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DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) Chicago773 Profile | Email Can I connect a D-Link Access Point to a wired NIC in a desktop and configure the D-Link to allow the ePod to access the resources of the desktop or do I need a router? Until my DSL connection is established, my only internet connection is a dial-up on the desktop machine. Thanks in advance! 02-19-2001 12:00:49

RE:DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) profeign I'm not sure what model is the d-link access point, but you can use a 'crossover' ethernet cable. Normal ethernet cables (looking at the bottom of the plug) are wht/org,org,wht/grn,blu,wht/blu,grn,wht/brn,brn A crossover ethernet cable is (looking at the bottom of the plug) wht/grn,grn,wht/org,blu,wht/blu,org,wht/brn,brn You switch the transmit and receive pairs (orange=Tx, green=Rx) and you can connect two ethernet cards 'back to back' and share resources on two machines without a hub/switch/router. Hope this helps. If you can't make your own ethernet cable, you could cut one open and connect the white/orange wire to the white green on the other half, the orange to the green, etc. You only need the orange and green pairs for 10-base T, the rest of the wires are just buffer wires that don't carry any data. mailto:profeign@hotmail.com 02-19-2001 12:46:40

RE:DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) vagitizer Save yourself the hassle... if you KNOW your going to get DSL/CABLE whatever... go get a CHEAP hub. No need to use the cross over cable (though it is less expensive). I'm sure you will be able to use the hub later. I personally have one in the house with 4 machines using one cable connection (awesome). Win 98 and 2000 have the internet sharing feature, so the machine that connects to the internet will be able to share the internet connection, you will need 2 10baseT cards though, one for your cable/DSL connection and the other that connects to the hub( this is the one that handles the traffic from other computers). Lan cards are about 9-12 bucks each, minor investment. Access points are not cheap (not cheap at all, though they will come down in price during the fall season this year. Anyways.... Set up each of the IP addresses to 192.168.0.x (replace x with any value, I used 4 on one machine and 3 on the other). Connect the access point to your hub using the same subnet, and routing 255.255.255.255 and you should be all set. That is if you are using a wireless setup in the house, and you do mean access point (wireless access point) otherwise use the above to go by for a WIRED lan connection. scratch and sniff (not smell!) 02-19-2001 15:37:05

RE:DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) nukem Actually the other four wires are unused. 10/100BaseT ethernet only uses 2 pair, or four wires. 2 for TX, 2 for Rx. You can put telephone, video, another ethernet, anything at all on the other 2 pair. A Hub is certainly inexpensive, but a crossover cable is invaluable to have around and is less expensive. Get one or two... If you buy a hub now it will probably end up not being used long term as the device you buy might have one built in or you might opt for a more expensive 10/100 hub/switch to support faster peer to peer connectivity between your PCs. 02-20-2001 08:42:13

RE:DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) Chicago773 Profile | Email Thanks for all your help everyone - this place is invaluable. I've been trying to get the access point to work (using a crossover cable into my NIC) and I'm finally giving up. The d-link utility says it can't assign an access point with that MAC address and IP address since it is already in use - is that good or bad? Can find the ePods wireless card either (a Dell branded aironet card with the driver properly installed). Assigned the IP address to the card under ePod Network Control Panel - still nothing. Link light on the D-Link is on and the activity light is flashing. ePod won't get address authomatically, so I manually assigned one. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! (epod $180, access point $190, getting great technical support from the I-Appliance BBS, priceless). 02-21-2001 07:07:31

RE:DLink Access Point and ePod (modified 0 times) Chicago773 Profile | Email Anyone else having this problem? 02-22-2001 09:23:51

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