[P1] Wireless help request

[Scott Warren]

You could also try a cross-over ethernet cable ($5-10 at most computer 
stores) and directly plug into the wireless router with your laptop and 
use the default address.

What brand is the wireless device?  The few that I have seen came with 
a USB port and proprietary software to configure them with... and the 
software Windows only....

On Apr 12, 2004, at 11:49 AM, Brian wrote:

> If you access your router setup (how you do it depends on the model). 
> You should be able to see a list of DCHP user. This will give you the 
> IP address of the AP.
>
> Is it an airport? If so use the airport management software.
>
> On Apr 12, 2004, at 6:08 AM, Jean-Paul Thuot wrote:
>
>> I apologize for this semi-off topic request.
>>
>> I have recently purchased a wireless access point (not a router) to 
>> go with my new airport card.  I plugged the access point into my 
>> router, fired up the airport and voila I was surfing wireless.
>>
>> However, I like to be a responsible network admin, so I'd like to 
>> lock this wireless LAN down.  The manual says the default IP address 
>> of the access point is 192.168.1.100, but the router's internal 
>> address is 192.168.123.xxx, and thus computers connecting to this 
>> router are given IP addresses in this range.  Therefore the access 
>> point cannot have the default address, but so far I have been unable 
>> to discover the IP address of it.
>>
>> Ifconfig on this ibook gives me an IP address of 192.168.123.xxx, and 
>> the gateway IP is that of the router (not the access point).
>>
>> The user's manual is less than useful in this regard as it doesn't 
>> give any other option than the default.  Is there some way I can 
>> sniff out the access point's IP address?
>>
>> I thank you in advance.
>>
>> Jean-Paul
>>
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