I have ArcaOS 5.0.2 installed on a Thinkpad T540p. Unfortunately there is yet no driver for the Wireless NIC.
Trying to economize I decided to try the subject which I have had sitting here for a long time but never used. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get access to its internal browser in order to configure it.
My <setup.cmd> and <hosts> file are as follows:
route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan1 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan2 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan3 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan4 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan5 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan6 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan7 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig sl0
REM dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 0
ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
route add default 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
ipgate off
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
192.168.254.254 router router
192.168.1.220 asus-ap asus-ap
Following Dani's configuration on the predecessor to the subject, and another article, I assumed this ought to work. Obviously, it doesn't.another box w/ XP installed, able to access the internal browser, _after_ running the configuration setup from the CD, so I _don't think_ the subject is just broken.)
Is there some other configuration I should use? Or should I just break down and buy either the Asus RP-N12 or TP-Link Nano Router, either of which I am advised ought to work w/ the OS?
For further information, though I have the InJoy Firewall installed, I White Listed the IP address for the subject, 192.168.1.220, but it didn't help. Also, even trying to access this address from Windows 7 yielded an error message. (I was though, on
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I've had terrible luck with the ASUS models you mentioned. I own a IBM/Lenovo
X220 laptop with non-working eCS wifi. AND I have two older IBM ThinkCentre tower floor type computers without wifi.
What I've found to be the easiest and best is the ethernet "T-Link RE450 AC1750"
wifi extender. USB or AC powered. It's fairly large for a travel wifi adapter,
but configuration screen pops up every time using any browser.
For home use it has the WPS (WIFI Protected Setup) button which takes no configuration whatsoever so long as your router also has one. Punch WPS button
on one device, run to the other and punch it's WPS button and you're connected.
It will also boost the router signal to other parts of your house.
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Barbara
Why is the second of these lines here if that is the device's address?
Why is it not in the same subnet as the PC i.e. a 192.168.254.xxx address?
Or why is your PC not a 192.168.1.xxx address (where xxx is not 220)?
This is the reason you can't get things to work.
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.0.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
To make a long story short:
Won't work in that setup. Try change it to:
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.0.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:06:30 -0700 (PDT), Wayne A Smith <waynea.smith4@gmail.com> wrote:
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500 ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
Why is the second of these lines here if that is the device's address?
Why is it not in the same subnet as the PC i.e. a 192.168.254.xxx address?
Or why is your PC not a 192.168.1.xxx address (where xxx is not 220)?
This is the reason you can't get things to work.
I have ArcaOS 5.0.2 installed on a Thinkpad T540p. Unfortunately there is yet no driver for the Wireless NIC.
Trying to economize I decided to try the subject which I have had sitting here for a long time but never used. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get access to its internal browser in order to configure it.
My <setup.cmd> and <hosts> file are as follows:
route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan1 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan2 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan3 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan4 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan5 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan6 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan7 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig sl0
REM dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 0
ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
route add default 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
ipgate off
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
192.168.254.254 router router
192.168.1.220 asus-ap asus-ap
Following Dani's configuration on the predecessor to the subject, and another article, I assumed this ought to work. Obviously, it doesn't.another box w/ XP installed, able to access the internal browser, _after_ running the configuration setup from the CD, so I _don't think_ the subject is just broken.)
Is there some other configuration I should use? Or should I just break down and buy either the Asus RP-N12 or TP-Link Nano Router, either of which I am advised ought to work w/ the OS?
For further information, though I have the InJoy Firewall installed, I White Listed the IP address for the subject, 192.168.1.220, but it didn't help. Also, even trying to access this address from Windows 7 yielded an error message. (I was though, on
One correction to the below.
The line
route add -net 54 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
was added just as an experiment. It has since been deleted.
But either with it, or without it, I still had the same problem.
As you can see I really wanted a wifi adapter.
I'm suspicious of any device that wants you to go into your TCPIP
settings to turn "Auto Detect" off in order to configure it.
Then you can (maybe) turn it back on until the device fails, then
go through the whole thing again. I've wasted hours doing this. rebootrebootreboot....
<Snip>. ..
In addition to the TP-Link I mentioned earlier, I also tried a couple of on again off again NetGear adapters models WNCE3001 and WNCE 2001. They sorta worked with the little one 2001 better than the bigger 3001 as far as connecting
and staying there. Then there was the IOGEAR model (cheap) that I never got working.
<Snip>....
Good luck
These computers have no NIC or a good place to put one. Or if it has one there's no driver to allow them to work with any of the OS/2 products.
So "NO" to your first question.
Simply wanted a wifi adapter that works exactly like a NIC but operates externally through a computer ethernet port. They also work on game machines, TVs and anything else that has an ethernet port.
I have one that works perfectly. I've tried many that didn't.
It's a good place for newbies to mess up.
And it's not necessary for the good adapters.
The good wifi adapters act more or less like a bridge, wirelessly
picking up properly configured router output and pushing it to a device without wifi capability through an ethernet port.
As I said I don't know networking and am most likely using all the
wrong words.
On 06/15/2018 12:24 PM, Barbara wrote:
As you can see I really wanted a wifi adapter.
Do you want a WiFi adapter (NIC) -or- do you want WiFi connectivity? As
in would an external gaming adapter that plugs in hardwired to the
computer's copper NIC provide the connectivity that you want?
I'm suspicious of any device that wants you to go into your TCPIP
settings to turn "Auto Detect" off in order to configure it.
Why are you suspicious of this?
A lot of the SOHO grade equipment that I've worked with over the last
~20 years does not itself provide DHCP configuration for clients and
needs to be managed at a static IP. As such, (re)configuring a client / management device to be able to talk to the static IP on the device is,
IMHO, standard operating procedure.
About the only thing that does provide DHCP configuration for clients
are routers. Most print servers, wireless access points (not combo
units), IP cameras, IoT, etc. devices have a default static IP.
Then you can (maybe) turn it back on until the device fails, then
go through the whole thing again. I've wasted hours doing this. rebootrebootreboot....
I'll give you that such can be really annoying. Especially if the
device has a tendency to loose settings for one reason or another.
Do they function like a (reverse?) wireless router in that it is itself
the wireless client for the WAN port and then provide DHCP services for
the internal wired port(s)?
But it sounds likely. I expect someone who knows what they're doing
could set up a second router to do exactly the same thing that the wifi adapters do. Instead of transmitting it would be wirelessly receiving
then could be wired (ethernet) to the wifi deprived unit.
On 06/15/2018 06:25 PM, Barbara wrote:
But it sounds likely. I expect someone who knows what they're doing
could set up a second router to do exactly the same thing that the wifi adapters do. Instead of transmitting it would be wirelessly receiving
then could be wired (ethernet) to the wifi deprived unit.
Yep. I've done that very thing.
SOHO wireless routers were coming in somewhere around $100 at the time
and gaming adapters were closer to $60.
Granted the SOHO wireless routers had more functionality, including a
four (or more) port switch. So you did get more for your money. But
most of the people needing gaming adapters didn't want to pay for more
that they weren't using.
I'm using a little 5 port NetGear fast ethernet switch box to do that. TP-Link adapter is connected to that along with two wifi-less computers.
Room for two more.
Cost for the adapter and the switch box might be close to that of an inexpensive router,
but it does what I want it to do.
Trying to economize I decided to try the subject which I have had sitting here for a long time but never used. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get access to its internal browser in order to configure it.
Paul,
Thanks. Your comment caused me to realize that perhaps I should try to see if I could reconfigure the IP address of the subject.
The Asus default IP for logging into it is <192.168.1.220>. My router address is <192.168.254.254>. This was the reason for the discrepancy.
I went to my T60 box where I installed the setup files for it under XP, and fiddled w/ it and changed the IP to <192.168.254.40>.
I went back to the T540p, hooked up the subject to it, and booted into ArcaOS. Opening Seamonkey and entering the new IP, Lo-and-Behold, it opened into the Asus configuration screen! This was a first!
I then fiddled w/ changing the settings, and changing <setup.cmd> and <hosts> to
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.40 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan1 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan2 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan3 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan4 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan5 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan6 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan7 metric 1 mtu 1500
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add default 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
route add -net 54 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
ipgate off
127.0.0.1 localhost localhostboard or inverter board - I'm going to wait until the weekend to fiddle some more.
192.168.254.254 router router
192.168.254.40 asus-ap asus-ap
Unfortunately, when I still couldn't get connection w/ the router, I went back to the Asus configuration but Seamonkey wouldn't access it ... :=(((
I guess I somehow marfed up the subject, and will have to go back to the T60 and CD to see if I can restore it somehow. (Given other work, and that using the T60 now is a pain since I have to hook-up an external monitor to it - due to a bad system
But at least there has been some progress ...
I don't quite understand what you are trying to do (and I'm fairly sure
you don't either).
Put both the PC and the Asus in the same subnet and connect them both to a switch.
Paul, As to the second assumption, you are most definitely correct ... ;=))) I of course have had some experience w/ TCP/IP configuration but still have to be considered a novice.in using that IP; so it seems this part I did right.
I decided to go w/ the TP-Link Nano Router. (It seems to me that it was doubtful the Asus AP could be configured to use any address other than 192.168.1.xxx.)
I was able to access and configure the internal browser through Windows 7, and assigned it a static IP of 192.168.254.45; I had no problem w/ it changing from the default of 192.168.1.xxx. After saving the configuration and logging out I can now log
Under Arca I now have <setup.cmd> and <hosts> configured as follows:shows no route.
route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan1 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan2 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan3 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan4 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan5 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan6 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig lan7 metric 1 mtu 1500
REM ifconfig sl0
REM dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 0
REM ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
route add default 192.168.254.254 -hopcount 1
ipgate off
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
192.168.254.254 router
192.168.254.45 tp-link nano
But something is wrong and I don't know what. On boot I do not receive any error message that a route can't be found (or defined). However both Firefox and Seamonkey refuse to connect to 192.168.254.45, Ping refuses a connection, and <netstat -r>
I'm sure I'm making it more difficult than I have to, but I'm lost on this now.
On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 3:01:01 PM UTC-4, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
I don't quite understand what you are trying to do (and I'm fairly sure
you don't either).
Put both the PC and the Asus in the same subnet and connect them both to a switch.
I decided to go w/ the TP-Link Nano Router. (It seems to me that it was doubtful the Asus AP could be configured to use any address other than 192.168.1.xxx.)in using that IP; so it seems this part I did right.
I was able to access and configure the internal browser through Windows 7, and assigned it a static IP of 192.168.254.45; I had no problem w/ it changing from the default of 192.168.1.xxx. After saving the configuration and logging out I can now log
Under Arca I now have <setup.cmd> and <hosts> configured as follows:
route -fh
arp -f
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
I was able to access and configure the internal browser through Windows 7, and assigned it a static IP of 192.168.254.45;
Under Arca I now have <setup.cmd> and <hosts> configured as follows:
ifconfig lan0 192.168.254.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1 mtu 1500
I have ArcaOS 5.0.2 installed on a Thinkpad T540p. Unfortunately the
yet no driver for the Wireless NIC.
For further information, though I have the InJoy Firewall installed,
I Whit= e Listed the IP address for the subject, 192.168.1.220, but
it didn't help.= Also, even trying to access this address from
Windows 7 yielded an error = message. (I was though, on another box
w/ XP installed, able to access the= internal browser, _after_
running the configuration setup from the CD, so = I _don't think_
the subject is just broken.)
I have ArcaOS 5.0.2 installed on a Thinkpad T540p. Unfortunately the
yet no driver for the Wireless NIC.
Have you tried contacting ArcaNoae about this? Or even tried the GenMac packages from ECS 2.x?
For further information, though I have the InJoy Firewall installed,
I Whit= e Listed the IP address for the subject, 192.168.1.220, but
it didn't help.= Also, even trying to access this address from
Windows 7 yielded an error = message. (I was though, on another box
w/ XP installed, able to access the= internal browser, _after_
running the configuration setup from the CD, so = I _don't think_
the subject is just broken.)
What happens when you disable the InJoy firewall?
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