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Re: [ts-7000] Ts-7300 wifi access point

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Ts-7300 wifi access point
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:11:48 +0000 (GMT)


On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, ts7300 wrote:

> hi,
>   I am trying to configure ts7300 as wifi access point
>    run iwconfig command
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> wlan0 802.11/g NIC   ESSID:"Telecom-lab"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz
> Access Point:00:02:72:71:21:c4 Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=off
> Retry:off RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:61/100 Signal level:33/100 Noise level:7/100
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:1356964 Invalid misc:602222 Missed beacon:0
>
> below are the interface file:
> -----------------------------------------------
> auto eth0
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>  address 10.64.21.43
>   netmask 255.255.0.0
>   network 10.64.0.0
>    netmask 255.255.0.0
>    gateway 10.64.1.1
>
>  auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet static
> address 10.64.21.49
> network 10.64.0.0
> netmask 255.255.0.0
> broadcast 10.64.255.255
> gateway 10.64.1.1
> wireless-essid Telecom-Lab
> wireless-key off
> mode master
> channel 6
> ----------------------------------------
>
> can anybody suggest me on interface file setting of ip address.Is it
> OK or any modification is needed.
> *one thing I noticed when i am using default gateway for wlan0
> interface 10.64.1.1 I am not able to ping.when I comment it then it
> will start pinging.
> but if I am not using default gateway then how come both inetrface
> eth0 and wlan0 talk to each other.
>
> Can suggest me on this??

Yes. Read an IP networking 101 primer.

Unless you are using bridging mode it is usual for different interfaces to 
be on different IP subnets - you have them configured on the same subnet.

You don't show the routing table so can't comment further.

Non of this is specific to the TS boards - it is generic Linux networking.




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