Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (SOLVED)

2015-01-29 Thread poma
On 29.01.2015 22:15, Jim Lewis wrote: > >> On 29.01.2015 06:07, Jim Lewis wrote: >>> >>> For those following this thread I solved the problem by getting a new >>> router. Here's a quick recap: >>> >>> - I found I couldn't ping a wireless device from another wireless >>> device. >>> >>> - I c

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (SOLVED)

2015-01-29 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 29.01.2015 06:07, Jim Lewis wrote: >> >> For those following this thread I solved the problem by getting a new >> router. Here's a quick recap: >> >> - I found I couldn't ping a wireless device from another wireless >> device. >> >> - I could not ping a wireless device from a wired devi

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (SOLVED)

2015-01-29 Thread poma
On 29.01.2015 06:07, Jim Lewis wrote: > > For those following this thread I solved the problem by getting a new > router. Here's a quick recap: > > - I found I couldn't ping a wireless device from another wireless device. > > - I could not ping a wireless device from a wired device unless

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (SOLVED)

2015-01-28 Thread Jim Lewis
For those following this thread I solved the problem by getting a new router. Here's a quick recap: - I found I couldn't ping a wireless device from another wireless device. - I could not ping a wireless device from a wired device unless I pinged the wired device from the wireless device f

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-25 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/25/15 12:46, Ed Greshko wrote: >> When in this condition, what is the output of "arp" on big4? > > I meant "arp -n" > Great idea Ed! It's been years since I worked on Ethernet drivers for IBM and forgot all about that command. Checking man it shows arp to be obsolete so I used ip: big4

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-25 Thread poma
On 25.01.2015 04:16, Jim Lewis wrote: > I guess the only bad thing about spending time on crap like this is I > used to get paid real money to debug and fix crap like this :). > There ain't no such lunch as a free thing. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/25/15 12:46, Ed Greshko wrote: > When in this condition, what is the output of "arp" on big4? I meant "arp -n" -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fed

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/25/15 12:16, Jim Lewis wrote: > Hi Ed, > >Ask anything you want, I enjoy the help: > >laptop1 is 192.168.1.111 (when wireless) > >LinkSys is 192.168.1.1 > >big4 is 192.168.1.109 (desktop machine, always wired) OK What I saw in a previous message seemed odd to me..

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/25/15 11:39, Jim Lewis wrote: >>> On 01/25/15 11:16, Jim Lewis wrote: Okay, I was able to recreate the other problem after rebooting laptop1 (Fedora 21 Mate-Compbiz Spin). I could not ping it from either wired box. However, I tried pinging from the router and that wor

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/25/15 11:39, Jim Lewis wrote: >> On 01/25/15 11:16, Jim Lewis wrote: >>> Okay, I was able to recreate the other problem after rebooting laptop1 >>> (Fedora 21 Mate-Compbiz Spin). I could not ping it from either wired >>> box. However, I tried pinging from the router and that worked fine (so

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/25/15 11:16, Jim Lewis wrote: >> >> Okay, I was able to recreate the other problem after rebooting laptop1 >> (Fedora 21 Mate-Compbiz Spin). I could not ping it from either wired >> box. However, I tried pinging from the router and that worked fine (so >> did traceroute). Speaking of tra

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/25/15 11:16, Jim Lewis wrote: > > Okay, I was able to recreate the other problem after rebooting laptop1 > (Fedora 21 Mate-Compbiz Spin). I could not ping it from either wired > box. However, I tried pinging from the router and that worked fine (so > did traceroute). Speaking of traceroute,

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (even more info)

2015-01-24 Thread Jim Lewis
> Hey Jim. > > I'm going to cheat!! But given that you're retired, you might have a > bit of time. Is there a "big box" (staples/bestbuy/radioshack/etc...) > close by. If there is, go get a cheap/different router > (wired/wireless) and test to see if this box gives you the same > behaviour. > > To

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-24 Thread bruce
Hey Jim. I'm going to cheat!! But given that you're retired, you might have a bit of time. Is there a "big box" (staples/bestbuy/radioshack/etc...) close by. If there is, go get a cheap/different router (wired/wireless) and test to see if this box gives you the same behaviour. To be honest, never

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/24/15 09:59, bruce wrote: >> Just sort of following the thread. >> >> Does this same behaviour happen if you have a separate box running a >> different distro? Can it not ping as well? >> >> Curious. > > Sort of doing the same as well > > FWIW, the router itself has a "diagnostic" scre

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/24/15 09:59, bruce wrote: > Just sort of following the thread. > > Does this same behaviour happen if you have a separate box running a > different distro? Can it not ping as well? > > Curious. Sort of doing the same as well FWIW, the router itself has a "diagnostic" screen and one opti

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread bruce
Hi. Just sort of following the thread. Does this same behaviour happen if you have a separate box running a different distro? Can it not ping as well? Curious. Thanks... On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: > >> On 01/23/2015 05:46 PM, poma wrote: >> >> > http://www.dd-wrt.com/w

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/23/2015 05:46 PM, poma wrote: > > > http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_E3000 > > Honestly, reading this nightmare I would invest ~$65 in a TP-LINK > TL-WDR3600 > > It has similar performance, Atheros hardware and perfect dd-wrt/openwrt > support... > > regards Jens > Calling t

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Jens Neu
On 01/23/2015 05:46 PM, poma wrote: > http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_E3000 Honestly, reading this nightmare I would invest ~$65 in a TP-LINK TL-WDR3600 It has similar performance, Atheros hardware and perfect dd-wrt/openwrt support... regards Jens -- users mailin

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread poma
On 23.01.2015 02:30, Jim Lewis wrote: ... > I use a LinkSys E3000 which I have had for a very long time. I checked > their site and looked at the Release Notes for firmware upgrades. No > mention of this issue and so I am hesitant to perform it (I did however > download the latest file). I got in

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Jens Neu
On 01/23/2015 02:30 AM, Jim Lewis wrote: I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. I would assume the ordinary first, your AP is in "isolate" mode. Lots of routers do this on default, in OpenWRT or similar you can usually configure this. However, not all AP hardware d

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-23 Thread Ntlworld
Sounds to me like broadcasts aren't being forwarded by the router to the wireless network - check router settings ? Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Jan 2015, at 02:14, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 01/22/2015 05:30 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: >> >> I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping ea

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (more info)

2015-01-22 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 06:58:07PM -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > > > > > I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. > > Wireless to wired and vice versa is just fine. The IP addresses (DHCP) > > are all on the same subnet. If I switch to wired the computer can then > > ping a w

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless (more info)

2015-01-22 Thread Jim Lewis
> > I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. > Wireless to wired and vice versa is just fine. The IP addresses (DHCP) > are all on the same subnet. If I switch to wired the computer can then > ping a wired or wireless. The computers can all access the Internet at > any ti

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-22 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 01/22/2015 05:30 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: >> >> I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. >> Wireless to wired and vice versa is just fine. The IP addresses (DHCP) >> are all on the same subnet. If I switch to wired the computer can then >> ping a wired or wireless. The

Re: Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-22 Thread Rick Stevens
On 01/22/2015 05:30 PM, Jim Lewis wrote: I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. Wireless to wired and vice versa is just fine. The IP addresses (DHCP) are all on the same subnet. If I switch to wired the computer can then ping a wired or wireless. The computers can a

Wireless can't ping wireless

2015-01-22 Thread Jim Lewis
I just realized that my wireless computers can't ping each other. Wireless to wired and vice versa is just fine. The IP addresses (DHCP) are all on the same subnet. If I switch to wired the computer can then ping a wired or wireless. The computers can all access the Internet at any time (either w