DLink AP-2000+ Setup (was: question)

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 22:08, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
> > > 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.

Same here this evening. It really looks to me like this is how it is.
The admin is only available over the lan interface, not the wireless.

I started to configure it this evening, but messed it up. Had to use the
reset button. I will try a more conservative setup tomorrow. 

> > 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.

That was only if I used the Wizard. All those are also available in
other menus that seem to work better.

> 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

I do not have dhcp serving on the AP wireless port. So, it is using a
DHCP server elsewhere in the area. That part worked better than I
expected.

Were you able to change the static address on the lan port? I could not
get the menu to accept any change. I tried something else on the
192.168.0.x network, as well as a 10.1.6.x, which I would prefer.

> > 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).

In my manual, on page 2, section B, they refer to this. They call it
Auto/MDI-MDX. It has worked for me.

> > 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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