On 10/24/07, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 23 Oct 2007, at 22:27, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > ... > > I really don't get how you forward something to an Access Point, isn't > > this device like a "dumb hub" on your wireless network? Mine doesn't > > have an IP, nor MAC or anything that could identify it on the network. > > You're making assumptions that all APs are like your own. > > Your AP would appear to be operating as a transparent network bridge, > but others operate as NAT routers. And a device operating as a "dumb" > bridge can still have MAC & IP addresses assigned to it, should the > manufacturer wish. I'm actually a little surprised to hear that yours > doesn't - how does one change the SSID & wireless encryption key, if > the AP has no IP address to connect to? >
Simple home APs act just like that, no address for configs or anything, just a bridge to another network. These devices have no config at all, they simply create an SSID with no encryption to a wired network. What he got is a WIRELESS ROUTER that acts like an Access Point, providing a gateway and forwarding, linked to another router. I could have guessed, but there was no info about that in his first post, so I just guessed it was a simple Access Point. -- Daniel da Veiga Filosofia de TI: Programadores de verdade consideram o conceito "o que você vê é o que você tem" tão ruim em editores de texto quanto em mulheres. Não, o programador de verdade quer um editor de texto do estilo "você pediu, você levou" - complicado, indecifrável, poderoso, impiedoso, perigoso. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
