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Wireless and wired routers in the same network

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Silmatharien

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I'm trying to connect a network like this:
Internet > Wired router (3 people connected) > Wireless router (1 wired connection, 2 wireless)

I know to disable DHCP on the second router and I've changed the IP on the second router so it's in the same range as that of the first router.

The problem is I can't get anyone connected to the second router to have an IP address assigned to them and thus they can't connect to the network or the internet.

What is the proper way to go about setting this network? I'm almost at my wits' end. I've been going at this for days now.
 
Do you have the first router wired to the second via it's WAN port? Ethernet cable should go to LAN port on each device. If your using the WAN port on the wireless router then you'll either need to change that, or enable some form of routing mechanism on each router. RIP, RIP, some SOHO routers even support OSPF. Unless you just enjoy headaches though this is not what you should do. Switched LAN port to Switched LAN port on the two routers. It's only a switch now, not a router. Well a switch and an Access Point.
 
Is it necessary to use crossover cable or can I just use normal Cat-5e cable?

Also, is there any reason that my router would be causing my internet to disconnect? Three times today already my internet has randomly become disconnected and it doesn't seem to do this when directly connected to my computer.
 
cross over should not be required.. also remove the firewall settings from the router not connected to the Internet (cable modem/DSL). If this does not work try changing it to be a router instead of Gateway if you have not already done this.
 
Originally posted by: vorgusa
cross over should not be required.. also remove the firewall settings from the router not connected to the Internet (cable modem/DSL). If this does not work try changing it to be a router instead of Gateway if you have not already done this.
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well I got things to work ... sort of. I set our wired router as the primary and the wireless as secondary. I changed the wireless router to be a switch and everything seems to work now except that our internet tries to randomly disconnect. The only way to solve this is to unplug the primary router for a minute and then plug it back in.
 
does the router free up or what?... if the router does not freeze up and you can connect ot the router check the IP address of the WAN/Internet and if it is 0.0.0.0 then you are having issues holding an IP address... if that is the case try connecting a computer directly to the modem and seeing if you still have the problem, if so it is the cable modem if not the router. if it is the router try updating or reinstalling the firmware...
 
When the internet disconnects, I can't connect to the router using its IP and thus can't do anything with it. I don't notice this happening when I have the modem connected directly. This has happened with two routers now ...
 
well either your modem is causing problems that shuts down the router or you have bad routers... if you think it might be your network with two things attached disconnect the second and see if the problem stops.. if you have time just go grab another cable modem from your cable company, they usually do not charge for getting a new one
 
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