DLink AP-2000+ Setup (was: question)

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

> > I think it was your recommendation on this list that got me 
> to purchase
> > mine, for the same reason, too. 
> 
> Yipes. Still, it is working nice for me. Mine is also behind 
> a firewall.
> Just the computers at home use it. Still, there is a cafe downstairs,
> and you never know what cafe folk get up to.

Mine is working fine for me, too.  It was only the setup process that was a
problem.

Incidentally, *all* of the setup I did was direct via cable.

> Mozilla, konqueror and Opera on Linux. Mozilla and IE on Win 98. With
> every mix of drivers I have. As I wrote: next I will try the cable
> direct to see what I can break that way. The docs do say that 
> you 'can'
> do this. Maybe they mean that you MUST do this.

That would be my guess, but now that I have it working I'll try the other
way, too.  I'll be interested to hear if you have the same problems with the
browsers that I had, and which ones work to complete the setup.  I could do
everything but the encryption setup with Konqueror.

Did you get no response?  Or just unable to do the setup?  I would expect
you *must* turn off DHCP in order to access via the web, unless it is
handing out IPs in the range that the command interface is on.  Otherwise
you couldn't address it by IP:port to send it commands.

> As to the cable, the 2000AP+ autosenses this. This was the 
> first time I
> came across this. So, one cable works in both conditions. Or 
> so the AP's
> docs claim.

Hm.  Then why do they specify a crossover cable in the setup documentation?
Actually, I'm pretty certain that it required the crossover cable.  I tried
several others first (the only crossover in the house runs from my firewall
to my DSL modem).
 
> I have tried from a laptop running SUSE 8 and 9 with an OpenSource
> driver and the linuxart/XP drivers, as well as Gentoo and a PCI card
> with the same drivers. I really feel that the admin is over the cable
> only. At least the first time.

That sounds like what I've seen.

Nonetheless, I'm finally able to run webmin from my laptop and "fix" my
server without locking myself away in the computer room.


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Tom Condon
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