airport express question

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esr2

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I'm using the express on a college network and currently have a 802.11g powerbook and mini, the problem i'm having is that our network authentication works in relation to the computer's mac address...

if I uncheck "distribute ip addresses" then the router works fine, the powerbook can get online no problems after i authenticate it on the university's site (i believe this is because the express merely acts as a bridge in this case)

In the event that I choose shared single IP or shared ranges, i loose the connection entirely - which i assume is a result of the express no longer acting as a simple bridge for a single computer, but as a router, now appearing as an intermediary step between my powerbook and the campus network... is this correct? I'm thinking I need to some how get the campus authentication page through the express in shared ip mode to authenticate the express's MAC as mine, but I don't know how, as the powerbook is still behind it when it's no longer transparent in the unchecked distribute ip addresses mode... any ideas? anyone know how to persuade the express to clone a mac address like any number of routers can?

thanks

-esr
 
glad to hear you worked it out. Was your assumption above correct? or did you work something else out. i'd like to know how that works as i'm thinking about purchasing one myself. Thanks
 
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