I have a Xerox printer connected to the 2Wire wireless router that also provides DSL/Internet. The 2Wire supports 2 wireless PC's as well as two hardwired PC's. The 2Wire IP is 192.168.0.1 and provides DHCP to all the devices except the Xerox (which is static at 192.168.0.252).
I've recently added Comcast HSI (w/digital voice) and connected it to a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router (192.168.1.1) I've considered creating a Vista software bridge on one of the hardwired PC's by installing a second NIC in it. This would be ok, but if that PC is physically off I lose the connectivity. I don't want to use static IP's except on the Xerox), and I need to limit the Comcast Internet to one of the wireless notebook PC's and one of the hardwired PC's, while limiting the DSL Internet from the 2Wire to the other hardwired PC and the other wireless notebook. The critical part is that I be able to use the Xerox from any device.
>>If I connect router to router, obviously I need to use the LAN ports on both but do I use a straight through or a crossover cable?
>>Do I specify which ISP a particular PC is to use by specifying the Gateway address?
>>I think I need to disable DHCP (probably on the 2Wire ?) but I'm not sure how the second router will get an IP from the first.
>>Can you recommend an appripriate addressing scheme for this config?
I think this is doable, but I get the feeling I'm barking up the wrong tree...
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
