From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkchG-0001pe-8o for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:38:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9O9bMZV017581; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:37:22 GMT Received: from earth.karoo.kcom.com (earth.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.55]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9O9X6Og012754 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:33:07 GMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,323,1188774000"; d="scan'208";a="143096565" Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org ([213.152.39.90]) by earth.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2007 10:33:06 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81F9E137822 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:33:03 +0100 (BST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <342e1090710231427r70f89d6pdf102430fe2133fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <200710232203.32668.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <342e1090710231427r70f89d6pdf102430fe2133fe@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Pinging two devices on the same IP address Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:33:01 +0100 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Archives-Salt: cfb1736b-2844-46aa-a8b3-aee51c1646d4 X-Archives-Hash: 57f935f02246b973b78cb30264ca5138 On 23 Oct 2007, at 22:27, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > ... > I really don't get how you forward something to an Access Point, isn't > this device like a "dumb hub" on your wireless network? Mine doesn't > have an IP, nor MAC or anything that could identify it on the network. You're making assumptions that all APs are like your own. Your AP would appear to be operating as a transparent network bridge, but others operate as NAT routers. And a device operating as a "dumb" bridge can still have MAC & IP addresses assigned to it, should the manufacturer wish. I'm actually a little surprised to hear that yours doesn't - how does one change the SSID & wireless encryption key, if the AP has no IP address to connect to? Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list