Networking help.

gorinp · #1 08-14-2005, 12:58 AM

Hello guys,

Heres the deal, I have 2 routers. One wireless, the other is not.
My net goes into one router (non wireless) then splits into my computer, since im right beside it, and then splits into the second router (wireless) because I don't have any cat5's long enough to reach the other computers on the same floor. ( If I double route it reaches fine, and before you ask, no I don't have extra wireless cards ) So I can't seem to get the internet to reach the other 2 computers on the second router. I heard that the second router can be switched to a hub, but I have no idea how to do that.

Anyone help me out with my dillemma ?

thanks

gorinp · #2 08-15-2005, 10:33 PM

no one knows how to convert a router into a hub ?

Southern · #3 08-16-2005, 02:43 AM

ugh...a router IS a hub, but with the added ability to share an internet connection.

mercman90 · #4 08-19-2005, 07:49 PM

Are the computers that aren't connected to the Internet recognized in your network? If not, it may be an IP address conflict. What type of routers are you using?

gorinp · #5 08-20-2005, 10:12 AM

My one router is a D-Link Wireless (some model) and the other is a Netgear (standard router). My problem is that when double routing, the second router ends up splitting an adress that has already been split once by the first router. That's whats causing the confusion.
But I know there is a method of turning the router, into a standard hub so instead of "splitting" it just shares the same thing over a few ports. Because right now, the computers that are connected off the second router, can't get access to it. <release/renew> doesn't allow access.

mercman90 · #6 08-20-2005, 08:26 PM

Sorry gorinp, I use a Linksys router so I can't help you out with your specific routers. Try using utilities that came with each of your routers to configure the IP address range. For Linksys routers, there is a way to determine which IP addresses are used by going to http://192.168.1.1 (default password "admin"), then selecting a range of IP addresses on each router. Otherwise, I would get 2 of the same brand router and try to configure them separately.