Router-To-Router

[Zonie]

I have never done this before and need help if it is doable. Client has Novell network within office and internet connection through a Linsys router which is shared through a (16) port switch. Client has a laptop which connects to the network in their training room via hardwire. He called me to let me know he has a Linksys wireless (4) port router and adapter for the notebook. He wants the router connected to the network in the training room so the laptop adapter can connect to the network and internet. The problem is when I do the setup for the wireless router with the CD, I cannot get it to connect to the internet to set it up. DHCP is enable the same as the other router. I am at a loss on this and will appreciate any help.

[shanff]

internet to set it up. DHCP is enable the same as the other router. I am at a loss on this and will appreciate any help.


you don't want DHCP set up on the 2nd router. You'll want to set up a static ip in the same subnet on the 2nd router and browse to that address to finish setting it up. (or set another workstation up using a static ip in the same subnet at the routers default 192.168.168.0 is the net that it uses i believe, and then make the changes needed. and then integrate it into the new network.)

[Gollo]

So he has a linksys router and a linksys router/ap? If so then he's going about this the wrong way. Ok lets say you are taking the wired jack in the training room and plugging it into port 1 on the router. If you do not turn off dhcp on the router/ap then it will start causing problems with the rest of your network so you would need to turn this off. This causes another problem. From the wired to wirelss on the router you can not forward dhcp requests so your wireless clients will not get an ip address. The only workaround with this setup is to set static ip's on the wireless side. If you don't want to do this you need to get an ap only. This will allow you to do everything you want and it will use all your current hardware without any fancy configuration. Just remember for security purposes to enable mac filtering, disable ssid broadcast and to turn on wep. Cheers.