How to access DWL-3200AP web interface on different subnet

[NoodleTech]

I have a D-Link DWL-3200AP wireless access point. It's configuration IP is 192.168.0.50. My router's subnet is on 192.168.1.1.

How would I go about configuring it through the web interface? I can't access it at this point.

I don't know how to change my subnet over to 192.168.0.x. I'm working with a consumer router (Westell 9100EM provided with verizon FiOS at home). I will be moving the access point to my small business which uses some 2wire router provided by AT&T after configuring it.

 

[Shockey]

Can you connect to the D-Link wirelessly? If so, you can set your ip of your computer to 192.168.0.2 you should be able to access the interface from the ip of the d-link

 

[keenan]

Set your client machine up with a static IP in the 192.168.0.x range, or you could keep the 192.168.1.x address and change your subnet mask to 255.255.254.0.

 

[NoodleTech]

Ok thanks! Got it working. Is there any way to make it so when the user connects to the wireless network and opens up a web browser, they are prompted to enter a user name and password before being able to access the internet?

 

[Shockey]

Ok thanks! Got it working. Is there any way to make it so when the user connects to the wireless network and opens up a web browser, they are prompted to enter a user name and password before being able to access the internet?

Yes, A captive portal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal

I know pfsense (freebsd firewall distro) support this. I'm sure their are others out their.

 

[NoodleTech]

is RADIUS essentially the same thing?

 

[keenan]

RADIUS is a protocol for authentication, it doesn't do anything user-side. You need a web server and some firewall packet rewriting magic to make a captive portal. Then you can authenticate against radius or whatever other auth scheme you're using. pfSense has a great captive portal implementation. Oh and it's based on FreeBSD not Linux.

 

[NoodleTech]

oh I see. So would the combination of both RADIUS and a captive portal be ideal? pfSense would run on a standalone computer correct? Does a Cisco ASA5505 or any other Cisco router/firewall product have the capability to implement a captive portal? We are going to purchase a Cisco router/firewall and switch soon. I kind of don't want to run another standalone box with pfSense.