[Wylug-help] What am I missing (router question)

[Roger Greenwood]

Hi All,

I have a broadband router on 192.168.1.1 (new, default setting)
I changed my local machine to fixed IP at 192.168.1.20
Connect the 2 together - all OK - got broadband at last.

Now I have another wireless hub/router (Netgear MR814v2) on IP 192.168.0.7 
which has been used as a 4 port hub for years without problem, 2 x local 
machines previously on 192.168.0.1 & 2 and all worked fine, connecting to 
internet via dialup modem.

Now :- I connect the netgear hub to the broadband router via the WAN port as 
per the standard netgear diagram - and I cannot get to either machine no 
matter what setting I use on the local machine. 

Set the local machine back to 192.168.1.20, connect the machine and the 
netgear router without using the WAN port i.e. just use it as a hub - now can 
connect to the broadband router OK and get back out to the internet - all 
seems to work fine again. But this is not how it should work.

Same scenario with another computer - fix IP at 192.168.1.30 and can get 
through the hub to the broadband router. Cannot get back to the hub whatever 
settings I use (restarting network between changes).

The real reason for trying to sort this is I want one of the machines to 
connect wirelessly - which obviously doesn't work at the moment either.

I have been exploring with ifconfig, ethereal, iwconfig, nmap, ping and 
firewall settings but have run out of ideas.

The fact that I can get through the hub to the router eliminates most cable 
and card (hardware) problems. I understand that to get back to the hub I have 
to reset my machine to 192.168.0.x - but this doesn't work either now!

Both local machines running SuSE 9.3 or 10.0

Some new pointers appreciated - any better tools for this kind of problem? 

Must be something very basic?

Roger Greenwood.


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