When you set up the ST780WL in bridge mode it uses its own IP (192.168.1.254) as the default gateway. If your real network gateway is at some other IP (192.168.1.1) then the ST780WL will not have internet connectivity.
I could not find a way to set the default gateway for the main interface on this device using the web interface, so I used the console. [How to access the console (telnet 192.168.1.254) is described in detail elsewhere on the web.]
Once logged in type
:ip rtadd dst=0.0.0.0 gateway=192.168.1.1
where 192.168.1.1 is our default gateway.
To test type
:ip rtlist
This should show
0.0.0.0/0 192.168.1.1 LocalNetwork 0 [UP]
at the bottom.
Ping an Internet host to test. (I think this can be done on the web interface too).
:ip ping proto=ip 8.8.8.8
8.8.8.8 is one of google’s new public DNS servers. The other is 8.8.4.4. It’s easy to remember and likely to be up. You can’t use a domain name because the ping command expects an IP. Also you don’t know if DNS is working at this point anyway.
If that works type
saveall
to save your configuration and type
reboot and later repeat the rtlist command above to make sure the configuration sticks.
