On 05/14/11 16:46, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 05/14/2011 07:10 PM, Rick Sewill wrote: >> On Saturday, May 14, 2011 03:27:53 PM JD wrote: >> This setup sounds like wifi bridge mode as opposed to wifi ad-hoc mode. >> >> Question: in wifi bridging, does the packet from the Powerbook, >> which is destined for the Fedora, go through the gateway, >> or can the packet still go directly from the Powerbook to the Fedora? >> >> If the answer is the former, I would ask why the gateway doesn't >> relay the packet to the Fedora. if the answer is the latter, >> I would assume we should see entries in the ARP tables, in both machines, >> for the other device in question, and would ask what are the ARP entries >> in both the Fedora and the Powerbook. >> >> Could you tell us the make/model of the gateway please. >> I read, on the Internet, different wifi gateways have different capabilities. >> >> >> > Good thoughts Rick .. > > The wifi bridges sometimes have 2 'modes' ... one allows wireless > clients to see one another - the other mode does not. > > It is possible that his wifi router is set to disallow wireless to > wireless traffic, and that may be a user settable option in the router. I believe I indicated the router is AT&T/2WIRE gateway, part of a bundled service for TV, Phone and Internet (Uverse). I will look into the router to see if your guess is correct. ... OK, I looked, and I saw no user settable feature that [en/dis]ables inter-wireless clients communications. Perhaps it is an unpublished feature. Gues it is time to call the that horrible customer service bureaucracy! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
