A little bit of everything...
Jan. 9th, 2007 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI've spent a little time trying to figure out how to connect my D-Link router to the 'cloud' that is the Internet through proust, my erstwhile constant VAIO companion. In theory it seems it should be pretty simple, given that I have DD-WRT installed on the router. In practice, things have not worked out so easily.
To run down the background of what I've done so far, by enabling connection sharing on the BlackBerry modem connection (or any connection), the VAIO becomes a DHCP server that hands out IP addresses to clients that are connected through the computer's network adapter, which is assigned a static IP address of 192.168.0.1.
(I just had an 'Aha!' moment... this explains why the WAN port on the router is different from 192.168.0.1 - which I had been expecting it to be, in a moment of perfect 20/200 clarity. Duh!)
Hmmm. So it turns out to be perfectly fine for the WAN port on the router (i.e., the other end of the cable) to have an address such as, say, 192.168.0.24.
In any event, the idea is for data to flow from a machine on the router's network, say, 192.168.1.10 (which represents a different subnetwork), to the router, from where it goes out the network connection to the VAIO (192.168.0.1), from where it goes out through the modem connection.
Why isn't this working? I think I may need to fire up Ethereal to understand this better.
* * * As I had rented another free Redbox movie earlier in the afternoon (code: ICY), the time came to interrupt my network musings and go watch the thing with Galina. The film was Archangel, which I liked from the point of view of maintaining suspense, ability to suspend disbelief against the background of contemporary Russia, and keeping the plot moving. Unfortunately, the plot itself has holes in it you could drive a Cadillac through and not scratch the paint.
Still, it was an entertaining film.
* * * I downloaded a Bob Ross segment from YouTube and watched it this afternoon, and I have to tell you, Ross speaks so quietly and calmly during the segment that I just about fell asleep watching the segment (not because it was boring, but because of that voice...).
With that, I ought to seriously consider getting to sleep. It's late, and I have some stuff to take care of tomorrow morning.
Cheers...
To run down the background of what I've done so far, by enabling connection sharing on the BlackBerry modem connection (or any connection), the VAIO becomes a DHCP server that hands out IP addresses to clients that are connected through the computer's network adapter, which is assigned a static IP address of 192.168.0.1.
(I just had an 'Aha!' moment... this explains why the WAN port on the router is different from 192.168.0.1 - which I had been expecting it to be, in a moment of perfect 20/200 clarity. Duh!)
Hmmm. So it turns out to be perfectly fine for the WAN port on the router (i.e., the other end of the cable) to have an address such as, say, 192.168.0.24.
In any event, the idea is for data to flow from a machine on the router's network, say, 192.168.1.10 (which represents a different subnetwork), to the router, from where it goes out the network connection to the VAIO (192.168.0.1), from where it goes out through the modem connection.
Why isn't this working? I think I may need to fire up Ethereal to understand this better.
Still, it was an entertaining film.
With that, I ought to seriously consider getting to sleep. It's late, and I have some stuff to take care of tomorrow morning.
Cheers...
