Setting up two routers with dell 1320c printer

tony888

tony888

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Hi fellow OCUK'ers

I need some advice setting up 2 wireless routers under one network, so everyone accessing router 1 or 2 wirelessly or through ethernet can use the dell printer.

So far I have tried connecting the printer to router 2 (Netgear WGR614v9) which is connected to router 1 (Netgear DG834G) through ethernet.

Router 1 has a ethernet connected to a LAN port which is then connected to Router WAN port. But anyone accessing router cannot find the printer over the network or find the homegroup.

All PC/laptop have windows 7 installed

Any help will be appreciated.
 
By plugging the first router into the second routers WAN port you have created an additional boundary and network which may complicate matters when dealing with networked printers. If you can just disable DHCP on the second router and connect it via a LAN port so all devices are on one network.

As for the printer, is it everyone who cant get the printer or just the people on the second router?
 
J.B said:
By plugging the first router into the second routers WAN port you have created an additional boundary and network which may complicate matters when dealing with networked printers. If you can just disable DHCP on the second router and connect it via a LAN port so all devices are on one network.

As for the printer, is it everyone who cant get the printer or just the people on the second router?
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Thanks mate so if I am reading right the setup will be:

Router 1 LAN port -> router two LAN port with DHCP disabled?

With my current setup anyone that's connected to router 1 can not access the printer but everyone on router 2 can
 
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Which router do you access the net from? WHich ever one you get the net from you want to set that to have DHCP enabled from 192.168.XX.10 onwards (leaving the first 10 numbers free and a LAN IP of 192.168.XX.1. Then on the other router, set the LAN address to 192.168.XX.2 and disable DHCP.

Now, all clients connecting to either router, wireless or wired, will recieve an IP address from the main router (internet one) and will therefore all be on one network. You can just share the printer normall now and access it from wherever :)

This is what we do, but with 1 router and 3 routers turned in to wifi switches (effectively what you are doing to the second router) and printer and file sharing works great.
 
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