Connecting different segments/ability to share file!

[rflora]

Hello,

I have two LANs.
- LAN1 has IP addresses of 192.168.1.x
- LAN2 has IP addresses of 192.168.0.x
- Both LANs have subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

My objective is to connect these two different segments togethers, without changing IP addresses of the networks. The reason why I'm splitting my network into two networks is, clients on LAN1 share file amongst themself very often, so they slow up the network! But they every once in a while do need to share file with LAN2 as well, so they have to have access to LAN2 as well and VISE VERSA.

I have tried to connect them using a Linksys router BEFW11s4. I was able to PING from LAN1 to LAN2 by having the LOCAL IP of the router same as LAN1 IPs. And I had connected LAN2 to the WAN port of the router. I wasn't able to ping from LAN2 to LAN1, nor was i able to share any files. I'm not even sure if I can do this by using this router! . (Under 'dynamic routing' set up page, I have it selected as Gateway.)

Can anyone suggest a better solution, so I can divide my LAN into to different LANs. OR if it's possible to do it by using this router, please tell me how!!!

I would really appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

 

[dearingkr]

Try this and see if it works for you:

Log in to the admin page of the linksys.

Go to 'Advanced' | 'Dynamic Routing'

Change the mode from 'Gateway' to 'Router'

This should allow traffic to pass back and forth between the subnets.