Connect Wireless Router to wired network 2

[rewob65]

I already have a wired network with internet access. I purchased a Belkin wireless router and while I can connect to it and to our network (with the network cable in) I cannot route to the internet or files via the wireless network when I plug it in to our network.

I have read I need to turn of DHCP but then the laptop cannot aquire an IP address.

Can anyone help I may be out of my depth, though normally it is something easy.

Thanks

 

[Frank4d]

Does your wired network already have a router configured as a DHCP server? If so then what you read is correct. You would connect the wired and wireless router LAN ports together with a straight cable and disable DHCP on the wireless router. Set the wireless router IP to be on the same net as the wired router, but not overlapping the DHCP IP range. Example, if the wired router is 182.168.1.1, use 192.168.1.254 for the wireless. Set the gateway and DNS for the wireless router the same as the wired router.

Here's a link that shows how my home network is set up. >>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/Frank4d/frank4dnetwork.jpg

 

[rewob65]

There is a separate DHCP server. The problem I appear to have and I assume you meant 192 as the wired address, is that when our network was first set up it was given an address of 111.1.11.1 and we have continued this. The problem is our Belkin router only will allow me to use non routeable addresses, if I am correct. Any ideas if this is a problem and any way round

 

[dput]

When I first came here, the IP Address was also set to a routable IP address. You really need to change that. There will never be a good time to do it, so I would suggest just doing it and getting it done. You will continue to fight problems like this until you make the change.

I am not familiar with the Belkin WAP/Router so I don't know if you can override this.

Dan

 

[rewob65]

In the end it did not matter I took of NAT and DCHP and by magic it worked.

Dan is right we do need to change but we have some items that know one knows how to change and they are a bit important.

 

[dput]

We had the same problem. It was worth it in the end to spend the time to figure it out. Good Luck!

Dan