Double router question

Sp00n · 25 Nov 2006 at 13:49

After ordering my ADSL with namesco i received my zyxel 660R router which is a single port modem/router.

Now i have a linksys WRT54g and i would like to be able to hook that up to the zyxel however they both have DHCP, does that mean i can't do it?

So what i want is@

phone line > zyxel > linksys > wireless/network

Is this possible? Do i disabled DHCP on the zyxel or something like that?

MAllen · 25 Nov 2006 at 14:05

Seems more sensible to me to disable DHCP on the WRT54g. But doesn't really matter - as long as only one of the boxes is acting as your DHCP server.

Sp00n · 30 Nov 2006 at 18:47

So iv got it hooked up now but the internet doesnt seem to work if i hook the linksys up to the zyxel, the linksys gets an ip as 192.168.1.4 so its getting an ip from the zyxel then all the pc's that hook up to the linksys get their ip from linksys.

Why doesnt this work? is it because i have 2 dhcp servers?

If it is why doesnt it work because the linksys gets its ip from the zyxel and all the pc's get their ip from the linksys so i would have thought that would work.

Mr. Brightside · 30 Nov 2006 at 19:13

Just disable the DHCP on the Linksys, that will allow it to function as a simple switch, should work then. Clients will get IPs from the ZyXEL.

Hope this helps, null

Sp00n · 30 Nov 2006 at 19:22

I changed the dhcp settings for the zyxel to run on the 0.1 range and its working fine now.

Now the bloody wireless has got a terrible signal and i cant figure out why