[x]
Posted via EE Mobile

Search, ask, and monitor your questions on the go with EE Mobile. Visit Experts Exchange from your mobile device and never be out of touch again.

12/30/2008 at 12:31AM PST, ID: 24015021
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

7.0

Get new w'less router to play nice with existing router

Asked by Ryan_R in Miscellaneous Networking, DSL Lines / Cable Internet, Wireless Local Area Network

Hi Guys

My old setup was a fairly simple one. I have the Netcomm NB5 ADSL2+ modem, which used to be connected into a TP-Link 8 port 10/100 switch. I also had a very old DLink wireless router which only supported Wireless B (11mbps) with WEP only. I used to disable the router fundtions of the DLink and connect it directly to the TP-Link switch - so that all PC's - wired and wireless had no issues accessing the net. All computers had static IPs managed by myself, except for a few handheld devices and a PS3.

Anyway - I have today purchased a Linksys WRT610N to replace both the TP-Link switch and the DLink wireless router.  The CD setup failed to work (internal error 308 I think) - so I just launched the web-config page and went for good old manual setup.

For now, I've had to connect the modem/router (NB5) into one of the LAN ports of the WRT610N. This setup works as long as the clients have static IPs - since the WRT's DHCP is telling clients to use itself as the Def Gateway instead of the NB5. What I would prefer to do is plug the NB5 into the WRT's Internet (WAN) port, to free up a LAN port for other use. However, when I do this, while client PC's can PING the NB5 via the WRT, neither the WRT or clients can ping www.google.com - address resolution (DNS) fails. The NB5's WAN IP is dynamic due to our ADSL provider's setup (iPrimus Australia)

Anyway - here's the IP Setup:
NB5 Modem/router: 192.168.1.1
WRT610N:                192.168.1.2
Static PC range:       192.168.1.20-29
Virtual PC range:      192.168.1.40-49

NB5 DHCP range:    192.168.1.2-9
WRT DHCP range:   192.168.1.70-79

So in order to access the Internet - I have to manually setup the IP so that I can tell the clients to use the gateway: 192.168.1.1. If I use DHCP - I'm given 192.168.1.2 and hence can't connect. The DLink had an option to specify what gateway to give to DHCP clients - I haven't seen this on the WRT yet.

I assume there should be some way to get all this working by plugging the NB5 into the WRT's Internet port instead. Here's what I've tried:

Change NB5 LAN IP address to put it on a separate network as you do with multiple routers:
IP - 192.168.0.1/24

Change WRT Internet IP to static - 192.168.0.2
Note that I've also tried setting the WRT Internet IP to auto - and the NB5 DHCP gives it the same x.x.0.2 address.

In both cases the WRT and client PCs can't access the Internet - despite both being able to ping and tracert the NB5.

I was never able to use the Internet port of the DLink router either - so I must be missing something as to how to get these devices to work together. It's been 12 months since my CCNA 1&2 course ended and I've hardly used the learned info since - so I'm just a little rusty - but have no problems understanding the lingo. I've had multiple routers working well together using enterprise devices, so I've found it a little frustrating not being able to get this working the way I'd like.

As always, thanks in advance
[+][-]12/30/08 12:54 AM, ID: 23261296

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]12/30/08 06:58 AM, ID: 23262934

Assisted solutions are selected by the member who asked the question as a comment that contributed to their question's solution.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Assisted Solution or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]12/30/08 07:08 AM, ID: 23263016

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]12/30/08 02:25 PM, ID: 23266709

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]12/30/08 04:46 PM, ID: 23267462

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/01/09 10:51 AM, ID: 23275683

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/01/09 02:48 PM, ID: 23276666

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/01/09 04:40 PM, ID: 23277027

View this solution now by starting your 30-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

 

About this solution

Zones: Miscellaneous Networking, DSL Lines / Cable Internet, Wireless Local Area Network
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: Ryan_R
Participating Experts: 1
Solution Grade: A
 
 
[+][-]01/01/09 08:07 PM, ID: 23277493

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/01/09 08:11 PM, ID: 23277505

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20090824-EE-VQP-74 - Hierarchy / EE_QW_EXPERT_20070906