router trouble

[joepc]

I'm having a problem with two of my home routers.

I have a Dlink-DI704p home cable\DSL router and a Linksys BEFSR41 cable\DSL router. I have internet access via cable modem.

I have two networks in my house. I want each network to have different IPs. ex. network 1: 90.0.0.X network 2: 192.168.1.X, but I want each network to have internet access and I will need to have access to shared printers on the other network.

I can get network 1 on the internet no problem , but I can't get network 2 on at the same time.

I have plugged a patch cord from the cable modem into the WAN port on Linksys router on net 1. It gets an IP dynamically. The rest of the pc's on net 1 get an IP from the Linksys router dynamically as well.

When I tried to get net 2 to connect to the internet as well, I plugged a patch cord into the Dlink routers WAN port which is set to obtain an IP automatically (dynamic), and the other end into one of the Linksys router LAN ports.

When I look at the dlink's config, I see that the WAN has obtained an IP from Linksys router sucsessfully. It looks right, but when I try to ping the two routers the request times out.

If any one has any ideas or know exactly how to correctly set these routers up it would be SO appreciated.

Thanks guys.

 

[cdogg]

A couple questions:

1) What is the LAN IP address on the D-Link router? 90.0.0.1?
2) Did you try and ping that LAN IP address from a pc connected to the D-Link router?
3) Which router has the shared printers?
4) From a PC connected to the D-Link router, can you ping the LAN IP address of the Linksys router?


It sounds like you have a good start, just need some more info... ~cdogg

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- A. Einstein

 

[TheOldMan346]

joepc,

In a nutshell, you need to configure the D-Link so it is acting as a router, not a gateway. You need to assign it a static WAN IP address in the Linksys router's subnet (192.168.1.x) and leave it's LAN IP address in the 90.0.0.x subnet. You might want to consider turning off it's DHCP server and use static IP's on that subnet. Multiple DHCP servers can cause confusion on the net but I'm not sure on that.

You'll need to turn off NAT on the D-Link and configure a static route so that the router knows where to send packets on the 90. network destined for the 192. network. You'll also need to configure a static route on the Linksys so that packets from the 192. network destined for the 90. network don't get sent out the WAN interface. You want them to go on the LAN interface to the D-Link router.

Hope that helps.
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[ceh4702]

You might try not blocking wan requests on the subnet. If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.