Re: Wireless router help

They have some dumb mucky proxy software (Like T-Mobile uses and other
pay-as-you-go wireless providers) that defaults to any IP address
outside of the network to the admin panel. The Hyatt on Kaanapali
beach in Maui also has this for $30 a day.

So if you're at an airport with wireless T-Mobile, you want to go to
www.yahoo.com, you'll get redirected to www.t-mobile.net/payus, etc...,
you pay, and your mac address gets allowed to route.
I setup a wireless access point like that about 1.5 years ago coffee
shop style.
A patron would buy coffee or pay for access. The cashier presses a
button on a printer that is connected to the WAP. The printer dispenses
a ticket with a password good for an hour and gives the ticket to the
patron.
The patron visits slashdot.org, gets the login page, enters the ticket
number, and continues to get outside.

In local news, the basicsetting.htm was the key and I didn't see it in
my docs. Obviously I didn't read deep enough. I perused most of the
relevant PDF's on the CD. The wizard is still mucked up but I don't
need/want it.

This wireless keeps me out of my office which is a good thing. I needed
it so I can use my local CVS server. Internet...(that's what unsecured
neighbors are for). I wasted quite a few hours on it so thanks to all
and especially Eric for first response on the URL.

BTW, I haven't been asked for admin/password which is odd.



Jared Anderson wrote:

>Actually, the URLs and 192.168.0.1 default to the wizard. The URL http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm bypasses the wizard. Once the wizard thinks it's configured, the URLs and the IP address default to the http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm.
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>They made this change in the last firmware release, which I think was lame. I think their *thinking* behind the ip-to-url thing was to inform users that they can enter in the URL now, rather than IP address.
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>--)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
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>From    --)> "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug@shubes.net>
>Date    --)> Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:03:07 -0700
>Subject    --)> Re: Wireless router help

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>>I see. The url(s) default to the router's configuration manager, e.g.
>>http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm.
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