I've noticed something strange with the Wireless Security feature; if one reboots the Astaro unit (or shuts it down, it loses power, etc.), and a Windows 7 laptop reconnects (automatically) to the Wireless Network, Windows 7 keeps identifying the wireless network as a "new" one, and asks the end user to select whether it's a Home, Work, or Public network. This was not an issue before when using a standalone WAP (non astaro) behind the ASG. The client I'm testing with even has a static IP assignment in DHCP.
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Sounds good, Tom! If you've got a second; what does Windoze 7 use to determine if a wireless network is the same one it's connected to before? I'd always assumed it was using SSID, DNS, IP, and maybe MAC addresses as factors it used to figure this out... is one of those dynamic in the Astaro?
ETA: Some googling seems to indicate that the MAC address may be what is changing here (on the WAP)... does that help? I know the SSID and DHCP stuff stays the same.
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Windows matches the locally saved MAC address of the Default Gateway at every link establishment. If the MAC address of the Default Gateway changed, Windows reports a new network has been discovered.
The WiFi feature internally uses RED which works with random generated MAC addresses on every initialization. That is causing the trouble.
Ah... that explains it. Would probably be a good idea to change this in the RED too, as I'm sure the changing MAC addresses would have the same effect, say, for a mobile user that goes from site to site connected via RED.
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