lilkev715 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 Ok, I am getting a new router because my existing one(D-Link 704-P rev. A) just sucks. My current router wont open ports under Virtual Server, wont do port fowarding, DMZ wont work, and upgrading the latest firmware doesnt even work either. The only think saving it from the trash can is that it has a built in parallel print server(very handy). So, I want to get a new router (Linksys BEFSR81) and have one of the regular 10/100 ports(not the WAN port) hooked up to the D-Link router so I can still utilize the parallel print server. All the computers in my house will be connected to the Linksys, while print commands should be sent to the D-Link router that is hooked up to the Linksys. I do have cross-over cable if necessary as well as regular cat-5 cable. Should this work out? Normally the print commands are sent to 192.168.0.1 as that is my default home network gateway. Will I run into any problems when the DHCP on the Linksys router assigns the D-Link router an IP address? I think that theorhetically it could work but I wanted to ask your guys opinions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 (edited) Your gonna wanna make sure that both routers are on the same major network. ie. they either both have to be on 192.168.1.0 or 192.168.0.0 This is because the 24 bit subnet mask i.e. 255.255.255.0. Heres what i recommend you do. Change the ip address of the linksys router from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.2 and leave the original routers ip address the same. But make sure that when you define the dhcp pool in the linksys router that you exclude the address's 192.168.0.1-10 maybe just so you can have some static address's. Or you can do what i do, which is leave the first 100 address's out of the dhcp pool, that way you can assign static address's from .1-99, then have dhcp assign from 100-255. This way youll avoid any dhcp conflicts with your computers. So, in review, disable the dlinks gateway and dhcp abilities, then attach the dlink to the linksys with a patch cable, then change the linksys router ip address to 192.168.0.2 and change its dhcp pool to 192.168.0.100-255. This should work like a charm, let me know if you have any questions at all. Edited February 17, 2004 by andrusk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilkev715 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 So, in review Yes sir Professor andrusk. Any homework for the next class meeting ? I'll get the new router in by the end of this week. I will let you know how it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 Any homework for the next class meeting ? You bet ya! Im gonna need you to study up on how to properly integrate and employ igrp, eigrp, and ospf autonemous system numbers while implementing unequal cost load balancing while at the same time employing frame relay dlci's using ppp encapsulation. j/k. Good luck man, definitly let me know how it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neural Interface Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 Yes sir I completley understand , one of those things that sounds way more complicated than it really is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilkev715 Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Well it worked like a charm. Thank you professor Andrusk for your oh so great lecture . The linksys was 80 bucks when i got it, but then i returned it when I found out that they had a d-link DI-707P (similar to the old one, 7 ports instead of 4, newer version, overall much better) for only 50 bucks on sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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