The thing I spent the longest on was talking to century link to find out
how to restrict the address range. but if I would have paid more attention
to the settings page it was right in front of me!
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, to make it easier on everyone involved I thought I'd just buy a
> wireless card. But I followed the instructions on the web page and kept on
> messing up (forgetting to switch cords and stuff) until I fixed it good and
> everything works! Thanks for the help.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
> mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net> wrote:
>
>> NAT and lack of a routing table entry in the first router... The first
>> router has no knowledge of the network behind your linksys because it is
>> NAT'ing and you do not have a route statement in the first router relating
>> to the network on the second router. The devices behind the second router
>> can reach devices on the first router because it is NAT'ing the traffic and
>> also because the second router's default route sends its traffic to the
>> first router to route. There are ways around it such as disabling NAT (I
>> don't think you can do that on the Linksys router you mentioned) and adding
>> a route statement in the first router. You would also then have to program
>> the first router to perform NAT for the second router's LAN network as
>> well. This makes for an overly complicated setup for a home user that has
>> limited network experience. Setting up the routers LAN to LAN is the
>> easiest way to resolve your issue, even though it is not all that simple
>> either.
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/2014 2:13 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> Thank you so much for the link, Gilbert. I'll look at it as soon as I
>> click send. I do have one question though, why will it talk one way but not
>> the other?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
>> mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net> wrote:
>> Mike, what I was trying to walk you through is outlined on several web
>> pages if you do a search. I have included one of those links for your
>> convenience. Your provided modem/router (router 1) uses either DSL or Cable
>> for its WAN/Internet port. I would heavily suggest against you making any
>> changes to router 1. SOHO routers typically have a cluster of ports which
>> can be lumped together under the title LAN. Most SOHO routers will have a
>> port off the side from that grouping to help you distinguish the fact that
>> it is the WAN/Internet port.
>>
>>
>> http://library.techguy.org/wiki/Connecting_two_SOHO_broadband_routers_together
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
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