Using a wireless ADSL router just for it's modem - how??

rudeboymcc · 5 Oct 2007 at 16:44

Hi. I've got a DG834PN netgear wireless adsl modem and a Linksys WRT54G (192.168.0.2) router which doesn't have an internal modem.

I'm trying to just use the netgear as a modem. I've put in all the settings for it and it connects fine. set to 192.168.0.1 with dhcp off, i conected it to the linksys' WAN port.

but the linksys doesn't have internet access. i've tried with a straight through cable and a crossover cable.

I can't find any "bridge" setting for the netgear's modem. does it have to have this for the whole setup to work?

rudeboymcc · 5 Oct 2007 at 16:55

sorry don't understand that. at the moment the linksys internet is set to automatic dhcp. and you want me to set it to static ip and set the address to itself?? or do you mean 192.168.0.1?

the linksys has dd-wrt firmware on it which i think is a bit too complicated. i thought static ip was for when the internet provider gives me the same ip everytime which i don't have.

EDIT: just saw the second reply. that's exactly how i have them apart from the NAT. I haven't disabled nat on either. what does it do? and i didn't think it's possible to change the ip addres of just the wan port?

i had the computers on the 192.168.0.x range, starting from 100 so they don#t cross with the routers. would this not work?

btw, to the second reply, i don't wnat to turn off dhcp on the linksys becuase i want to use QoS on it which the netgear doesnt' provide.

rudeboymcc · 5 Oct 2007 at 17:27

perfect! think i saw all the boxes and thought i was doing loads wrong.

if i do exactly as you have it, can i still set linksys to use 192.168.0.3 and up for the computers? or is there an advantage to having it to 192.168.1.x?

rudeboymcc · 5 Oct 2007 at 17:35

in terms of security, surely any simple packet sniffing will reveal where the compter's addresses are? and why did you choose such a common address range?