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| Thread ID: 87002 | 2008-02-04 07:27:00 | Another network problem | Expat NZer (13363) | Press F1 |
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| 637358 | 2008-02-04 07:27:00 | Hi, I have a network of sorts set up in my house. The walls are concrete block and plaster so the wireless signal doesn't do so well. What I have is as follows: adsl line into modem/router, 3 ethernet cables from the router: 1. goes to the desktop computer 2. goes to the networked printer 3: goes downstairs to another router, that provides the wireless internet down there. The internet can be accessed by all computers whether upstairs or downstairs. They will not, however, network. Upstairs cannot see down and vice versa. All computers have the same workgroup. The desktop is XP and the rest are vista, but I don't think this is the problem as they work fine when talking to the same router ie both upstairs. I'm guessing the problem is in the router setup downstairs, but I'm buggered if I know what it is! Any help is appreciated. Thx |
Expat NZer (13363) | ||
| 637359 | 2008-02-04 07:31:00 | Welcome to PF1 someone should be able to help you here soon, someone with better knowledge than me. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 637360 | 2008-02-04 07:42:00 | 2 routers with different IP addresses, the pc's cant see each other because they use difference gateways (well gateways is probably not the correct namer, however it will do). By changing the wireless router to DHCP and DHCP relay, all pc's will recieve the same ip configuration from the adsl router.. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 637361 | 2008-02-04 09:00:00 | Yea it sounds like the wireless router downstairs is acting as a DHCP server on a different subnet. How do you have the two units connected? Is the cable from the wireless router to the adsl router plugged into the WAN port on the wireless router? You could just move that cable from the WAN port to one of the 4 LAN ports. (On the wireless router) You will need to turn off DHCP on the wireless router and give it a static IP address in the same subnet as the ADSL router. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 637362 | 2008-02-04 09:10:00 | or it could be firewalls | wotz (335) | ||
| 637363 | 2008-02-04 14:28:00 | Thx for the suggestions. I tried the static ip approach, no dice. Then took the firewalls down (all norton 360's) and moved the ethernet cable to a lan port and it worked for about 15 minutes. Now it doesn't again! But at least I have proved it is possible. Cheers I'll continue tinkering. |
Expat NZer (13363) | ||
| 637364 | 2008-02-06 01:43:00 | Where have you connected the ethernet cable on the wireless router? Ideally you should connect the cable to one of the LAN ports and not the WAN port. Also ensure that the DHCP server is disabled on the wireless router. Also you will not have to worry about any of the WAN settings on the wireless router except that the assigned IP address is in the same subnet as the broadband router so you can configure / manage the wireless side of things. |
ughnz (8297) | ||
| 637365 | 2008-02-06 05:56:00 | Thank you all for your help. I have achieved nirvana (of sorts). I can now watch all videos, music and pictures on the TV, stramed from the desktop. All I need to do now is encrypt the wireless connection downstairs, but I can't access the router now that it is acting as a relay. Ideas? |
Expat NZer (13363) | ||
| 637366 | 2008-02-06 07:07:00 | try disconnecting the wireless router from the rest of the network, and plug directly to it with a computer - then using the default IP address of it or the gateway, one of them should work to give you access. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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