Hi,
I am setting up a network with 2 APs WAP54GP connected with a hub.
AP1 HUB AP2 | PC
The AP1:192.168.1.241 and AP2: 192.168.1.242. I am using different SSID and different channels. Then I have one PC connected to the hub and one laptop which I connect to the wireless AP1.
First I connnect the laptop to AP1:
Laptop AP1 HUB AP2 | PC
The connectivity is fine and I can ping the AP1, AP2 and the PC. Then, I disconnect from AP1, I move the laptop to the AP2, and I connect to AP2.
AP1 HUB AP2 Laptop | PC
Here is when I start to have problems. The connection to AP2 is fine and I can ping it. But, I cannot ping the AP1 or the wire PC. This problem happens during 15 minutes, and after this time period the connectivity is back. It seems that it is a problem with an agingtime that blocks the AP from forwarding traffic.
After putting a sniffer in the laptop and the PC, I could tell that the traffic is forwarded by the AP from the wireless to the wire but the traffic from the wire to the PC is not forwarded to the wireless. This means that any arp sent by the laptop is seen in the wire, but any arp reply is not sent to the Wireless.
Now, the question is why does AP block the traffic only in the wireless direction.
Any hint on solving this issue? Is this a bug on linksys?
After chatting with linksys support online, they could not give me a solution and they did not consider it a bug!!
Regards, Pedro Pereira