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Originally Posted by SumitB  @DerAlte: Modems provided by BSNL are by default set to work under the bridge mode... |
Strange! I have the following at home:
- BSNL ADSL through a "Type 3" modem/router (Huawei, no WiFi, but that doesn't matter)
- 3Com LAN Switch
- CAT5 wiring for LAN (put in when I built the house)
- D-Link WLAN Access Point / Router (put in when I got the BSNL ADSL a couple of years ago)
- 4 desktops (incl. a Mac with OS X)
- 2 laptops (1 on Windoze, 1 on Linux, both over WLAN)
- Media Lounge Player (over WLAN)
- Couple of other mobile devices coming in and going out (LAN and WLAN)
* Never had to enable "Bridge Mode" or "create a dial-up connection on your desktop and specify "Dial using a modem connection which requires a user name and password""
* The BSNL connection worked from day-1 as the Gateway specified on the first desktop that I put on
* I had "bridged" the connection to an "isolatable" LAN segment via a second Ethernet port on a PC (was doing some experimentation; took it off after a while)
* The Wireless domain in the house is Security-enabled
* Only the first desktop has a fixed IP address
* All other participants on the LAN and WLAN are via DHCP, none of them had a problem participating in the WLAN after the security challenge was completed
Sumit-ji, perhaps you can tell me what I have done right, since everything has always worked for me the way it is supposed to. I had done the whole thing myself, and I had simply followed instructions as given in the manuals!
