Quick networking question, if you don't mind.

HecFam · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:42

Hey guys,

Just a bit confused by gateways at the mo.

I have a superhub, which has an ethernet running upstairs to a second router.

The second router is configured on LAN, with a wireless AP matching the superhub downstairs.

Now, the 2nd router is setup to have a gateway IP of 192.168.0.10. But the PC wired to that router says its gateway is 192.168.0.1, (the superhubs ip) Since DHCP is disabled on the second router i assume its getting the IP addresses from the superhub.

Is this normal? Because i am trying to configure my xbox to use my router upstairs rather than using the one downstairs, but since they seem to have the same IP, i cannot distinguish the two.

Just wondering, Is this normal?

How can I make the Xbox use the router closest to it? i fear it is using the one downstairs, making the connections a bit tat.

Any help appreciated.

Beerbaron · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:57

Does the PC with the IP address 192.168.0.10 have a static ip assigned to it?

Do you really need 2 routers?

Dist · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:05

The gateway IP is what's used for traffic to a different network (ie, the Internet) so all devices regardless of what access point they are connected to should have the router connected to the Internet being the gateway. For wireless setup, if both routers are set up using the same SSID, same encryption/password (such as WPA2) and different channels then that's all you need to do, the wireless devices will connect to whichever router/AP they have the best signal with.

HecFam · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:14

Beerbaron said:
Does the PC with the IP address 192.168.0.10 have a static ip assigned to it?

Do you really need 2 routers?

Well, its a cable router, its instead of me having a switch and an access point, because that's all the function it is doing really.

And no, not static. Different DNS, but everything is DHCP.

Dist said:
The gateway IP is what's used for traffic to a different network (ie, the Internet) so all devices regardless of what access point they are connected to should have the router connected to the Internet being the gateway. For wireless setup, if both routers are set up using the same SSID, same encryption/password (such as WPA2) and different channels then that's all you need to do, the wireless devices will connect to whichever router/AP they have the best signal with.

Ok, cheers, all i wanted to know really. The WIFI is set up fine, all dandy, i was just wondering if i could pick them apart, my xbox is an old Arcade version and the ethernet port is pretty busted. I just wanted to give the old girl the best. But thats answered my question, so thanks.