Make 2 routers work together HELP ME

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Okay, we just replaced our entire floor with a new carpet, I unplugged the router and hooked it again but it is not working..

I have a D-LINK 624 connected to the cable modem and it is MASTER and DCHP server, I have another router acting like an access point but the DCHP is disabled... DLink 624 is 192.168.0.1 and Netgear is 192.168.1.1 and before VP connected to Netgear, connected to Dlink, connected to Cable Modem.. how can I do this? I tried it again but it got messed up.. help!

Also, both routers are wireless enabled, u can connect either one of them.

Help, step by step pls!
 
thechaostheory said:
Okay, we just replaced our entire floor with a new carpet, I unplugged the router and hooked it again but it is not working..

I have a D-LINK 624 connected to the cable modem and it is MASTER and DCHP server, I have another router acting like an access point but the DCHP is disabled... DLink 624 is 192.168.0.1 and Netgear is 192.168.1.1 and before VP connected to Netgear, connected to Dlink, connected to Cable Modem.. how can I do this? I tried it again but it got messed up.. help!

Also, both routers are wireless enabled, u can connect either one of them.

Help, step by step pls!
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I know I'm not correct in this but did you have DMZ correctly connected to one of the router? The one with port forward and one without the port forward? Just wondering to ask...
 
thechaostheory said:
Okay, we just replaced our entire floor with a new carpet, I unplugged the router and hooked it again but it is not working..

I have a D-LINK 624 connected to the cable modem and it is MASTER and DCHP server, I have another router acting like an access point but the DCHP is disabled... DLink 624 is 192.168.0.1 and Netgear is 192.168.1.1 and before VP connected to Netgear, connected to Dlink, connected to Cable Modem.. how can I do this? I tried it again but it got messed up.. help!

Also, both routers are wireless enabled, u can connect either one of them.

Help, step by step pls!
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Please draw of your network.

RedWolf said:
I know I'm not correct in this but did you have DMZ correctly connected to one of the router? The one with port forward and one without the port forward? Just wondering to ask...
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No, it dont matter.
 
From what I'm trying to understand, I think thechaostheory is saying his netgear is his bridge/access point, and the DLINK is the main router.

This picture I drew up, is this how your network is linked up?
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If my picture is how you're trying to do this, then the problem seems to come from the netgear router. You have to disable DCHP, yes, you got that done already.
But the problem seems to be that you left the manual ip on 192.168.1.1. If the dlink is the main router at 192.168.0.1, then the netgear needs to be manually set anywhere from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.255.

Someone probably unplugged the router and it lost the settings so you need to redo it again. But first confirm this is how your network is done then we can give you help.
Plus give us model numbers of your routers.
 
Yes, thats correct, naisho. :]

it has to be .0.1 to .0._

it cannot be .0.1 connect to .1.1
 
If you setup a static IP address under Linux to something like 192.168.0.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, then you will only have 254 hosts within that subnet. Thus, its network IP address is set to 192.168.0.0 and the broadcast IP address is set to 192.168.0.255. If you want to set your Netgear router's IP address to 192.168.1.1, then your subnet mask must be 255.255.254.0 since this will allow you to have up to 512 network addresses minus 2.

RFC 1878 covers this for you. (Here's the official source for RFC (although it's pretty much the same as in faqs.org): http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1878.txt)
 
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Is this your Dlink?

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Also what is the make and model of your modem and the specific model of your netgear. As naisho said, a diagram would be helpful. Exactly how it's wired together and where (if any) is wireless used.

The two different network numbers may be by design. When considering the modem, routers and wireless access points, there are usually two network addresses associated with each and sometimes 3 or more depending on the overall setup. Also some of the modems out there also can act as wireless access points slash routers slash ethernet switches slash firewalls so knowing the exact make and model of each component will be helpful.

Typical configurations are usually not that complicated and may look something like this. For the sake of illustration, the internet camera in the diagram could be a video phone.
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before you start messing around with settings of either router since it was working before. try two things. try ethernet cable from dlink the dhcp master connected to netgear to port 1. dont use the wan or the internet port. this will esstensialy make it into a switch and allow dlink to continue to assign ip addresses regardless of netgear. power off all and back on.

If this doesnt work,( i doubt this will work anyway, not common- then move from port one on netgear to wan/internet instead and power off/on again.

let us know how it all works for you.
 
cool ! glad u got it. what was your final resolution if I may ask?
 
:roll: looks like he got a bigger fish to fry .. Looks like we are waiting for a year for an answer. lol !
 
thechaostheory....we are still waiting to hear from you....we're waiting.... lol
 
Let me just assume that he changed the network portion of an IP address ([network.network.network].[host]) of his Netgear router to match his D-Link's, but with a different host number in the IP address (just to make sure there's no IP address conflict between two routers and that it does not fall within the DHCP range, such as between 192.168.0.10-102.168.0.49).
 
GraysonPeddie said:
Let me just assume that he changed the network portion of an IP address ([network.network.network].[host]) of his Netgear router to match his D-Link's, but with a different host number in the IP address (just to make sure there's no IP address conflict between two routers and that it does not fall within the DHCP range, such as between 192.168.0.10-102.168.0.49).
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Naw... That would not be my assumption. I am going to assume that he just forgot to plug it in to the same port that he took it out of and that was the simple fix. Remeber nothing should have changed. He only had unplugged to have carpet installed. Just my guess anyway.
 
I second that! Usually the problem is alot easier than really thought. It is based on my experience.


rockdrummer said:
Naw... That would not be my assumption. I am going to assume that he just forgot to plug it in to the same port that he took it out of and that was the simple fix. Remeber nothing should have changed. He only had unplugged to have carpet installed. Just my guess anyway.
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