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In article <1grryjs.4ioarru8k2umN%neillmassello@earthlink.net>,
neillmassello@earthlink.net (Neill Massello) wrote:
> John_G <tympani@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you all for your helpful responses. I have both a Titanium PowerBook
> > (dual boot 15") and a Lombard (Bronze Kbd, which I've upgraded to a 500MHz
> > G4). I was hoping to use the Lombard as the bridge, wired into the RTV,
> > to my wireless 802.11g network. I mostly want to use the network to
> > interrogate the HD on the RTV and for the RTV to connect to the www for
> > program updates. I suppose I could also use it to upload things recorded
> > on the RTV for editing but I can also do this on my DVR so I suspect
> > network speed is really not an issue. I was just trying to avoid running
> > cable or purchasing more hardware if possible. I figure, the Lombard
> > doesn't autosense so I'll probably need a crossover cable but how do I set
> > up the networking? It soulnds like a couple of you have done this.
Either thru persistance or just dumb luck, after throwing in the towel a
month ago I finally got my Powerbook to talk to my Replay via my Airport
wireless network.
My setup is a Powerbook with OSX 10.3, Airport wi-fi router, and cablemodem
with a fixed IP. Here goes. . .
There is certain information you need first from your Airport Admin
Utility. Open it up and click the Airport tab to get your Base station
name. Click the Internet tab and write down the DNS numbers. Click the
Network tab and check "Enable Airport to Ethernet Bridging". Save changes
if you had to check the "Enable. . ." button so the Airport will reboot
with the new setting. Close the utility, you don't need it anymore.
Next you have to connect your Mac to the Bridge with an ethernet cable to
set it up. The bridges have a default IP address you need to find and make
note of. My Linksys IP was 192.168.1.255.
Now go to the Systems Preferences and select Network. Make a new Location
and call it "Bridge". Next to Location in the Network pane, select
"Bridge", next to Show: select "Built-in Ethernet" and then click the
TCP/IP tab.
In the TCP/IP tab, next to Configure: select "Manually" and fill in the IP
address with the Bridge's IP address. Change the last number to anything
less than 255, but not the same number as the bridge. I used 192.168.1.5.
The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
Make sure you click on the "Apply Now" button so the OS will now start
using your new settings.
With the Bridge plugged in and connected to your ethernet port open a
browser and type in your Bridge IP address and hit return. At this point
you'll get a setup window in the browser window sent by the Bridge so you
can make the few changes you need to get it going. There's probably a user
id and password so check the docs the bridge came with.
What I did was give the device a name, Linksys WET11, and then entered a
specific IP setting of
IP: 192 168 1 255
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192 168 1 1
Next, I filled in the SSID blank with the name of my Wireless network
connection and checked Infrastructure instead of Ad Hoc. I disabled WEP
because I wanted to keep it simple and don't have it checked in my Airport
settings. (One less thing to go wrong, eventually I'll go back and change
this. . .)
If there's a save button in the browser button, hit it. The bridge should
be ready to go. Still, I had to reboot it by unplugging it before the new
settings would take, so you might as well do that.
At this point you need to go back into the Systems Preferences and change
your Mac's Network Location back to whatever was working for you before you
created the Bridge location. After you change it, be sure to click on the
"Apply Now" button. Close the System Prefs utility.
Finally, it's time to set up the Replay. Make sure the ethernet cable is
plugged into the Bridge and the Bridge's AC is plugged in. Open the Replay
menu and select "Setup". Find "Network and Input Settings" and select it.
Scroll to "Change Network" and select that. You might get lucky and the
Replay will find the network, but I had to plug in the numbers manually.
IP Address: 10.0.1.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.0.1.1
DNS Server 1: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DNS Server 2: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
The DNS server number are the one's you got from the Airport Utility and
the Replay uses those number to go online. The other numbers are part of
your local wi-fi network.
Can you use DHCP in the Wireless Bridge setup? Probably but I dunno for
sure and I'm not gonna experiment with it any further for fear of screwing
it up again <grin>
As you might have guessed by now I've posted this as much to keep a record
for myself as to help anybody else doing the same thing. Hope it helps. . .
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