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Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge
Please help - Can't get it to work

New MessageWireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) eahtwo
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Hello -

I am a hack (not a hacker) and have limited (ok, no) programming skills. Been using computers since my Atari 400, and can bolt things together, but coding is beyond me. I have an unhacked audrey with a 3-com 3C19250 usb newtwork interface and a SMC Barricade G (SMC2804WBRP-G) wireless broadband router connected to a cable modem. BTW - There is no "real" computer on this network besides my work laptop with integrated WLAN NIC (discussed below). Everything works fine whem I hard connect directly to one of the four 10/100 ports on the router directly from the USB adapter (hard wired), but when I tried to use the DWL-810 (using both the provided crossover cable and using a normal straight through cable connected to audrey)to connect wirelessly, I get an error regarding my USB network adaptor not being connected and I can't get on the web or pull down new email. By the way, I did try both disconnecting and reconnecting the USB adaptor (which is what it took to get the audrey to work when I replaced my LinkSys B router with the new SMC - took me three hours to figure that out) and powering off Audrey for 60 seconds - still no joy. I just bought a new Audrey for another (unwired) room and two DWL-810's because I saw another post saying it worked, so I am very motivated to fix this.

Questions are:
1. Do I need to update my audrey(s) to an image to make the DWL-810 work (thinking of doing this anyway but my wife will be upset if I kill her audrey and upgrading appears frough with peril based on the postings)? If I do need to update - what images are know to work with the DWL-810 (or does it even matter)?
2. I got the sense from the packaging & posting that I could just hook up the DWL and it would work, but when I hooked it up - no luck. Also, when I enter in the router IP address info into Audrey's brwoser I get a DNS error, so it doesn't seem to be communicating at all. Tried it on my laptop, which already has an integrated wireless NIC, so I couldn't get it to use the DWL-810 by itself for access to test (although I did get to the DWL browser based setup menu and followed the setup directions successfully using the laptop).
3. Can someone tell me how to get this to work, or does this require some sort of programming?

Thanks in advance to anyone with thoughts on this - being new to the concept of hacking I'm amazed at how much great info is out there - It's very refreshing to see.

03-20-2004 09:00:14

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) niftymatt
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There are a couple things you need to do to get the 810 working. First you need to use your laptop to configure it if you are using WEP (which you should be). Secondly you want to set the default gateway in Audrey. See this thread for more detail on both http://www.audreyhacking.com/forum/read.php?f=2&i=2987&t=2987. As far as flashing an image is concerned I've done it many times (I have 5 Audreys) and have never yet had a problem. Just manke sure you verify the card first and try to avoid any power outages while in the midst of flashing. Some of the coolest stuff only comes after upgrading so it is well worth the (relatively low) risk.

Good luck and have fun,
Matt

03-20-2004 10:47:11

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) wzakaras
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hi
i have several dwl-810's running now
to start off, use the KISS principle
TURN off WEP!
hook the 810 up to a pc using the crossover cable
open a browser and go to http://191.168.0.30
that is the default IP for the 810
make sure that it is set for infastructure and no encryption
also go into you router 192.168.0.0 (Maybe)
and verify no encryption and anything else (example I ONLY TALK TO CERTAIN MAC ADDRESSES)
from there you should be able to boot audrey and connect directly to the router
You must use the crossover cable in all cases!
wayne
wcz@comcast.net
03-23-2004 08:33:07

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) eahtwo
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Thanks to you all -

Adding the gateway did the trick with one note to others -

I also had to map the bridge directly to my network SSID even though the bridge instructions say you can leave it in the default connect to any mode.

After that minor change I was all set.

So to help out those who want to set theirs up - here are the steps I followed for my gear (router type described in first topic above).

First I connected up the bridge to my laptop (XL) using the crossover cable.
Then I had to go to the TCP/Ip properties for this connection and set it to a static IP adress:
I set the IP Adress to 192.168.0.2 and set the Subnet to 255.255.255.0
(Hint - if you can't figure out which connection is the one hooked up to the bridge, just unplug the crossover cable from your NIC and watch the status)
I then opened up a browser and typed in 192.168.0.2 in the address bar and a password screen comes up - just type in admin in the user ID - no password & click OK
Under the wireless tab, modify the settings per the instructions - this is where I had to enter my wireless routers SSID rather than accepting the default per the instructions.

You will then be prompted to reset the bridge - go ahead & do this

Then I moved over to my Audery and followed the above instructions -

Hint - to get to the place to add in the gateway addres youy need to click on Audrey Options, Internet settings then click on the Advanced info box. This will bring up a screen to enter in DNS info etc. Uncheck the use ppp/dhcp button and you will see a space to enter in the gateway info - enter in 192.168.0.2 in this spot and then click out of this window. You don't need to add any other info.

That plus about a minute of waiting did the trick.

One other note: The DWL-810 uses a 5-volt DC, 2.5AMP power input, so it looks like it would be possible to pull power off of the 5.0 volt portion of the audrey power supply if you wanted to reduce the number of cords hanging around or even try to add wireless internally or to the back of the unit (though I have not verified the power utilization of Audrey and the 810 combined versus the output of the Audrey power supply - could be bad news if you over-draw the audrey powersupply).

Good luck to others - my two audrey's are now wireless for $39 each (recent ebay price).

Thanks again to those who replied - it did the trick

03-26-2004 20:23:42

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) niftymatt
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Glad to hear it's working. Let us know if you get brave enough to try moving the bridge inside Audrey. That would be cool though with the ethernet adapter and the bridge I would think it would be a little tight.
03-26-2004 21:21:30

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) geekgranny
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Are there reasons, other than cost, why we couldn't use a higher throughput bridge? THIA
"Ah crapola....sorry for the multiple posts..." (Greenspark)
THEGeekGranny-epodsgranny@hotmail.com
03-28-2004 13:12:15

New MessageRE:Wireless - D-Link DWL-810 Wireless Bridge (modified 0 times) omasteak
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Hello,
I'm in the process of connecting my Audrey to my wireless network. I use a 2Wire HomePortal router that has IP in the 172.x.x.x range and DHCP which assigns IPs to PCs on the network in that same range. When I configure the DLink dwl810+ unit should I set its IP to an unused address in that same 172.x.x.x range? I will set it to use my existing SSID and WEP key. Then when its configured and I've connected it to the USB network adapter connected to the Audrey, do I use the router IP as the gateway address or the IP I've assigned to the dwl810+ unit? Thanks for helping me get the steps correct!
04-27-2004 05:47:53

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