ajreinert;293761 Wrote: > JimC, > > I just signed up for the AT&T UVerse service and it will be installed > in a couple of weeks. I am receiving the 2-wire residential gateway > (3800HGV), but currently have a Linksys WRT54G router I want to use for > the purposes of my Slim Devices Squeezebox (wireless connection). I > have read many threads that say I should be running a cable from one of > the LAN ports on the 2wire to the WAN port of the Linksys. Others say I > should be going from a LAN port on the 2-wire to a LAN port on the > Linksys. > > All I'm trying to accomplish is using the 2wire RG for my direct > Ethernet connection to my desktop PC for Internet access and using the > WRT54G to provide wireless connectivity to my Squeezebox. I'd also > like to be able to access the Internet wirelessly through the WRT54G > with laptops (because of the security of the Linksys versus 2wire), but > I'm willing to sacrifice this by purchasing and hooking up a Linksys > wireless access point to one of the LAN ports on the 2wire RG if that > makes things easier and less complicated. > > It sounds as though you accomplished something very similar to what I > am wanting to do. Can you please lead me in the right direction with > regards to what I need to be disabling on which device and what I need > to be enabling on which device? Also, is it proper to make the > connection from the LAN port on the 2wire to the WAN port on the > Linksys or one of the LAN ports on the Linksys? > > Thanks in advance. > > A.J.
I set mine up differently than it seems like you want to... The 2wire LAN goes to the WRT54GL WAN port and all of my wired connections go to the Linksys or to a switch connected to the Linksys. All IP addresses are allocated by the Linksys, except the router's own address, which is allocated by the 2wire. The 2wire was pretty easy to configure for this setup: I disabled the wireless on the 2wire, and connected the Linksys. The 2wire detected another router and asked what I wanted to do with it... I responded that I wanted it used as router, and the 2wire automatically setup the routing table, gateway, etc. This setup works better for me because all my peripherals are on one segment, and since I have a TON of networked devices (cameras, computers, phones, Squeezeboxes, gaming consoles, etc.) this makes it easier to have them all talking to one another. I'm not a hardcore networking guy, so setting up a virtual network to accommodate multiple segments was more than I wanted to attempt. -=> Jim -- JimC "well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that." -- BKlaas' college buddy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45855 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
