get help with an issue where you could not
>> communicate with other network devices.
>>
>> Are you saying it does work? Are you saying that perhaps you have other
>> hosts on your network use this same setup successfully? Are you saying
>> that your Linksys "router" is not at all a gateway device (does not NAT
>> and forward packets)?
>>
>> # ifconfig -a
>> # netstat -rn
>> # ping ip.of.linksys
>> # ping ip.of.bellsouth
>> # arp -a
>>
>> ...post them.
>>
>> Steve
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