[WT-support] Networking question: Internet from separate WiFi

[Mark Bailey]

Hi John:

I do variants of this at two different mult-op stations.  What I usually 
do is use a laptop with both a Wired and Wireless ethernet connection - 
sometimes I use a desktop computer with a built-in wired ethernet 
connection and an add-on card.  The Wireless connection gets an IP 
address from a wireless router automatically (using DHCP) and it is 
almost always an address like:

192.168.1.x or 102.168.2.x where "x" is in the range 1-254.   This would 
be the WiFi connection at the hotel.

What I do is set the computer logging network up on another subnetwork.  
I typically use:
10.10.10.x

for that network and assign static IP addresses.  I then assign the 
WIRED ethernet connection on the laptop to an address on 10.10.10.x.

Then, Wtdxtelnet (I think that's the name of the program) can run on 
that laptop, access a cluster node like ve7cc.net on the internet, and 
broadcast the spots on the 10.10.10.x network.  That works well.

The same wireless adapter can't have two addresses, so you need a second 
wired connection.  The laptop should have that built in. Your wireless 
router probably has a built-in switch with four ports that you could 
plug into - don't plug into the 5th ("WAN") port.  This "wiFi hub", 
hopefully a switch, will be on the 10.10.10.x network.

If you have any questions, let me know.

73,

Mark


On 11/8/2012 10:41 AM, John Warburton G4IRN wrote:
> I will be setting up a Win-Test network for our CQWW multi-multi entry 
> in a couple of weeks time
> and have a question about configuration of the network.
>
> The WT PCs will be networked via a WiFi hub that does not have an 
> internet connection.
>
> I’m hoping that WiFi Internet will be available in the hotel and I 
> want to use a spare PC to
> establish a Cluster connection (via WTTelnet) to feed into the other 
> network.
>
> Can this be done? If so, how?
>
> The PCs will be running a mix of XP and W7.
>
> Thanks
>
> John G4IRN
> (and EL2RN / EL2A in the contest very soon)
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