I've tried using 205.190.131.252 and 205.190.131.250 as the local IP address.
Left the subnet mask at 255.255.255.0.
I've tried using 205.190.131.126 as the Gateway and Local DNS.
Followed all of the other instructions in the tut and just can't get it to work. When I plug in the ethernet cable, I get no internet access. I tried restarting the router. I tried using the LAN slot instead of the WAN slot.
So, we don't have more than 250 employees/ips...more like 25. And I presumed that this forum is where one would come for assistance with issues like this - to get help form more knowledgeable individuals - not to be minimized and talked down to.
It totally seems like "Leave the administration of the corporate LAN to the professionals." was unkind and unnecessary. I was just trying to solve an issue with the tools I have at hand.
If this problem isn't solvable in this way, that's really all I needed to hear.
However, if it IS solvable in this manner, I would appreciate some help. I'm not trying to "compromise" anything - It would just be a lot easier a lot of times to use a laptop and/or iPad when dealing with customers.
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14247 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 13:29 Post subject:
I think it mainly depends on how the company's network is set up. If it is set up only to allow the clients and mac addresses of already installed equipment, then it probably won't allow a foreign device without cloning a mac address. Just my thoughts. I presume that you are trying to find a solution without going higher up and having someone come in and install an access point for you?
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14247 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 15:56 Post subject:
The only problem that could be an issue is completely disabling dnsmasq if you upgraded to a more recent build, which is probably a good idea -- research the build threads. I noticed in that wiki that there is a script to use dhcp client to assign IP to the router, did you try that at all? That might help and be what you need to do, but otherwise, there shouldn't be any issues like this that I know of. Otherwise, the router's IP should be somewhere in the same subnet, netmask, etc. as the local network, but NOT in the dhcp pool of IP addresses, which is something you would need to know.