On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Thomas Milne <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2015 9:33 PM, "Stephen" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> router 1 is 192.168.11.1, router 2 is 192.168.11.2 >>> >>> both have 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask >>> >>> Router 1 gives out addresses starting at 192.168.11.5 >> >> >> Try giving the basement computer a static IP of 192.168.11.3 with gateway >> of 192.168.11.2 > > Well I have my Debian laptop connected to router 2 by ethernet as you > describe for admin and testing, so ya I can view the router web interface > and ping the router of course also. > > Neither the laptop, nor the wirelessless (tm) computer can access the > internet this way. > >> >> Make sure that you can ping the basement router >> >> Make sure you can access the basement router's control panel >> >> Make sure that the basement router has a gateway of 192.168.11.1 > > Yes > >> >> Use Open DNS on the basement computer > > Not sure what you mean, sorry. You mean blank, or use OpenDNS, the company? > The problem is it can't get past the router it is connected to so... > >> >> Try to ping an external IP >> >> Try to ping a domain >> > > Either using gateway of .1 or .2 made no difference at all. > > No DNS, nothing. I tried 8.8.8.8, host unreachable. > > Thanks for replying! This is driving me bonkers...router 2 will not > communicate with router 1 and I can't see why.
Could the problem be that router 1 is dual band? ie. it has two SSID's, one for 2.4 and one for 5 GHz. -- Thomas Milne --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
