john --
using the e1705 wireless adapter, i get the following display from an 'ipconfig /all'
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-77-60-49-2A Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.35 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.118.98.90 64.118.98.89 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 09, 2009 7:02:45 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 12, 2009 7:02:45 PM
since the wireless access point has no such numbers built into it and its dhcp is disabled, i'm assuming these ip addresses are coming from the isp via the zyxel router. this connection works!
the alfa bridge status screen shows the alfa bridge is "connected" to the netgear wireless access point and the e1705 local area connection is set to get the ip addresses via dhcp. this is what the e1705 sees:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-DA-71-1A Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 09, 2009 7:09:56 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 19, 2009 7:09:56 PM
the .2. ip addresses appear to come from the alfa bridge in spite of the bridge's dhcp being disabled. this connection does not work!
the alfa bridge status screen includes:
TCP/IP Configuration Attain IP Protocol Fixed IP IP Address 192.168.2.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway 0.0.0.0
the alfa bridge wan port is empty but i set it up to get ip from dhcp server. status screen:
WAN Configuration Attain IP Protocol Getting IP from DHCP server... IP Address 172.1.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway 172.1.1.254
these ip addresses are the factory defaults, which indicates to me the wan interface is doing nothing to get an ip address from a dhcp server via the radio. this does not work.
i tried using the e1705 wireless adapter ip addresses, obtained via dhcp, in the e1705 lan settings and that didn't work.
this is really confusing... no setting results in the e1705 "seeing" the internet through the alfa bridge and no bridge setting results in the e1705 getting an ip address from the isp's zyxel router.
the desired alfa bridge transparency is elusive. there must be some setting overlooked. what am i doing wrong?
--david