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| Thread ID: 51762 | 2004-11-29 06:36:00 | Difficulty with multiple routers | balraj (5747) | Press F1 |
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| 297705 | 2004-11-29 06:36:00 | My existing setup is an ADSL Router (Draytek Vigor 2500). This is connected to the phone line and has 4 wired ports, 2 of which are used by machines in the study. Since I have 2 other machines elsewhere in the house, I purchased a Linksys 802.11b Wireless router (Model BEFW11S4) to make these machines connect via wi-fi. I am having difficulty making the configuration work even though I have assigned unique ip adresses to each router and ensured that their DHCP address allocation does not conflict. The machine wired into the Linksys is unable to see the internet. Some other details: Draytek router IP: 192.168.1.1 Linksys router IP: 192.168.1.50 I am stuck and wondering how to make this configuration work. Any help will be much appreciated. Regards, Balraj Dhaliwal Melbourne, Australia |
balraj (5747) | ||
| 297706 | 2004-11-29 07:18:00 | What Versions of windows are the machines running Can you ping the routers from either side? |
Exwesty (5639) | ||
| 297707 | 2004-11-29 07:37:00 | So far, I am only trying to get the system up in wired mode using the 2 machines and routers in the study, one machine connected to each router. I expect that once this works, that getting the wireless for the other 2 machines will be pretty straightforward. I can ping from each machine to the router that it is connected to, but not to the other machine or other router. The routers are connected with a cat5 cable from one of the ports on the ADSL Router (Draytek) to the Internet/WAN port on the Linksys Wireless Router. One machine is running XP Pro SP2 and the other Windows 2000 with no service packs. Both are running Zone Alarm Pro which I have turned off to see if it was blocking access, but it was not. |
balraj (5747) | ||
| 297708 | 2004-11-29 08:01:00 | Ok so I'd try another port on the Linksys router Are you using a patch or crossover cable between the routers? If you can't ping the other router from either direction then that is currently where you problem lies, I.E. the link between the routers Once that's up just look out for XP's firewall, ICS and that the appropriate files and folders are shared |
Exwesty (5639) | ||
| 297709 | 2004-11-29 09:58:00 | Assign a different subnet to each router, then create routes between each. For example: 192.168.0.0 <--> Linksys <--> 192.168.1.0 <--> Darytek <--> The net Routers are designe to route between different networks, and by making them both 192.168.1.0 networks you are confusing them. As a result, no traffic is forwarded as they both believe that nothin lies between each computer. The easiest thing to do, as I do now, is to put all PCs on the 192.168.1.* IP Addresses, make 192.168.1.1 the local area network IP address of the linksys and make 192.168.2.2 the wide area network IP address of the linksys. Then connect the two routers together (patch / crossover, they should be able to autodetect MDI / MDI-X). Make the LAN address of the Draytek 192.168.2.1 and leave the ADSL as it normally is. Then, on the linksys, (and I'm not sure how Linksys systems work), but set something to the effect of "ISP Gateway", "Default route", "Modem", or anything that hints the address that the router uses to connect to the internet as 192.168.2.1. Hope that helps. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 297710 | 2004-11-29 10:50:00 | Good advice Growly. Should get it sorted I think. Also, if it is needed, make sure that the ADSL router is plugged into the WAN port of the Linksys. Cheers George |
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