I tried to do something like this using three Linksys routers WAN BEFSR41 = 192.168.1.x NOT wireless LAN WRT54GS = 192.168.2.x wireless WAP WRT546 = 192.168.3.x wireless
I wanted to isolate the wireless I make available to my tenant from the LAN using the firewalls from all three routers. I had no problems getting the WAN and the LAN to work together. But as soon as I hooked up the WAP to the WAN everything would go bad. ... even the two working routers. In order to get back up and running I would have to power down, push the button to reset the WAN LAN and WAP, and then reconfigure everything.
Linksys support was no help at all. The first tech said it was a problematic setup. The second tech talked to the supervisor,and said it was supported but they were unsure how to hook it up. Looking through the Linksys support site I discovered that in order to do something like this you need to do a Static Route which you will find in one of the settings on your router. But I could not get this to work, and I had no step by step instructions.
Finally, I got pissed off, and tired of having to clear and reset the routers over and over again so I just went back to my single Belkin router thinking I would go ask in the Linksys user support forums when I had more time. That was last summer, and I still haven't gotten around to it.
Linksys routers apparently don't like to play together when it comes to wireless. There is supposedly a way to do this using Static Routes but there isn't a clear explanation on how to set up a Static Route
If you figure it out let me know. At 12:50 AM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
Everything at this point is working fine, except I can't get to the 192.168.2.1 address. I guess it's not *that* big of a deal. I can create a static route in the first router, however, nothing appears to work no matter what I put in. I can't ping from the 192.168.1.1 router to the 192.168.2.1 router. I don't know if it's feasible at all at this point. There is no mention anywhere of router2, in router1. Unless it's some config/file somewhere that I don't have access to. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 3:34 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] trying to setup a second WAP Although they are called routers I suspect they are not proper routers so the 1st device may not be able to route to a second internal subnet, even if you have been able to configure it in some way. Try giving the 2nd device an address like 192.168.1.100 and see what happens. Check the arp table on the 1st device to see what appears in there - you should see the mac address of the 2nd device plus it's IP address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: FW: [H] trying to setup a second WAP > > It actually appears to be working now. The first Linksys is giving out a > 192.168.1.x IP address, and I can get to the internet. I can open up the > config properties for the first router(192.168.1.1. However, I can't > reach > the 192.168.2.1 router to make config changes. Are you able to reach > yours? > > > Thanks again, > > Chris > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 05/01/2007 > 11:11 > >
