{"id":409,"date":"2009-10-29T09:16:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T01:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/?p=409"},"modified":"2009-10-29T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T01:16:32","slug":"using-two-routers-on-the-same-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/2009\/10\/29\/using-two-routers-on-the-same-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Using two routers on the same network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two routers that I used were: 2WIRE 2701HGV-E and LINKSYS WRT54G2<\/p>\n

To be really clear, I didn’t exactly bridge two routers, I disabled the dhcp function of the LINKSYS to make it perform like a switch. But the end result is still pretty cool, now that I have a DD-WRT<\/a> coexisting on the same network as my other computers.<\/p>\n

Here’s the problem:
\n1. I had an existing ADSL router in Room A with cables leading to Room B.
\n2. Room B has at least 3 networkable devices.<\/p>\n

The simple solutions would be to:
\n1. Install a switch in Room B, to share the internet from Room A.
\n2. Install a router, and disable DHCP (At least that’s what I thought)
\n2a. Using 2. plug the cable from Room A into a LAN port in the router, instead of the WAN port in the router (I have no verified that this works but I think it does)<\/p>\n

Needless to say, I actually went one whole round before I thought of it.<\/p>\n

I installed DD-WRT on my spanking new WRT54G2 V1, and found that this configuration works rather fine:
\nExisting ADSL Router
\nIP: 192.168.1.254
\nIssues: 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253 addresses<\/p>\n

Basic Setup TAB
\nWan Connection Type – Disabled
\nLocal IP Address – 192.168.1.1
\nSubnet Mask – 255.255.255.0
\nGateway – 192.168.1.254<\/p>\n

Network Address Server Settings (DHCP)
\nDHCP Type – DHCP Forwarder
\nDHCP Server – 192.168.1.1<\/p>\n

AND THEN, I plugged the LAN cable from Room A to Room B, and stuffed it into one of the LAN ports in the router located in Room B.<\/p>\n

And it works. Which made me think, would it have worked if I had just configured used the stock linksys router, disabled dhcp, and then just plugged the cable into it like a regular switch? I highly think so. So if you can, try it, it might save you a whole shitload of time.<\/p>\n

Sad to say, I have no figured out how to make my WRT54G2 as an AP with settings from my ADSL router yet. But it’s not a hurry, I prefer cables. Till the next time~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two routers that I used were: 2WIRE 2701HGV-E and LINKSYS WRT54G2 To be really clear, I didn’t exactly bridge two routers, I disabled the dhcp function of the LINKSYS to make it perform like a switch. But the end result is still pretty cool, now that I have a DD-WRT coexisting on the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13,36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenshinjeff.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}