Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Thu Feb 23 17:54:06 CST 2012
Thanks to Helmut, John, and Darryl for explaining SOHO to me. :-) T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 2/22/2012 5:40 PM, Darryl Collins wrote: > Over and above the actual words behind the abbreviation, In sales speak it mean something (usually tech) that is suitable for home or small office use. So good for a few people to use at once (say 10 or so). But probably going to struggle if you up the workload on the device too much. > > Cheers > Darryl. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields > Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2012 3:49 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Three routers, weird problems > > Okay, I need to know what that abbreviation means. What is SOHO? > T > > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields at torchlake.com > 231-322-2787 > > > On 2/20/2012 12:41 PM, jwcolby wrote: >> I have a SOHO. Yesterday the cable company came in to replace the >> cable modem and replaced it with an integrated modem / router / >> wireless. I like it! It has guest networks and so forth, very modern. >> >> I use 192.168.122.1 as that base router's IP and the range 10-100 as >> the addresses dished out to computers, and I set all that up, turned >> on encryption, set the SSID to C2Db1, all the typical setup stuff. >> >> I have a pair of wrt54gs routers / wireless. I have in the past put >> them on the network as access points on either end of the house to >> allow better wireless access around the house. I know how to turn >> off DHCP server in the access points, set the IP of the access point >> router to a fixed address, for which I use 192.168.122.2 / .3 etc. I >> set the SSID to unique values C2Db2 and C2Db3 so I can identify each >> one for connecting. So I set up two of these "access points" using >> two wrt54gs routers with the wan / DHCP turned off. In point of fact, >> now that I think of it, I do not know how to specifically "turn off" >> the WAN, I just don't use it, connecting all cables to the switch side >> of the device. >> >> So now comes the strange thing. >> >> I rebooted and my laptop's wired NIC says it is connecting to the >> Local Area Connection C2Db3. That should not be possible, since C2Db3 >> is not the DHCP server. C2Db3 is one of the WRT54GS routers which is >> now only a switch and wireless access point. The laptop does not >> connect to C2Db3 (directly) though C2Db3 is plugged into the same >> gigabit switch as the laptop (up in my office). >> >> The connection does work, and it gets out to the internet, it is just >> confusing to me. I expected that all of my computers with wired >> connections to switches would show C2Db1 as the network, and any >> wireless NECS would show the name of the wireless access point that >> they came in under. >> >> Just as an aside, the "show network map" fails miserably and >> immediately. All of my switches are dumb (unmanaged) so I was really >> only expecting perhaps a basic picture of the network, but nope, >> nothing at all except an error message. >> >> Just as an aside, I have an 8 port gigabit in my office on the second >> floor at one end of the house, connected to a 4 port gigabit switch in >> the basement at the center of the house. That 4 port is connected to >> the new cable modem / router to get at the internet, and is also >> connected to an 8 port gigabit switch at the other end of the house >> (relative to my office). I recently "wired the house" (myself) >> putting boxes in the walls of many of the rooms and running physical >> cables to the closest switches. It would have been nice to just have >> a 24 port switch and run cables all the way to that switch but that >> was not to be. >> >> Anyhoo, I was wondering what the heck the C2Db3 actually means in >> terms of what my laptop thinks it is doing / connecting to with it's >> wired NIC. >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >