it's not a simple WAP. A basic Wireless Access Point just acts like an
ethernet port. It typically has a single ethernet socket for connecting to
the network, but it just lets computers connect to the network via a
wireless signal instead of a cable. How the computers get thier IP and such
would be handled by the upstairs router at the head of your network. The WAP
doesn't hand out IPs or anything. All computers connecting to the WAP are
part of whatever IP range all the other computers are and that is designated
by that head end router.
What you've got is a router with a built-in WAP. It's two devices in one,
and the WAP is only on the inside of the built-in router and can only see
that router. A router logically segements a network into unique IP space. So
you've got a head end router acting as a gateway upstairs, and you're now
creating a logically separate IP space downstairs with a second router. One
of the problems though is that you're setting up the IP range for the two
networks, upstairs and downstairs, to have the same IP range. Turning off
the DHCP server downstairs doesn't mean that it will go fetch an IP from the
upstairs router, it means you have decided to go with manually assigned IPs
for each computer that connects downstairs. The computers downstairs can't
"see" through to the upstairs router because the downstairs router is, well,
a router. Just like you can't get an IP from your ISP to propagate inside
your home network. Their IP range stops the instant you put that upstairs
router on the cable modem.
Unless you have a reason to want a logically segemented network, I would opt
for a simple WAP instead of a Wireless router. But if were to make your
equipment work, I would try something like this:
Upstairs:
Gateway mode.
Cable modem plugs into WAN port.
Gateway IP: 192.168.1.1
DHCP on. Starting IP: 192.168.1.50
Downstairs:
Router mode
Cable from Powerline device plugs into WAN port
Gateway IP: 10.100.100.0
DHCP on. Starting IP: 10.100.100.50
AFAIK, things upstairs won't be able to see things downstairs and vice
versa, but both will get to the Internet.
And that's all just gleaned from playing with my own home network and
talking to others. Hopefully someone who understands routers better than I
will chime in.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: icky network trouble again
> > Why are you using a router for the downstairs wireless
> > connection? Why not a simple access point?
>
> I'm probably misuing the term. It is a wireless access point. It is also
> a gateway, etc. I turned off gateway mode and switched it to router
> mode, which in theory means it doesnt do anything except expand my
> network, right?
>
> -ray
>
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>
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