Two laptops, one router = fail

mmj_uk · 31 Mar 2011 at 13:23

Hello,

Here is the drill I have VM broadband with a Linksys router, both laptops connect fine on their own but when one is already connected the other refuses to... both appear to have been assigned their own IP address and both MAC addresses are added to the router as allowed.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

mmj_uk · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:11

I've just tried router factory defaults and re-configuring and rebooting the modem it's no different, basically when one is connected and I try to connect with the other one I just get "can't connect" type error like there is some sort of conflict.

my router is set to support 50 ip addresses and there don't appear to be any conflict between them.

For a bit of background I've been using 1 PC + 1 laptop on the router for years, just got a new laptop today and can't get both the laptops to connect together.

mmj_uk · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:36

I've just wacked the DD-WRT mini build on and they have both connected right away.... so either it's a bug in the Linksys firmware or it was a few files left over from when I used to have DD-WRT/Tomato installed that were somehow interfering, when I used to use Tomato I'd set wireless clients to 1 for security purposes so my best guess is that was still active even though the Linksys firmware has no such setting. :confused:

Thanks for all the suggestions I guess I'll go back to Tomato or something.

mmj_uk · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:16

It's not I bricked it.

I tried using some software to downgrade it back to VXWorks firmware and it didn't work, then afterwards I remembered that my model didn't actually come with VXWorks it was Linux to begin with. I should have just stuck Tomato back on it. :rolleyes:

Oh well it's an excuse to get a decent wireless-N one

what's the current favourite?