Re: network issue
On Thursday 16 October 2025 08:00:46 pm Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <roy@rtellason.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This isn't strictly debian-related, so if there's a better place for this
> > feel free to point me at it and I'll try there...
> >
> > Back when my LAN was a workstation and a DSL modem, and a bit later on a
> > routher/firewall was added, and a server, then later on a second
> > workstation. Wifi was an old (now older and very flaky) AP. These days
> > wifi is also provided by the "modem" (Hugesnet, who is completely useless
> > for help on this) and it's dual band and seems overall faster.
> >
> > The problem is when I'm using that wifi I have no access to my local
> > server, I can only get to it by way of the old flaky AP that's internal to
> > the LAN.
> >
> > Particulars: The "modem" is 192.168.1.1, the WAN side of the router is
> > 192.168.1.2, the server on the other side of the router is 192.168.0.1,
> > and the workstations get DHCP addresses assigned when they connect, as do
> > any devices (a couple of phones and a tablet) that connect to the wifi.
>
> Are the workstations, phones and tablets able to communicate with each other?
Not really, unless I tell a phone to act as a "wifi hotspot", which effectively makes it yet another AP. And it tends to drrain the battery really fast.
> If they can communicate with each other then the easiest route would
> be too connect the server to the WiFi. Here is a Free Software Supported
> 802.11n USB Dongle
> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb
Nice, but a little bit spendy for the moment.
> > Is there any simple way to get that external wifi to point to my internal
> > server when a 192.168.x.x address is used?
What I've tried so far is detailed in another reply.
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