Wireless and wired routers on network

[twentworth]

I've already read numerous postings about how to do this, but I can't get it to work. I've got a Linksys 4 port wired router. The settings are standard - IP address is 192.168.1.1, DHCP is turned off. All wired computers on the network have static ips in the range of 192.168.1.60 - 85.

I now have a Netgear wireless router that I want to use as an access point - for now, I'm not going to be plugging any wired computers into it. Its default ip is 192.168.0.1. I've gotten it to work using the default settings and plugging the cable modem directly into its WAN port. DHCP is set to on and the wireless computer is set to obtain an ip automatically.

How do I go about hooking the wireless into the wired network? On advice read elsewhere, I connected one of the Netgear's 4 wired router ports to one of the ports of the Linksys - apparently going into the WAN port of the wireless is a no-no. I turned off DHCP on the wireless. I tried numerous configurations, none of which worked.

Should the "Internet IP" (Netgear's terminology) on the wireless router be hard coded to an address in the range of 192.168.1.x? Do I need to input the default gateway of the wired router (192.168.1.1)? Do I need to specify the DNS in the wireless router, and if so, should it be my standard ISP's DNS addresses? The wireless router's default lan ip is 192.168.0.1. Do I need to change this to be in the range of 192.168.1.x? (I've tried this already - after I change it, I can no longer access the router's configuration page). Assuming I get the wireless router set up correctly, how do I set up the wireless computer? With DHCP or a hard coded ip?

Sorry about being long-winded. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Bluestealth]

Change Routing on your Dlink Routing so it is set up for Routing rather then as a gateway, no idea how to do this on a dlink. I have a linksys router and linksys wireless router at home 🙁

 

[Pretty Cool]

Let me ask, how do you set static IP's on a Linksys wired router? I wish to do this with my PPPoE dsl setup. Yet, there are so many settings to know which one to adjust.

Back to your question. When you disable DHCP, the Dlink should ask you for a new IP. Use 192.168.1.86. Then, release the wireless cards' IP. In XP, Start/Run/cmd. Then type: ipconfig /release. Afterwards, type: ipconfig /renew. You should now be able to access the router configuation page again and other web pages.

 

[Bluestealth]

You can't get a Static IP from PPPoE unless your DSL provider is offering them. Everytime you log on to PPPoE the login server assigns you a IP, and unless you have a static address assigned to your IP you will be unable to get one. 🙁 My IP changes so much atm its worthless to even look at what it is lol.

 

[JackMDS]

twentworth, may be this can Help: Using a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point

Pretty Cool, may be this can Help: DSL PPPOE and Cable/DSL Routers.

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[watdahel]

I think that's how it's done.

 

[sep]

Did you get this working yet?

 

[twentworth]

Yes, I got it to work. It turned out to be a stupid mistake on my part. I was trying to plug the wireless router into the jack next to the "uplink" jack on the Linksys - but it's disabled when the uplink port is being used. Duh.

Once I got it plugged in right, I reset the Netgear's address to 192.168.1.99 - within the Linksys' range. I could then re-login to the Netgear's setup page with that address. I set DHCP to off on the Netgear and on on the Linksys, and set my computer to "get ip address automatically." After this, it worked fine.

Thanks for the responses.