How to keep it up? . . . WiFi network, that is.

[Buzz]

our old D-Link DI-614+ wireless b router that has been acting up intermittently finally got bad enough I had to pull it off the network, and replaced it w/ a D-Link DI-624M wireless super g router that I've been too lazy to configure; until now. the 624 works noticeably better once the connection is made, but I'm having flashbacks to the days of ISDN. to wit; if a hard wired computer hooked up to the 624 and is surfing the net, all is fine, if Mrs. Buzz's XP laptop is the first machine to hook into the 624 wirelessly, the 624 doesn't seem to want to push the traffic out to the net through the Xyzel DSL router/modem. back in the ISDN days, there was a setting to keep the connection up, but I can't find anything similar for the 624. the older, slower 614 did make the connection when Mrs. Buzz's laptop was the first wireless device to the party. I really don't want to leave a hard wired computer on all the time to push packets through so the laptop can connect, and since it's an old unit already, D-Link stopped supporting the 624 last year, so they're no help.

I've used substitute routers in the past when the 614 got wiggy, and have been able to reset and update firmware, etc. on the 614 to resurrect it and keep it in use all these years, but have not gotten around to trying that again, and given that the 624 works so much better when the connection is up, I'd like to figure out a way to keep it up 24/7... so please bring on your wireless electronic viagra tips and techniques to solve this problem w/ the 624. thanks,

Buzz
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[Winston]

If the Zyxel DSL router/modem is working as a router, then you do not want the D-Link also set up as a router. You just want it to work as an ethernet switch and wireless access point.

Do you have the D-Link configured as a router?

Also, the "keep the connection up" part you describe sounds like the PPPoE connection that DSL modems did not in the past do by themselves. I suspect the Zyxel does that itself.


Good luck.

- Winston

[Buzz]

actually, the Zyxel router is acting as a router, since there are three discrete subnets coming off of it, w/ D-Link being responsible for one of them. the only thing that has changed, is swapping D-Link models, the old 614 restored traffic flow on its own, while the 624 does not appear to do so. IIRC, there is some sort of PPPoE setting w/in the Zyxel that has to do w/ Covad's end, as we have a small block of static public IP's, w/ each discrete subnet getting their own static IP. I thought since the 614 tickled the Zyxel sufficiently to get the flow going from the wireless side, that the 624 would/should also do so. the 624 does from the wired side, but not (yet) from the wireless side... I was thinking it is an issue w/ the 624, since nothing has changed w/ the Zyxel; whatever the Zyxle did w/ the 614, it had to get the signal from the 614, that apparently the 624 isn't giving from the wireless side. I guess that's what I'm looking for... y/n? thanks,

Buzz
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[Winston]

It sounds like a problem with the wireless-to-wired bridging in the 624. If it otherwise is working OK, it should not matter to the Zyxel if the client is wired or wireless.

Sorry I don't have anything more specific to suggest.


- W

[Buzz]

Winston wrote:
It sounds like a problem with the wireless-to-wired bridging in the 624. If it otherwise is working OK, it should not matter to the Zyxel if the client is wired or wireless.

- W

yep, we're saying the same thing, but you do so much more clearly...

I shoulda said/asked;

"we have a problem with the wireless-to-wired bridging in the 624. since it otherwise is working OK, it should not matter to the Zyxel if the client is wired or wireless. any ideas on how to jump start the wireless-to-wired bridging in the 624, since D-Link stopped supporting the 624 last year?"

thanks,
Buzz
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[mattkime]

can't entirely make sense of whats going on but if you understand networking to the degree that you appear to then you should definitely be running something dd-wrt based.

[Buzz]

mattkime wrote:
can't entirely make sense of whats going on but if you understand networking to the degree that you appear to then you should definitely be running something dd-wrt based.

got a working, compatible wifi g router you'll trade for the 624? ;-)

actually, there's one more latest firmware for the 624 that I'll upgrade it to and see if that makes any difference. next other option is to find power supply for original APEBS and try that instead of the 624... was trying to avoid getting new stuff.

[Seacrest]

Just make sure to consult your physician if it stays up longer than four hours...

[Buzz]

Seacrest wrote:
Just make sure to consult your physician if it stays up longer than four hours...

I'm trying to consult the MRF doctors to get it to stay up 24/7... that's the whole idea; get it up and keep it up all the time.