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| Thread ID: 117456 | 2011-04-19 20:23:00 | Can't connect to Netcomm NP121 | BBCmicro (15761) | Press F1 |
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| 1195674 | 2011-04-19 20:23:00 | The manual says to use address 192.168.20.2 but it times out without connecting. If I click "Diagnose Connection Problems" I get "Problems found. Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (192.168.20.2) is not responding. Detected." I can connect to the internet OK with the fixed IP address, gateway address, etc, supplied by Telstra. The wireless bridge doesn't work for devices connected at the remote end but the "association" LEDs are lit. Physically my Win7 desktop is cabled to LAN1, LAN4 is cabled to Telstra's Motorola cable modem. Both cables ordinary patch not uplink Any suggestions? (NP121 = wireless bridge comprising two identical hardware units, one preconfigured as an AP, the other as a Wireless Client Bridge, 4 LAN ports on each unit, no dedicated WAN port. I bought it from Ascent yesterday, $173) |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1195675 | 2011-04-19 21:35:00 | The cable out of the Motorola Modem is a Wide Area Network connection and will be looking for the IP address supplied by Telstra. You will, IMHO, need to put a Router with the Telstra supplied IP address in it, between the modem and the NP121 to enable a connection to the Local Area Network with an address range of 192.168.xxx.xxx If you have changed the IP address inside the NP121 to the IP address supplied by Telstra then you will not be able to connect to the NP121 using the IP address 192.168.20.2 because it will no longer recognise that IP address. Once again,IMHO, the setup you are attempting would be ok on an ADSL modem because what comes out of the back is LAN not WAN, the conversion having taken place inside the modem, this is not so with the Motorola. |
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| 1195676 | 2011-04-19 21:36:00 | ..and I've just tried a different computer, different OS (XP), different LAN cable, different port (LAN3) and get the same results:( (connects to internet OK, won't connect to the AP/router at 192.168.20.2) |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1195677 | 2011-04-19 21:54:00 | Success! I changed my computer's fixed address to 192.168.20.20 left mask etc the same and retried 192.168.20.2 - and it connected:) Got a login screen. I guessed admin/admin and that was it. (couldn't do anything else because the DVD with the manual on it was stuck inside the other computer...) |
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