Connecting to my wrt54g

[bennuss]

I have a wired network using a SMC Barricade router. The IP
is 192.168.2.1 I wanted to go wireless so I bought a wrt54g plugged the ethernet cable into the smc router and the other end into the Lan port on my wrt54g. ( I cannot not remove the smc and plug the modem and network directly into the linksys).I have another linksys running sveasoft in client mode with an antenna picking up the signal fron the first linksys. The ip is set to 192.168.3.1 Attached to this is a netgear router set to 192.168.4.1 Everything works fine except I cannot log in the first linksys since it seems to acquire the IP from the smc. When I enter 192.168.2.28 it logs into the sveasoft client even though that Ip is 3.1. When I leave the vicinity of the client and only go where my wireless would pick up the first linksys I am unable to log into it how would I set it that I can log into all the devices?

 

[bcastner]

SMC wired router, DHCP enabled
|_Linksys WRT54G, new subnet, DHCP status unknown
%_WDS linkage to second WRT54G, new subnet, DHCP unknown
|_cable connection to Netgear wireless router, new subnet, DHCP unknown.

. Unbuild this and "flatten" the subnets involved.
. Start with wrt54g#1: disable DHCP and give the device a non-conflicting static IP in the same subnet as the SMC router
. Add the WDS connection for #2, and give the device a non-conflicting static IP in the same subnet as the SMC router
. Finally, add the Netgrear, and give the device a non-conflicting static IP in the same subnet as the SMC router

Enable UPnP on all devices.

 

[bennuss]

What do you mean by dhcp status unknown? how should it be set? What do you mean by flatten the subnets ?

 

[bcastner]

What do you mean by dhcp status unknown? how should it be set?"

Let the SMC router provide DHCP for the entire network. Disable the DHCP server on routers #2-#4

"What do you mean by flatten the subnets ?"
You know have four subnets. In the end you will have one.

 

[bennuss]

The dhcp that I should set is the one under network setup, not the the automatic configuration DHCP under internet connection type correct? The smc is 192.168.2.1 so I should set the linksys AP to 192.168.2.10. The WDS to 192.168.2.11 and the netgear to 192.168.2.12 Correct? The netgear settings are under Lan IP Correct?

By the way do you know of a good book that I could learn this stuff? I mostly get my networks working by trial and error.

 

[bcastner]

Good, you have flattended your subnets.

Now, is it working? As WDS and mixed manufacturers all add up to possibly different issues here.

Do you pull an address for a wireless client at the end that is in the subnet 192.168.2.x?

 

[noz1380]

Got it sorted, the DNS on the moden DHCP wasn't set right. I set it to the same IP as the modem and i have not had a spot of trouble.

Hope this helps others.

Thank you for your help!!

Cheer

 

[noz1380]

sorry wrong post