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Re: WLAN Extender on Subnet

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On 2021-01-19, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2021-01-19, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:34:32 -0500, WG <wg1@gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> This is a  home LAN with an OpenSuSE Linux gateway and a WLAN Router.
>>> The Gateway has the fix IP 192.168.1.222 with NetMask 255.255.255.0.
>>> The WLAN router has the fix address 192.168.1.240.
>>> It had the default address 192.168.0.1 which I modified to fit the subnet.
>>> All clients are connected viad dhcp.
>>> Connection via cable or wireless works fine.
>>>
>>> Now I want to add a WLAN Extender which has the fix IP 192.168.0.254.
>>> The extenders ip addr is not changable.
>>>
>>> My question:
>>> What needs to be done to integrate the new subnet 192.168.0.n
>>> with the subnet 192.168.1.n so that the clients traffic connected to the
>>> extender is routed to the gateway 192.168.1.222?
>
> I don't think you need to do anything, for the actual wireless clients 
> it services. It's only for admin of the device. It is possible to add an 
> IP address in the 192.168.0.0/24 range on the device you are going to 
> use to admin the wireless device. 
>
>  as root    ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0.1 
>
> or better use ip  but I can't remember the invocation.
>

I was going to add - if it can't be changed, it means you can't have more 
than one on your network. A bit strange.

>>>
>>> Thanx for reading and hints.
>>
>> Change the netmask to 255.255.0.0, so it's 192.168.0.0/16
>>
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>>

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WLAN Extender on Subnet WG <wg1@gmx.net> - 2021-01-19 18:34 +0100
  Re: WLAN Extender on Subnet "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-01-19 12:44 -0500
    Re: WLAN Extender on Subnet Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-01-19 18:34 +0000
      Re: WLAN Extender on Subnet Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-01-19 18:35 +0000
  Re: WLAN Extender on Subnet WG <wg1@gmx.net> - 2021-01-20 10:43 +0100

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