Re: Linksys Router Question

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 04/14/05 

Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:38:18 GMT

amerar@iwc.net wrote in news:1113413020.975442.24900
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the best place to get an answer, but I'll try
> explaining my problem.
>
> I need some help setting up my router configuration.
>
> I have a fixed IP with my DSL company. I have a wired Linksys router
> (192.168.1.1) which plugs into a 16 port switch. From there I have
> several devices, each with its own 192.168.x.x IP number. The wired
> router is set up as PPPoE.

What do you mean that the router plugs into switch? Is not the router the
gateway device and you plug the switch into one of the LAN ports of the
router to extend the LAN? That would mean you would have at least 3 LAN
ports open on the router with one port taken by the 16 port switch to
extend the network.
 
>
> Recently I purchased a Sony Laptop with a wireless NIC inside. So, I
> bought a wireless Linksys router. I cannot get this thing to work.

You would have to configure the wireless/wire router to be a *switch* and
plug it into one of the 16 ports on switch or plug it into one of the open
LAN ports on the router.

>
> I would like to hook the wireless router into the switch, and that way
> I can map drives between my computers and laptop on my own network. My
> wired router, which hooks to my DSL modem can still be the gateway out.
>
> I'm not sure how to set this up since the wireless router also has an
> IP of 192.168.1.1. I have made no progress in 2 weeks and I'm really
> frustrated.

You have to set the device IP of the second router to one of the static IP
(s) on the wire gateway router, like you would set the device IP to
192.168.1.2 with subnet matching the subnet of the wire router for the
second router. That way all machines on the network wired or wireless for
the wire router, switch, or wire/wireless AP switch can share resources.

This should help and the principles are the same no matter if wire/wire,
wire/wireless or wireless/wireless routers being connected.

http://tinyurl.com/5sjf3

On the other hand, all you needed is one of thses and just plugged into the
LAN port on the router or the 16 port swicth. :)

http://tinyurl.com/29u6t

You should look into wireless security for the home.

http://tinyurl.com/4qrev

Duane :)

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