Network Gurus: Will this work?

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Originally Posted by incisor

he has two wireless zones that way so if he does venture to that end of the house its there if needed by a game console or laptop etc etc...

he has the hardware, why not use it ;)

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He'll have that anyway, as both routers can run as WAP's independently of whether they are DHCP servers. It was the two DHCP scopes and servers I was querying....as a wireless client on the second (non-routing) router will simply pass the DHCP request back up the ethernet to the main router running the DHCP server and the ADSL WAN connection.

(Plus, most routers when you turn on WPA2 and WEP don't allow you to enter WEP Key 1, which screws up a NDS as that's the only key you can use, so he'll need two WAP's unless he's going to back the Vista client off to WEP as well.)

A wireless connection to second router will still receive a DHCP address from the first, just the same as it would if you added a switch to the first router, so no need to do DHCP on both.

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Originally Posted by incisor

you will need to keep all the dhcp ip addfress space within one c class if you want windows file and printer sharing to work without dramas.

set first router dhcp address space to .2 thru .127 and the second to .129 thru .254

give the second router an ip address of .128 and enter it as a reserved address in the first router using the mac address etc etc.

netmask should be 255.255.255.0


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first rounter ip address is say 192.168.1.1 netmask of 255.255.255.0

dhcp range set to 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.127


second router ip address is 192.168.1.128 netmask 255.255.255.0

put second router mac address in reserved list of dhcp list of first router

dhcp range of second router set to 192.168.1.129 thru 192.168.1.254


clear as mud ?

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Is the WL-520gU a router? It doesn't seem to have a WAN port.

I'd disable the DHCP server on the WL-520gU and let the Belkin router assign the all the addresses.

Check that both points will auto detect the cable type (most do), otherwise you'll need a crossover cable between them.


Paul

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Originally Posted by awabbit6

Is the WL-520gU a router? It doesn't seem to have a WAN port.

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Yes, it does.

LAN Ports = WAN x 1, LAN x 4 RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT

One small thing that's perhaps been lost in the comments is the WPA/WEP issue. The Nintendo gear does not do WPA, only WEP, and my current Belkin router (and I assume the Asus) doesn't do both at the same time.

By using this new config then I can leave my Vista laptop as WPA2 and connect to the Belkin while the boys can go WEP to the Asus router.

On a side issue, I bought the Belkin G router think it'd cover the house but the best I can get is 15m. Beyond 20m (in the boy's territory) there's no signal at all (and it's line of site down the hallway from the Belkin router).

One more question: Does the cat5 from the Belkin plug into the WAN port of the Asus, or one of the 4 comms ports?

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by WhiteD3

One more question: Does the cat5 from the Belkin plug into the WAN port of the Asus, or one of the 4 comms ports?

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Into one of the comms ports - you don't need to use the WAN port at all on the ASUS (I usually plug the port with an old RJ45 connector to make it obvious that nothing should be connected).

SteveG

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Originally Posted by WhiteD3

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On a side issue, I bought the Belkin G router think it'd cover the house but the best I can get is 15m. Beyond 20m (in the boy's territory) there's no signal at all (and it's line of site down the hallway from the Belkin router).
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If your signal is that bad you probably don't need to worry about wireless security.

After all, if the signal isn't leaving your house there isn't much chance of someone hacking into it.

You can always do the walkaround with the laptop to see if the signal is available outside the house.

Some wireless AP's and cards have a power setting to adjust the signal strength. If you turn it down on the AP, and up on the receivers and make sure it's in Infrastructure Mode.

Cheers
Simon

Check out these pages on WLAN

http://www.e3.com.au/

Antennit

If you decide on the antenna route, can you just tweak it enough to reach my place!! :D:p

I plugged the new router in and it worked straight away. :eek: No set up, no nothing:D:D

Now for the wifi bit...

We have a wired D-link router which is connected to the internet and a Wireless TPLink that is plugged into the back of the D-Link as if it was another computer, all our computers kept trying to access the internet thru the TP-Link I switched off DHCP server in the TP-Link's setup menu and have no more problems since.

Glenn

Well, it seemed to work until we restarted the PCs on boxing day, now there's no Internet access from the 2 PCs on the new ASUS router.

What I have done:
Topology as per the network drawing in the first post.
Belkin router settings: IP = 192.168.2.1, 255.255.255.0, DHCP is on with range = 2-127.
Asus router "Operations mode" is set for "Access Point", being "In Access Point mode, 4 LAN ports and wireless devices are set to locate in the same local area network. Those WAN related functions are not supported here.

Explaining with technical terms, access point mode is, NAT is disabled, wireless LAN and four LAN ports of WL520GU are bridged together."

IP = 192.168.2.128, 255.255.255.0. I Think DHCP is off as I've selected to manually set the IP. The manual is written in Chinglish and is unclear on the DHCP server issue.

In the Belkin DHCP list I can see the IP addresses of the 2 PC connected to the Asus router.

Suggestions welcome (please, the kids are threatening me with physical violence:cool: