SqueezeServer has wrong IP (but correct MAC) of radio of radio

[emair]

I use an access point for my network, and SqueezeServer is reporting any wireless squeeze devices (my SqueezeBox Radio and SoftSqueeze) as having the same IP address - that of the access point! The SqueezeServer does report the correct MAC for the devices.

Anyway, this seems to be causing an issue where I cannot connect from the device to the server, but surprisingly, can connect no problem from the server (via web interface) to the devices.

Is this a problem with my access point (which has otherwise worked flawlessly in every application, including VPN, etc.), or SqueezeServer being confused? Can I hard code the IP address of my radio for the server?

[snarlydwarf]

I use an access point for my network, and SqueezeServer is reporting any wireless squeeze devices (my SqueezeBox Radio and SoftSqueeze) as having the same IP address - that of the access point! The SqueezeServer does report the correct MAC for the devices.

Anyway, this seems to be causing an issue where I cannot connect from the device to the server, but surprisingly, can connect no problem from the server (via web interface) to the devices.

Is this a problem with my access point (which has otherwise worked flawlessly in every application, including VPN, etc.), or SqueezeServer being confused? Can I hard code the IP address of my radio for the server?

If all your devices have the same IP number, then they will not work. That's basic IP: you can not have two machines with the same IP number (well except in some very odd failover setups but even then it's tricky).

How are you assigning IP numbers? DHCP? Static?

More specifics.

[emair]

If all your devices have the same IP number, then they will not work.

That's the weird thing. They are all getting IP addresses correctly from the DHCP server of my router. If I ping the radio's real IP, the packets reach it (computer->router->accesspoint->wifi->radio) no problem.

Again, this is the first time I have seen the IP address of a wireless device incorrectly reported by another application. I can only assume the packets are labeled wrong as they leave the access point... grrrr.....

I should mention I am using the Freeman 1.04 firmware on a linksys 54g router, with the router funtionality turned off, as my Access Point. Maybe I should go to DD-WRT instead...

[bpa]

Assuming Radio and Softsqueeze are on wireless on an AP and server and AP are wired to a router then it sounds like your access point is doing NAT and behaving like a router rather than an AP.

[emair]

Fixed the problem. No, the access point wasn't acting as a router/NAT. But it was, apparently, sending packets to the LAN with the wrong IP address.

Upgraded to the latest DD-WRT firmware and it works perfectly. Thanks for your help, folks.