The diagram is too long for the list in .eps format, so I'm resending
it with the diagram in .dia format. Let's hope it displays properly on
your system.
On Fri, 2018-08-17 at 23:31 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
The first issue is that you haven't described your network
configuration at all. Is this the main router that goes to your ISP
device or is there another router/computer/device that does that? Is
this router connected to your network through the WAN or LAN port?
Very good
questions, which I should have answered. It is not the main
router to my ISP, but a secondary one. A diagram of the system is
attached.
The way I configure networking is that I have a computer running
Fedora that is the primary gateway and router for the network and
then I have wireless routers acting only as access points connected
to the network through the LAN ports. No DNS, no DHCP, just
connecting wireless to wired network.
Surely the most versatile way to set up a
router is to build your
own. I had hoped to avoid the trouble and expense.
On 08/17/2018 10:55 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: 1. What is the
device
android-a81a750feb8c4486? There are only two devices connected to
the router by wires. Very odd.
That would be an Android phone.Unless this router is the primary
routing device, it is unlikely to see any devices on the wired
network.
Exactly what I thought. How would an android phone appear on network
management as a WIRED device, particularly as I don't remember using
one or plugging one in
2. The router has a DNS server in it. The server doesn't know
anything about any of these devices, so I will have to set up
/etc/hosts in all of the computers in the local net manually.
Trendnet customer support has informed me that this is not a bug
but a feature.
I don't understand what you are expecting here. How would the router
have DNS entries for the computers on your network?
The computers are plugged into
the router. See the attached diagram.
3. There are issues with the way the router's DHCP sets up the
attached computers so that searches aren't referred to higher
level servers in my local net. More devices have to be entered
into /etc/hosts by hand.
Again, I don't know what you are expecting. Either the router
handles DHCP or it doesn't. There is no passing it on. I expect
your problems are mostly a configuration and wiring issue.
I had thought that the
DHCP communication tells computers attached to
the router how to set up their routing, /etc/resolv.conf, etc. Maybe
not.
Does anyone know what's going on here? Can anyone recommend a
router
that handles networking properly and that puts out a strong signal
for my wireless hot spot?
This router appears to be supported by dd-wrt which you might want to
look into. I install openwrt on all the access points I use because
it gives me so much more capability and configuration options.
I bet you're
right. But (as I wrote above) I'm not interested in
building a router.
Thanks for a long, prompt, and informative reply - jon