Help Setting Up Home Networking (again)
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:19 pm
Let's face it I suck at IT work! Even simple tasks seem to take
a long time and require countless one hour calls to "hello my
name is Rikki" in Mumbai.
First some good news. I got the Linksys WRT54GL Wireless
Broadband Router. Ordered it on-line as its not the latest
Linksys/Cisco model found in the local Frys.
The goal is very simple. Connected two routers together in
cascade, separated by 100 feet of cable. One is a Firewall
Router, connected to the DSL modem, the other is the new
Router with wireless access point. It replaces a Workgroup
switch and separate WiFi access point (which will be added
to the Firewall Router once the network is up and running).
Two WiFi access points will give better coverage than the
single one. Most likely any new connected appliances will be
wireless.
I can 'talk' to each router with a local PC, and both work
one at a time with the DSL modem. They don't work together.
I have changed the IP address of the new router from the
default (192.168.1.1) to 192.168.2.1, and can ping each
router one at a time.
Any suggestions?
a long time and require countless one hour calls to "hello my
name is Rikki" in Mumbai.
First some good news. I got the Linksys WRT54GL Wireless
Broadband Router. Ordered it on-line as its not the latest
Linksys/Cisco model found in the local Frys.
The goal is very simple. Connected two routers together in
cascade, separated by 100 feet of cable. One is a Firewall
Router, connected to the DSL modem, the other is the new
Router with wireless access point. It replaces a Workgroup
switch and separate WiFi access point (which will be added
to the Firewall Router once the network is up and running).
Two WiFi access points will give better coverage than the
single one. Most likely any new connected appliances will be
wireless.
I can 'talk' to each router with a local PC, and both work
one at a time with the DSL modem. They don't work together.
I have changed the IP address of the new router from the
default (192.168.1.1) to 192.168.2.1, and can ping each
router one at a time.
Any suggestions?