I have just got a BH3 ... but it will not be any good as it lacks the VOIP ports! I'll try it as a WAP and see how it compares to the 2700 - yes it has 802.11n but do I need that? probably not. I need range/power not speed.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by E7er:

For the static IP addresses, do not use any in the Bright Box router DHCP server range also do not reserve any DHCP IP addresses.

Why not? That's what the Reserved IPs are there for. Why make it more convoluted?

It�s for a reserved DHCP server address�

DHCP client ip address is reserved
DHCP client list
Edit reserved DHCP

A dhcp address is not a static IP address you are mixing DHCP reserved addresses with static IP addresses.

In reply to a post by cutehenry:

Connected to the router by ethernet is a TP-link powerline with wifi extender for better wifi access upstairs. The wifi extender is its own access point and not a repeater.

In reply to a post by cutehenry:

The wireless laptop when connected by wifi directly to the Brightbox is 192.168.0.102

The wireless laptop when connected to the second wifi access point which connects to the Brightbox through the powerline is 192.168.0.106

The router is 192.168.0.1.1

The printers are 192.168.0.104 and 150

How do you have the TP-Link powerline wifi extender wireless access point configured?

I would think it should be something like�

IP address 192.168.0.2 or 106 <- TP-Link wifi extender wireless access point.
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 192.168.0.1

Preferred DNS server 193.36.79.101
Alternate DNS server 193.36.79.100

Ugh!

In reply to a post by E7er:

A dhcp address is not a static IP address you are mixing DHCP reserved addresses with static IP addresses.

Don't think so! Explain your reasoning! Don't understand your terse non-sentences.

A Reserved DHCP address is static; it never moves; it always has the same numbers. What more do you want? Are you restricting the meaning of "Static IP" to one only set in device itself? Then that is just semantics.

why does the router allow wifi access to the internet but not to the printers? Wouldn't isolation block both?

No, the point is to allow both LAN and WLAN access to the internet but deny the WLAN access to the LAN

Would it deny the LAN access to the WLAN?

it has iptables so it can do anything - I don't know what it actually does as I don't have access to one

I've seen options where LAN clients get the same protection from WLAN as from WAN, ie the wireless is "untrusted" - I suspect LAN to WAN traffic is allowed but not vice versa.

I found one other relevant posting via Google "I'm wondering if you've encountered the odd behaviour I see, where the BB fails to bridge wifi to wires network requests - Specifically ICMP ping (annoying) and seemingly CUPS printing (really annoying). I had hoped to find a setting somewhere in the UI but despite disabling the 'block ICMP from the outside' "feature" it still seems to be actively policing traffic bridging my local LAN/Wifi worlds."

In reply to a post by yarwell:

I've seen options where LAN clients get the same protection from WLAN as from WAN, ie the wireless is "untrusted" - I suspect LAN to WAN traffic is allowed but not vice versa.

Your point about isolation got me looking again at the Brightbox configuration pages. In their advanced page for Channel and SSID there are settings for "VLAN binding". The help file says this:

"Multiple SSID

The router supports up to 3 wireless network names (SSIDs). Typically you may like to use multiple SSIDs for one of the purposes below:

SSID1 is for your personal use, SSID2 is for family members and SSID3 is for guest access
SSID1 is for WPA security using default router settings and SSID2 is for older wireless adaptors that need to use WEP
In conjunction with VLAN binding you can restrict access to your home network or use bandwidth control to restrict the amount of data a guest is allowed to use (see below).

VLAN Binding

VLAN binding gives you the ability to share your internet connection with friends or family, while allowing you to keep computers or storage devices on a separate home network.

A typical example would be to use SSID1 for your personal use, and then provide the wireless settings for SSID2 to a guest. By choosing VLAN2 for SSID2, the guest user would be on a separate internal network meaning that any shared computers or devices on your home network would not be visible."

Given your knowledge about isolation, does this suggest any further thoughts?

Thanks.

Are all your wireless devices using the same SSID?
Have you got SSID broadcast enabled?
What is your DHCP address range?
What is your printers IP address?

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

1 Are all your wireless devices using the same SSID?
2 Have you got SSID broadcast enabled?
3 What is your DHCP address range?
4 What is your printers IP address?

1 Yes
2 Yes
3 192.168.1.10-100
4 192.168.1.104 and 192.168.1.150, both reserved

Thanks.