Nomad
10-24-2004, 04:21 PM
From some of the issues I'm having, I believe I have a problem in understanding the theory of operation of a wireless network.
Let's take a fairly typical situation. You want to set up a home network or SOHO operation. The way the premise is laid out, a single wireless router will not be able to handle all the wireless devices because of range/wall/floor issues. Further, lets assume you have been told that a new 8011G router would solve your problem (but naturally it doesn't) so you buy a new router. So now there is an extra router that is available to "extend" the wireless part of the SOHO application.
Since the equipment in the above example is Dlink, and if someone has specific solutions that fact should probably be known, the principles should be the same regardless of manufacturer.
Router one connects to the ISP via the WAN port, DHCP is enabled, if for no other reason than it is required by the ISP.
Router one handles all devices via the wireless LAN ports except for Router 2 and one desktop computer. Router 2 handles all of it's devices via the wireless LAN ports except for Router 1 and one desktop computer.
Both devices have to be able to handle roaming laptops through the wireless LAN ports, meaning a laptop may be connected to router one at one time and router two at another. It may begin using the radio signal from router one, and end up on router two at the end of the journey.
First question: Is this wishfull thinking?
Some have suggested that router two be connected vial LAN ports only as opposed to using the WAN port to connect to router 1. Disabling DHCP, and then use static IP addresses on router two. This is where my biggest theoritical problem comes in.
Doesn't router 1 have to assign an IP address to router 2 inorder for router 2 to be recognized by router 1? Can a router have three dynamic IP address' and one static address on its LAN ports? If you use a static IP addressing scheme, what happens with wireless roaming devices that need dynamic addressing to talk with router 1?
Second possible configuration, second router uses a LAN port from router 1 and WAN port on itself. This would seem to eliminate all the addressing problems. However, for whatever reason I have been unable to pass any traffic to the web under what seems to be the simple way to hook the equipment up. Probably because both routers are attempting to use the same default IP addressing. But how can one device be dynamic and the other static? The second router should be asking for an IP from the first, and then assigning it's own devices based on what it was given.
Anyone wanting to weigh in on how the two routers should be configured to work in this application and why? :confused:
Let's take a fairly typical situation. You want to set up a home network or SOHO operation. The way the premise is laid out, a single wireless router will not be able to handle all the wireless devices because of range/wall/floor issues. Further, lets assume you have been told that a new 8011G router would solve your problem (but naturally it doesn't) so you buy a new router. So now there is an extra router that is available to "extend" the wireless part of the SOHO application.
Since the equipment in the above example is Dlink, and if someone has specific solutions that fact should probably be known, the principles should be the same regardless of manufacturer.
Router one connects to the ISP via the WAN port, DHCP is enabled, if for no other reason than it is required by the ISP.
Router one handles all devices via the wireless LAN ports except for Router 2 and one desktop computer. Router 2 handles all of it's devices via the wireless LAN ports except for Router 1 and one desktop computer.
Both devices have to be able to handle roaming laptops through the wireless LAN ports, meaning a laptop may be connected to router one at one time and router two at another. It may begin using the radio signal from router one, and end up on router two at the end of the journey.
First question: Is this wishfull thinking?
Some have suggested that router two be connected vial LAN ports only as opposed to using the WAN port to connect to router 1. Disabling DHCP, and then use static IP addresses on router two. This is where my biggest theoritical problem comes in.
Doesn't router 1 have to assign an IP address to router 2 inorder for router 2 to be recognized by router 1? Can a router have three dynamic IP address' and one static address on its LAN ports? If you use a static IP addressing scheme, what happens with wireless roaming devices that need dynamic addressing to talk with router 1?
Second possible configuration, second router uses a LAN port from router 1 and WAN port on itself. This would seem to eliminate all the addressing problems. However, for whatever reason I have been unable to pass any traffic to the web under what seems to be the simple way to hook the equipment up. Probably because both routers are attempting to use the same default IP addressing. But how can one device be dynamic and the other static? The second router should be asking for an IP from the first, and then assigning it's own devices based on what it was given.
Anyone wanting to weigh in on how the two routers should be configured to work in this application and why? :confused: