Hello, I recently moved to a new city and province (canadian) and when I setup my computers/networking equipment I was getting an error saying that my computers were connected to my network, but unable to access the internet and they were unable to communicate with each other. I have since found a way to make everything work, but I would like to learn what caused this and if there is a better way to fix it than what I did.
Here's a bit about my setup:
1 x Linksys E2000 wireless router
2 x Win 7 pro Desktops
2 x Win 7 pro laptops
1 x imac, no problem on the OSX side, just the Win 7 pro side
1 x qnap ts-212 NAS
1 x iphone
Before I moved I had it setup so all the computers could communicate with each other and access the NAS. The NAS has a static IP address and uses googles public dns servers. My personal desktop has a static IP address and was using dns settings that I must have got from my ISP. The NAS and my personal desktop were both hardwired. All of the other devices were connected with wireless and would have IP addresses assigned to them by the router. We have stayed with the same ISP provider and when we moved into our new house, I connected everything the exact same way.
We got a new cable modem from our ISP, I plugged it into the wireless router and connected my personal desktop and the NAS directly to it and they both worked right away and could communicate with each other and access the internet.
I connected my iphone and was able to access the internet and via the qnap app, communicate with the NAS. When I connected all of the other computers to the wifi, they would connect to the network, but be unable to access the internet and they wouldn't be able to communicate with any of the other devices on the network. Checkout out their IP addresses they were all being assigned IP's that started with 192.168.100.xxx, which I didn't understand since my hardwired machines were all statically assigned 192.168.1.xxx. After doing the basic trouble shooting I could think of (ipconfig /release, /flushdns, /renew) I decided to assign them all static IP's and assign them the DNS settings from my router. After making these changes all the machines started working and could access the internet and communicate with each other on the network.
I just connected my work laptop to the network (wired) and had to go in and assign it a static IP and DNS settings to get it to work.
I have power cycled my modem and router, i don't want to reset my router since there are some port forwarding settings enabled for the NAS that i don't really want to redo.
I'm wondering if the way I solved this problem is the best way possible? I would like my router to automatically assign proper IP's to devices connected to my network, i don't want to have to assign everything a static IP address. Why is my router assigning my computers IP addresses that can't be used to access the internet?
Sorry for the long post, hopefully my ramblings make sense. Thanks in advance for the help
Jibs
Here's a bit about my setup:
1 x Linksys E2000 wireless router
2 x Win 7 pro Desktops
2 x Win 7 pro laptops
1 x imac, no problem on the OSX side, just the Win 7 pro side
1 x qnap ts-212 NAS
1 x iphone
Before I moved I had it setup so all the computers could communicate with each other and access the NAS. The NAS has a static IP address and uses googles public dns servers. My personal desktop has a static IP address and was using dns settings that I must have got from my ISP. The NAS and my personal desktop were both hardwired. All of the other devices were connected with wireless and would have IP addresses assigned to them by the router. We have stayed with the same ISP provider and when we moved into our new house, I connected everything the exact same way.
We got a new cable modem from our ISP, I plugged it into the wireless router and connected my personal desktop and the NAS directly to it and they both worked right away and could communicate with each other and access the internet.
I connected my iphone and was able to access the internet and via the qnap app, communicate with the NAS. When I connected all of the other computers to the wifi, they would connect to the network, but be unable to access the internet and they wouldn't be able to communicate with any of the other devices on the network. Checkout out their IP addresses they were all being assigned IP's that started with 192.168.100.xxx, which I didn't understand since my hardwired machines were all statically assigned 192.168.1.xxx. After doing the basic trouble shooting I could think of (ipconfig /release, /flushdns, /renew) I decided to assign them all static IP's and assign them the DNS settings from my router. After making these changes all the machines started working and could access the internet and communicate with each other on the network.
I just connected my work laptop to the network (wired) and had to go in and assign it a static IP and DNS settings to get it to work.
I have power cycled my modem and router, i don't want to reset my router since there are some port forwarding settings enabled for the NAS that i don't really want to redo.
I'm wondering if the way I solved this problem is the best way possible? I would like my router to automatically assign proper IP's to devices connected to my network, i don't want to have to assign everything a static IP address. Why is my router assigning my computers IP addresses that can't be used to access the internet?
Sorry for the long post, hopefully my ramblings make sense. Thanks in advance for the help
Jibs