Connecting router to router? How to set settings / IP addresses?

[bruincal]

I have a GTE DSL connection, of which I have two routers, a hub, and 5 PC's that I would like to network. Here is my setup:

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~bruincal/network.jpg

The router's are identical. However, the second router that is not directly connected to the internet does not work when both routers are on the network. I figured it was because the IP addresses were conflicting. So I set the IP of the router that was connected to the internet as 192.168.0.2 and the second router as 192.168.0.1 . However, the second router will still not work when on the network with the other router. Can someone help me setup the second router? or give me a setup of IP addresses and gateway addresses that will allow both routers to work on my network?

Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

It is not a matter of an IP; this setting can not work, since the second Router is not connected to a Modem. The WAN input of an Entry Level Cable/DSL Router is build to be fed by a Cable or DSL Modem, it simply build this way (the reason has to do with the way the NAT works).

 

[bruincal]

ohh I see! Thanks!
I was wondering, if I left the WAN port unoccupied, can I use the router as a basic 10/100 switch since it says "Built-in 4-port Switch"?

 

[rw120555]

This double router topic seems to be a hot one today. You could just replace the 2nd router with a switch or hub, just like you are already doing on the rt-hand side of your diagram.

If you don't want to do that, then yes, leaving the wan port unoccupied may do the trick.

And if it still doesn't work, try disabling the routerish features of the 2nd router, e.g. disable dhcp, make it a dhcp client or give it a fixed ip, maybe disable NAT. I always thought you had to do all that, but Jack said in a different thread that that usually wasn't necessary.

 

[Fatt]

You know...
I'm sitting here trying to figure out a way to fool the routers..



Try this... no guarantee it'll work.

Set up the routers so they hosts are on two different networks.

Right now, with one being 192.168.0.1 and the other being 192.168.0.2 the routers are both on the same network, which is one thing if you can assign IPs to ports and make them do what you want but quite another with home routers.