Well, I’m having difficulty with the ethernet bridge again. It’s a Linksys WET54G. For those who don’t know what it does, here’s the scoop. It has an antenna which picks up the WiFi signal from my router down here, then converts it into wired Ethernet so that you can plug a computer’s Ethernet port into it as though it were a port in the wall. The theory is simple. However, the execution is pretty grim.
It worked with the BT router. However, when I got my O2 broadband service (and router with it) it seems to have stopped working. While it can see the WiFi router, when you plug something into it the bridge doesn’t seem to be able to get an IP address and connect to the Internet through the router. The DHCP service seems to be at the route of the trouble.
I have tried everything under the sun to get it to work. Neither the iMac (which has a very unhelpful helpless Help Assistant for such things) nor the Asus EE can connect. I bought a Belkin Wireless N access point but then found out that it was not designed to work with an iMac. So I got the drivers from someone who specialises in such things, and installed it. The access point can see the WiFi but, again, cannot connect.
My conclusion is that it’s the router that is failing me here. I need to buy a new one.
Rats.
I will do research to try to find the best WiFi ADSL modem/router and buy that. There are instructions for placing non-O2 routers on the linel. Boy, do I hope that works.