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| Thread ID: 90668 | 2008-06-12 04:16:00 | New modem and router configuration | Kundalini (13860) | Press F1 |
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| 677735 | 2008-06-12 12:07:00 | I think your best bet is just to get the setup running in double-NAT mode - at least you'll have a fallback position if you want to try out PPPoE later. Even if there's a drop in performance vs single NAT, I'll bet you won't notice much... Firstly - you can obviously connect with just the ADSL modem. In that case, it should have a LAN config address (with a default of 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x judging by most hardware I've come across). I assume it's got a DHCP server address, so that when you connect a single PC you can use Automatic IP & DNS settings. Now you just need your Linksys router to use the DHCP/Automatic setting for its WAN port. That way it'll have a WAN address in the subnet that your PC would get if it was connected to the ADSL modem directly. You need to make sure that the Linksys's Local IP address is a different subnet to the Thomson's LAN or local subnet, so, for example, use 192.168.2.1 if the Thompson is using the 192.168.1.x subnet on its LAN side. Turn on the Linksys' DHCP server option as in your screenshot. That should be it! Plug the Linksys WAN into the Thomson LAN, and your PC(s) into the Linksys LAN. Your PC's IP settings can be left on Automatic - you should get an IP allocated in the Linksys IP range when you plug into it, and in the Thomson's IP range if you plug in direct to it & disconnect the Linksys. Once you've got the wired setup going, then fire up the wireless (hint: start with no encryption until you get it working!) & eliminate that death trap on the stairs! |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 677736 | 2008-06-12 12:11:00 | Wait. It's *not* supposed to be in the internet port? Nonono, it says that everywhere I check. :illogical What's the point of doing this? Because you don't have to use the WAN port. Your Thomson is doing the internet connection and the WRT54G is just a switch. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 677737 | 2008-06-12 12:11:00 | Ah, you make it sound so easy. :angry Thanks though! Well, I'll give all of this a shot tomorrow, right now, I'm tired. Hope this all can get sorted soon. Because you don't have to use the WAN port. Your Thomson is doing the internet connection and the WRT54G is just a switch. Hmmm, worth a shot as well. It's just that Linksys repeatedly states in it's manuals to plug the modem into the internet slot. Bah, whatever. |
Kundalini (13860) | ||
| 677738 | 2008-06-12 12:12:00 | But as mushead says it will work his way as well. have to have the 2 devices on different subnets. | berryb (99) | ||
| 677739 | 2008-06-12 12:13:00 | Remember if you want to use berryb's suggestion, you must disable the DHCP server on the Linksys, otherwise it'll conflict with the Thomson. | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 677740 | 2008-06-12 12:15:00 | Remember if you want to use berryb's suggestion, you must disable the DHCP server on the Linksys, otherwise it'll conflict with the Thomson. Yes correct. Forgot to mention that. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 677741 | 2008-06-12 12:17:00 | And make sure the Linksys has a different local IP to the Thomson - that definitely wouldn't be good... | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 677742 | 2008-06-12 23:28:00 | Holy ****, berryb's idea worked! I'm connected through it right now! Odd though, I can no longer access the routers configuration page... that's not good. :annoyed: |
Kundalini (13860) | ||
| 677743 | 2008-06-12 23:33:00 | That's because you're on the IP address range of the Thompson, rather than the Linksys. if you want to access the Linksys config just unplug it or change your IP to one in the Linksys's range Actually if I'd been more awake last night I would have remembered that I did exactly the same thing for a friend of mine! You can't access both config pages at once - either one or the other depending on what's plugged in - but don't worry, nothing's broken |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 677744 | 2008-06-12 23:42:00 | That's because you're on the IP address range of the Thompson, rather than the Linksys. if you want to access the Linksys config just unplug it or change your IP to one in the Linksys's range Actually if I'd been more awake last night I would have remembered that I did exactly the same thing for a friend of mine! You can't access both config pages at once - either one or the other depending on what's plugged in - but don't worry, nothing's broken So I have to setup the routers wireless, security, etc while it's not connected to the modem? That's not so bad. Christ, I'm just glad it's working now! :clap Thanks, all of you! You saved me $100, a day on the phone with technical support, and probably a broken ankle! |
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