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

[Roger Greenwood]

On Monday 30 April 2007 21:18, Lee Evans wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> What you want to do is give your hub/wireless access point an IP on the
> same subnet as your local machine [192.168.1.x]
Thanks Lee,
I was going to try this, tried to change the settings on the hub, but it all 
went pear shaped and since then couldn't get access to the netgear hub!!

The hub is still on 192.168.0.7 i.e. it didn't change the settings as 
requested - this I can see from ethereal.
>
> Then connect the hub/AP to the router via one of the standard switch ports
> on each, not the WAN port[s].
>
> Thus all your computers and access point will be on the same internal
> subnet [192.168.1.x] and access the internet through the router @
> 192.168.1.1 whose WAN port.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Lee
> --
> Lee Evans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk
> [mailto:wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roger Greenwood
> Sent: 30 April 2007 20:34
> To: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: [Wylug-help] What am I missing (router question)
>
> 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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