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Connect the Linksys Wireless-G to an existing Linksys WAG200G Router

Asked by: MINDSUPERB

My desktop has an access to internet through the Linksys WAG200G router of our bulding. I just bought Linksys Wireless WRT54GC planning to connect it to the existing router in such a way I can use my laptop through wireless connection.

I did the the installed the setup and followed carefully the instruction during the installation. The installation runs smoothly until Router configuration settings but when it started to verify router setting it fails. It says that the "No internet connection is detected."

Please advise me on what to do.

Thank you for any assistance in advance.

Ed

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by: thinkpads_userPosted on 2009-08-29 at 06:33:05ID: 25213998

If you are leaving the wired router in place, get the local IP range of the router (like 192.168.1.x). Check on the router where the DHCP range is (like 192.168.1.100 for 50 addresses). Check that any computer wired into the router is getting a DHCP address.

Now, connect the LinkSys wireless router to a LAN port on the wired router. Go into the configuration of the wireless router and set the WAN IP to be static 192.168.1.2 (or whatever depending on the above). Turn off DHCP on this wireless router. Restart it, and connect your laptop wired into it and you should have a connection with an IP from the main router.

Now go into the wireless config and set it up.

I have my Cisco LinkSys RV042 and my Netopia Wireless G router hooked up just like this and it works great. ... Thinkpads_User

 

by: MINDSUPERBPosted on 2009-08-29 at 23:20:38ID: 25216520

Thinkpad, thanks for the post.
I forgot to mention on my first post that, I have no admin rights with the Linksys WAG200G. Our landlord has the rights on it.

I knew that the router he used is Linksys WAG200G because that's the one displays when I typed 192.168.1.1 on the internet browser. When I hooked up my desktop on the LAN and run ipconfig /all, I got the information such as:
IP Address: 192.168.1.133
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DHCP: 192.168.1.1
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

I googled to find solutions of this issue, and I read some comments that what I intend to do is not possible, however I did not lose hope for someone right here in Experts exchange might help me achieve this. Or if not, at least I know the detailed explanation.

In addition to:
While waiting for the solution of this problem, I used my wireless router as a network extender. My laptop can get into the internet as well as my desktop. But  this is not what I want to be, I need to use the functionality of my wireless router as it should be.

Ed

 

by: thinkpads_userPosted on 2009-08-30 at 05:01:21ID: 25217360

Hello mindsuperb:

You don't really need admin rights on your landlord's router, and you should be able to hook your wireless router. You do need to know how to get into your wireless router and set it up.

You know (from the above) that the landlord's router LAN IP range starts at 192.168.1.1 and that the DHCP range probably starts at 100.

Before you start anything, ping some addresses in the DHCP range. Is .134 available, .135, .136 etc.

Hook up the wireless router WAN port to a LAN port on the landlord's router (use your desktop connection if you have no other connection port (disconnect the desktop temporary).

Log into the wireless router. Assign the WAN port to 192.168.1.2 if you can. If you cannot, use an address in the DHCP range. Assign the subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and the gateway to 192.168.1.1. You now should have internet at the wireless router (using a wired connection).

From there, you should be able to set up the wireless connection, and if you only have one wired connection from your landlord, you should be able to hook up the desktop to the wireless router.

... Thinkpads_User

 

by: thinkpads_userPosted on 2009-08-30 at 05:29:49ID: 25217434

Also (thinking back to my first post), and assuming you get connected (you should), turn off DHCP on the wireless router.  ... Thinkpads_User

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