The SMC gateway device is the cable modem.. The two wrt54g routers attach to it.. The cable comes in and attaches to the SMC business class modem/router.. But it's set to just pass through, no routing..
>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Kyle Waters >Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:04 AM >To: Provo Linux Users Group >Subject: Re: Two routers > >Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: >> My question is this.. Can I get the machines on the two routers >> talking to each other, i.e., my wife's laptop on the first wrt54g >> wireless router, which is plugged into one port of the SMC device, >> WITH the other machines which are attached to the other >WRT54G router, >> which is plugged into another SMC device port? >> >> Can these all talk and share and get along? What am I overlooking in >> getting this all set up? >> >> > > >So as I understand it you have: > > > >->WRT54G -> wife's laptop >Cable Modem -> SMC Gateway device -| > >->WRT54G -> ubuntu,printer > > > >I'm a little unclear on what your "SMC Gateway device" is or >what it is doing. It's important to understand that all of >these devices may be >functioning as gateway, routers, dhcp servers, >firewalls,switches. The >easiest thing to do is to plug one router into the cable modem >buy a plain switch and ebay the rest. This will allow you to >print from any device on your network. > >Kyle > >/* >PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >Don't fear the penguin. >*/ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
