Re: Wireless Access Point and proxy server setup problem

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious if it is perhaps a DNS issue.  Are you using an IP address 
and not a name?  can you ping the IP?

Peter Dow (ML) wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm not a network expert, and I have the following setup:
>
> DSL modem connects to Netgear router which has a static IP address of 
> 10.1.1.1.  Three of the NG router's 4 LAN ports are connected to a 1GB 
> switch,  a Netgear wireless access point (static IP address of 10.0.0.5) 
> , and a fiber optic transceiver that connects to another campus.  The 
> proxy server PC has two network interface cards (NICs), both connected 
> to the 1GB switch.  The proxy server NICs have static IP addresses of 
> 10.1.1.2 and 10.0.0.1.  PCs on the LAN specify the proxy server 
> (10.0.0.1) as their gateway, DNS server and proxy server.
>
> DSL modem --> Netgear router (10.1.1.1) --> switch --> (10.1.1.2) proxy 
> server
>                    |    |                    |   |____________________| 
> (10.0.0.1)
>                    |    |                    |
>                    |    |                    |_________ PCs (10.0.0.n)
>                    |    |
>                    |    |__________Netgear wireless access point (10.0.0.5)
>                    |
>                    |_________> FDDI -> FDDI -> hub -> PCs (10.0.0.n)
>                                                 |
>                                                 |
>                                                 |_____Airport wireless 
> repeater
>
>
>             Airport wireless repeater --> switch --> PCs (10.0.0.n)
>
> I hope that comes through.  The intent is to isolate the initial Netgear 
> router on its own subnet (10.1.1.n) so all the PCs have to go through 
> the proxy server to get to it.
>
> Everything works fine except the Netgear wireless access point.  PCs 
> that connect via this device are unable to see anything on the LAN, 
> including the proxy server.
>
> If I attach the Netgear AP to the same 1GB switch the proxy server is 
> connected to, it works fine.
>
> What am I missing?  Do I need some sort of static route in the Netgear 
> router for this to work?
>
> *Peter Dow* /
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050
> pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /
>