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I just put a network in my house but I'm kinda lost at this one problem I'm having. I think first I should start out by telling you what I'm using in regards to hardware and how things are connected.
My upstairs router is a Motorola Cable Modem model SBG6680. This is connected to a D-Link DGS-1100-05 Smart switch. Why a switch? Well, on my router, Port 2 is used for my fax, port 3 is used for my TV and port 4 is used for my VOIP. The D-Links switch is connected to Port 1 on my router which in turn is connected to port 1 on the switch, Port 2 on the switch is connected to my computer upstairs and port 3 on the switch is connected to a Netgear Wireless router Mod. WNR2000v3 downstairs.On the Netgear the D-Link is connected to the WAN Ethernet port and the computer is connected to Port 1 on the Netgear.
With all that said, the problem I'm having is, for some reason I can't get on the internet downstairs. I have WIFI and all the lights on the Netgear, according to the book, are correct. When I go to Network and Sharing Center in Windows, it shows "Unknown Network" and under "Basic Network Information" the line between the PC and Network has the Yellow Triangle and needless to say the line between the Network and Internet has the RED X. I've tried all kinds of stuff to correct the issue but nothing seemed to work. So I bought a NIC card and put it in and it worked for a while but now I'm having the same problem as before. No internet.
The D-Link Smart switch has a diagnostic function to check cable connections and thinking maybe it might be the cable. I did the diagnostics on the cable going downstairs and it came up as Pair 1-N/A. Pair 2-OK, Pair 3-OK, Pair 4-N/A. I did the same for the other cables and all 4 pairs came up OK.
I know this is a lot to digest but hopefully somebody can come up with an Idea I haven't thought of or tried. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
 
Your Modem is actually a Modem/Router. Since you need one Cohesive network your Netgear Wireless router has to be configured as an Access Point.

I.e., the WAN port should not be used and it should be configured this way.

Using Wireless Routers (or Modem/Wireless Router) as a Switch with an Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html



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JackMDS,
The second computer is configured to receive DHCP automatically, however the problem is I cannot get into the configuration of the router to change the base address. Also, the second computer is connected to the D-Link switch and not the primary router. Wouldn't the cable from the D-Link switch be connected to the Wan port and the second computer be connected to one of the ports?
 
Unplug whatever is in the WAN port of the second Router.

Configure manually the TCP of the second computer with a static IP of the same subnet as the Second Router is currently on, log into the second Router and do the changes.

After that you plug whatever was in the WAN port to a regular port and configure the Computer NIC back to Auto.



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One more question. Looking at the DHCP on the Motorola (Primary) I'm seeing a starting Local address at 192.168.0.2, number of CPEs of 253 with the IPv4 Address of 192.168.0.9 for my IP address, however I have another IP address of 192.168.0.081 which is also being used by another device, should I use an static ip above the the 192.168.0.081?
 
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