On Thursday 16 October 2025 08:00:46 pm Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This isn't strictly debian-related, so if there's a better place for this > > feel free to point me at it and I'll try there... > > > > Back when my LAN was a workstation and a DSL modem, and a bit later on a > > routher/firewall was added, and a server, then later on a second > > workstation. Wifi was an old (now older and very flaky) AP. These days > > wifi is also provided by the "modem" (Hugesnet, who is completely useless > > for help on this) and it's dual band and seems overall faster. > > > > The problem is when I'm using that wifi I have no access to my local > > server, I can only get to it by way of the old flaky AP that's internal to > > the LAN. > > > > Particulars: The "modem" is 192.168.1.1, the WAN side of the router is > > 192.168.1.2, the server on the other side of the router is 192.168.0.1, > > and the workstations get DHCP addresses assigned when they connect, as do > > any devices (a couple of phones and a tablet) that connect to the wifi. > > Are the workstations, phones and tablets able to communicate with each other?
Not really, unless I tell a phone to act as a "wifi hotspot", which effectively makes it yet another AP. And it tends to drrain the battery really fast. > If they can communicate with each other then the easiest route would > be too connect the server to the WiFi. Here is a Free Software Supported > 802.11n USB Dongle > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb Nice, but a little bit spendy for the moment. > > Is there any simple way to get that external wifi to point to my internal > > server when a 192.168.x.x address is used? What I've tried so far is detailed in another reply. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
