Re: the marriage of wireless and wireful
*insert foot in mouth*
On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 02:22:39AM -0600, Kevin Blackham wrote:
> Or... your printer doesn't have its default gateway set, if the /24 mask
> doesn't help.
>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:34:11PM -0700, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> > Naturally the problem would be at the end. It's in the printer. You report
> > it configured as follows:
> >
> > >[The printer network hardware -- it's an HP JetDirect 170x]
> > >
> > > IP = 192.168.0.250
> > >netmask = 255.255.0.0
> > >gateway = 192.168.0.1
> >
> > which means it thinks that 192.168.1.10 is local, since you gave it a 16-bit
> > netmask. So it receives the ping request and tries to arp a local host to
> > respond to instead of using the gateway. Fix: change the printer's netmask
> > from /16 to /24.
> >
> > At 04:45 AM 8/31/00 +0000, Paul Phillips wrote:
> > ...
> > > eth0 is 192.168.0.1 (wired network)
> > > ppp0 is w.x.y.z (connects to Internet via roaring penguin's PPPoE)
> > > wvlan0 is 192.168.1.1 (wireless network)
> > >
> > >She is running potato, kernel 2.2.17pre20, pcmcia 3.1.19. Hosts on the
> > >wireless network can get everywhere OK except for the printer on the wired
> > >network. From apollo I can reach everything fine, including the printer.
> > >
> > >I thought some strange ipchain was stopping me but that doesn't appear to
> > >be it. I think now it's some routing thinko on my part but I can't find it.
> > >So I throw myself upon the mercy of your collective brainpower. Why can't
> > >192.168.1.10 get a ping response from 192.168.0.250? (Or otherwise reach it,
> > >IOW it's not ICMP-specific.) Snooping the network interfaces on apollo
> > >shows that the ICMP echo request is being received on wvlan0 and delivered
> > >on eth0, but then it disappears.
> > [diagnoztic detail deleted]
> >
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> > Palo Alto, CA ray@comarre.com
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