We have a wired-only router serving 16 ethernet jacks - We had it wired when the house was built.
We also have wireless routers hooked into the wired router, via ethernet jacks on the wired leg of the network in various parts of the house. I wanted laptop/smartphone internet access available as a "hot spot" for my wife's netbook, our smartphones, and our daughters and friends devices if they are visiting, and I did not want to have to secure my wireless network. I simply hooked the wireless routers in to the wired network, and set up the wireless routers with separate subnets - ie - If my wired router has an address of 192.168.1.1, the first wireless router is set up as 192.168.2.1, and the second wireless router is set up as 192.168.3.1. Each wireless router is connected to a wired ethernet jack via the WAN port on the wireless router, just like it was a stand-alone router. Each router, both wired and wireless, has DHCP set up, since all three routers are on different subnets. Make sure that the DHCP range for the wired router starts higher than the adresses that you are using for additional routers. If you are setting up fixed IP addresses for devices connected to the wireless router, the subnet mask on all networks is 255.255.255.0. The Gateway is the IP address of the wireless router that you are connecting to - In the case of the first wireless router, the Gateway is 192.168.2.1. Of course, the static IP address for the device must be on the same subnet as the router it's being conected to, but not in the DHCP range. Here's the key - Not sure I understand it, but I do see it - When a wireless device connects to a wireless router that is in turn connected to a wired router, the device uses the Gateway of the wireless device to get to the wired leg of the network - The wired network then assigns a DHCP address for that wireless device on the wired router and connects it to the internet. When I look at the device detail for the adapter in the netbook that is connecting to the internet wirelessly in this arrangement, the detail shows two Gateways, 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1 This makes the wired portion (that is used for our desktop computers) completely separate from our wireless network - A hacker on the wireless segment would not be able to see the wired segment. This arrangement also seems to work for devices on the wireless segment accessing other devices on the wired segment - ie - Printers and the Squeezebox Server. I have 2 classic SB3's, a SB Boom, and two Android phones, and an old Dell Axim. The netbook, Axim and any other laptops that I have set up on the wireless leg of the network do not have trouble connecting to either of two printers that are wired to the wired portion of the network via ethernet cable. Using a printing program, the Android devices and the Dell Axim also print wirelessly to printers on the wired leg of the network. The SB3's and the SB Boom also automatically make the leap from the wireless leg to the wired leg, find the server with a fixed IP address on the wired leg of the network and connect - I can even use SqueezeCommander on the Android phone to control the SqueezeServer. Enter the SB Radio - The radio works perfectly connected to the wired leg of the LAN - While it is connected via ethernet, it can be connected to the wireless leg of the network successfully. The ethernet cable can then be removed, and the radio continues to operate correctly - However, if the ethernet cable is not connected and the radio is powered down (hard off), or the house loses power, the Radio will not reconnect to the Squezebox Server - It can find the wireless router and connect OK, but when you attempt to play music from the server, it times out. I cannot get it to reconnect to wireless without hooking the ethernet cable back up - Same goes for moving the radio around the house - I have a wireless router on each end of the house - When you disconnect it and take it to the other end of the house, you cannot get it to reconnect to that router, and of course, it has dropped of of the first router. If you have a battery pack installed, when you unplug it, it should not loose the connection. But even on batteries and a "soft off", it will not connect to a different router - all is does is loose the first connection. But there is a work-around: You will need to have a wireless router on the wired leg of the LAN, in Access Point mode - Some routers have a one-button option to turn the router into an Access Point - My Belkin routers have such an option - But even without that, you just need to give the wireless router an IP address that is in the wired router's subnet, but not not in the DHCP range. - If the wired router is 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP range is 100 to 200, then any IP address from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.99 would be OK for the Access Point's address. DHCP on the Access Point router has to be OFF. Select channels that are as far apart as possible between the wired router and Access Point channels - Channels 1, 6 and 11 do not overlap, so that's a staring point. Set up WPA or WAP2 wireless security on the wireless router, since the wireless segment is on on the same subnet as the wired portion - Not as extreme as a separate network like above, but it is up to the industry security standard. Connect the wireless Access Point to the wired ethernet router using a LAN port on the wireless router - DO NOT hook anything up to the WAN port. When you attempt to connect the Radio to wireless, it will ask for your WPA password - Use the same one as entered into the router. The Radio will connect and then even ater a power-off, it will reconnect w/out any trouble. I have both secured Access Points on my wired LAN and unsecured wireless using the different subnet ranges. I use the secured wireless connections to connect to the SB Radio, and for my work laptop. I use the open wireless connection for all other SB's, the Android phones and open internet access for guests. Pls let me know if you need any more help on this - if anyone know how to get the SB Radio to make the subnet leap like the SB3 and the Boom, pls let me know ! -- whdean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ whdean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85609 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
