Re: "Home" Networking Question

[Casey Boone <caseyboone@gmail.com>]

you didnt say exactly how you had it cabled

here is what you need to do

log into the wireless router unit and disable its dhcp server, also
set up WPA/WEP encryption

run a cable from one of the lan ports (not the internet/wan port, very
important) of AP to the old router.

this should be all you need to do, make sure that there is no cable
hooked into the WAN/internet port on the wireless router.

hope this helps

Casey


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:03:04 -0600, Tim McDonough <tim@mcdonough.net> wrote:
> A few weeks ago I ended up with the use of a laptop that has wireless
> networking built in so of course I wanted to add a wireless router
> here at home so I can surf the net while I watch TV.
> 
> We have a wireless DSL connection here and I've been using a D-Link
> DI-808HV 8-port router w/VPN. Prior to the laptop there were a total
> of 6 machines (Linux, Win98, Win2000, and WinXP) here. All has worked
> well for a year or more now.
> 
> I got a small D-Link DI-524 Wireless router. Rather than it being
> connected to the wireless DSL it's connected to a port on the first
> router. It get's it's IP address, etc. from the DI-808HV.
> 
> In this configuration the laptop can get to the Internet, send and
> receive mail, etc. It cannot however see any of the other machines on
> the home network, share printers, or see the Samba server. If I
> connect the laptop directly to the main DI-808HV with a network cable
> it can see and access everything so I don't *think* it is a laptop
> configuration problem (I have been wrong before.)
> 
> Is there a way to configure the wireless router so that computers
> connected to it can see machines on the DI-808HV (the "main"
> router/gateway)? It would seem that some combination of netmask, port
> openings, etc. would make the "routing"/translation transparent so
> everything would be connected to the same internal network.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
> 
> Tim
> Springfield, IL
> 
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