Using two Linksys routers to create one network

2009-01-27 20:30:18

#1

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

I need to use one router as a Repeater, which actually seems to be harder than it sounds. You think you'd just go in and change it from AP to Repeater but nooooo, it doesn't seem to work that way.

Okay so here goes. Internet service comes from my modem upstairs, which is plugged into a WRT54G (DD-WRT). That router has the name "grouter."

Downstairs I have a WRT54GV2 (DD-WRT) that has the name "printserver." Its LAN 1 port is plugged into the ethernet cable of a powerline adapter, which runs upstairs to my WRT54G, and is plugged into the LAN 2 port.

I want it to work so that from upstairs, I can access the server downstairs (since everything will be on one network). What specific settings do I need to use to make this work?

Thanks bf2s.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-01-28 09:09:35)

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2009-01-27 23:58:22

#2

CrazeD: Member; +368|6937|Maine

Turn off DHCP on the second router so that it acts as a hub.

2009-01-28 00:09:37

#3

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18114447-

Thar yee go.

2009-01-28 07:55:50

#4

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

CrazeD wrote:
Turn off DHCP on the second router so that it acts as a hub.

TheDonkey wrote:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18114447-

Thar yee go.

Okay, I see, I'll test that out.

Will computers that are connected to the wireless connection on the downstairs router be able to access the Internet as well?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2009-01-28 08:11:02

#5

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

haffeysucks wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
Turn off DHCP on the second router so that it acts as a hub.
TheDonkey wrote:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18114447-

Thar yee go.
Okay, I see, I'll test that out.

Will computers that are connected to the wireless connection on the downstairs router be able to access the Internet as well?

I think so....

I know that if you set it as a Wireless Repeater, it
ll grab an existing wireless and extend it, I'm not sure though if you have it coming in on a cable, it SHOULD, in theory, work.

2009-01-28 08:36:27

#6

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

doesn't seem to be working, i'm playing around with the settings now.

edit: oh whoops, it HAS to be port 1, not the internet port. brb.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-01-28 08:40:39)

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2009-01-28 08:48:43

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

nah it's not working. 192.168.1.2 (downstairs router) connects to 192.168.1.1 (upstairs router), which is good, but it can't access the internet.

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2009-01-28 11:44:27

#8

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6839|London

I have something very similar, but with an ethernet cable instead of powerline. Turning off DHCP on the second router and assigning it a different ip address worked for me. Keep it as an AP.

2009-01-28 11:58:15

#9

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6616|uk

haffeysucks wrote:
nah it's not working. 192.168.1.2 (downstairs router) connects to 192.168.1.1 (upstairs router), which is good, but it can't access the internet.

If you've got a router <-> router connection you need a cross over cable, rather than the common straight through types.

Edit: but meh, you seem to have managed to connect it

What do you mean "it can't connect to the internet"? - is that via pinging a internet address... or... what?

Trying pinging the interfaces of the other router from each router. (192.168.1.2 from 192.168.1.1 etc)

Last edited by Titch2349 (2009-01-28 12:00:46)

2009-01-28 13:29:15

#10

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

it worked, here's what i did.

i tried to set up a static IP on a computer connected downstairs, just to make sure. that didn't work, it couldn't access any websites via a browser. so i set it back to "automatically obtain..." and just like magic, it works now.

wtf?

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2009-01-28 15:01:01

#11

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6378|SC | USA |

haffeysucks wrote:
it worked, here's what i did.

i tried to set up a static IP on a computer connected downstairs, just to make sure. that didn't work, it couldn't access any websites via a browser. so i set it back to "automatically obtain..." and just like magic, it works now.

wtf?

The set addresses had to refresh. Setting a static cleared em and obtaining them automatically aquired new ones.

2009-01-28 15:45:16

#12

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

haffeysucks wrote:
it worked, here's what i did.

i tried to set up a static IP on a computer connected downstairs, just to make sure. that didn't work, it couldn't access any websites via a browser. so i set it back to "automatically obtain..." and just like magic, it works now.

wtf?

Also, set the "Static DNS" of the second router to 192.168.1.1(The first) that way it pulls and hands out IP's from the first.

2009-01-29 07:43:22

#13

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6616|uk

TheDonkey wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
it worked, here's what i did.

i tried to set up a static IP on a computer connected downstairs, just to make sure. that didn't work, it couldn't access any websites via a browser. so i set it back to "automatically obtain..." and just like magic, it works now.

wtf?
Also, set the "Static DNS" of the second router to 192.168.1.1(The first) that way it pulls and hands out IP's from the first.

If DHCP is correctly setup, the DNS servers will already be set to the IP of the primary router (If DNS is setup correctly, then OpenDNS should be used instead, but nvm....), so the Static DNS of the secondary router will be irrelevant (unless you need a DNS query to be successful on the router itself)

2009-01-29 08:09:55

#14

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

Titch2349 wrote:
TheDonkey wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
it worked, here's what i did.

i tried to set up a static IP on a computer connected downstairs, just to make sure. that didn't work, it couldn't access any websites via a browser. so i set it back to "automatically obtain..." and just like magic, it works now.

wtf?
Also, set the "Static DNS" of the second router to 192.168.1.1(The first) that way it pulls and hands out IP's from the first.
If DHCP is correctly setup, the DNS servers will already be set to the IP of the primary router (If DNS is setup correctly, then OpenDNS should be used instead, but nvm....), so the Static DNS of the secondary router will be irrelevant (unless you need a DNS query to be successful on the router itself)

No, but I mean to set the internal DHCP** forwarder to run to the main router. DD-WRT calls it "Local DNS"

And if it works now, it works, so might as well not touch it.

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