[NTLUG:Discuss] wet11 & Linux

[terry]

Just purchased a Linksys wet11 ethernet wireless bridge. Tried to 
connect to it via the browser at 192.168.1.255 as per instructions on 
pdf file on cdrom, but no luck.  It appears to be working, according to 
the lights lighting up.  When I plug it directly into a NIC, it lights 
up and so does the "Lan" led on the wet11.  When I plug it into a hub, 
(and switch from X to II on the back as per instructions), it lights up 
on both ends as well.  It appears to be working, but not able to find 
anything there.  Cannot ping it, I've pinged the network, (broadcast: 
ping -b 192.168.1.0 or 192.168.1.255) and still nothing but my existing 
devices, the wet11 does not show up as 192.168.1.255 or anywhere else 
that I can see.

But, I'm wondering... I've never assigned an IP address that  high 
before and don't know if Unix networks go up to 255,  I just kinda 
assumed it was the broadcast address... Is that so?  Or am I wrong about 
that?  ( I say that because when you ping 192.168.1.255, it appeas that 
most Lnix systems assume your pinging the network and will ping all, you 
get responses from all devices in the 192.158.1.x subnet. )

I looked at Linksys' knowledge base support page, ( 
http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp ), but did not find wet11 
listed in "Search by Product" field.

Any help or tips most welcome,
Thanks in advance,
Terry