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dan2me76

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I am having a few problems setting up my home wireless network. I am using 2 Linksys N600 routers.The first one is a DHCP router that also supply's access to the internet. I have set the IP Address at 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0. I have assigned DHCp start address at 192.168.1.100 and have given it 50 addresses. Connected to that router is a Windows 7 laptop, and a TV that, at this point is meaningless for this application.

Router 2 is set as a non DHCP router and has an IP address of 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0. Connected to that is a desktop that acts as a media server. This computer can be seen by all computers on the network. But it can't see any other computer.

Both routers have wireless and are secured with WPA2 personal. The SSID and access passwords are the same. The DHCP router is set at channel 6. The non-DHCP router is set at channel 1. All wireless devices can connect to both wireless. It appears that the Windows 8 laptop that is on the network roams seamlessly between both the routers.

Every time I try to assign a static IP address to any computer, I loose internet access.

Please help me figure out where I went wrong. I will attempt to add a graphic showing the complete network setup.

 
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Then it should be just like my wireless-router-turned-into-a-wireless-access-point: Just turn off DHCP (I think you've done that already) and turn off all routing, and assign the 2nd router a static IP address of 192.168.1.2. It should work fine. At least mine does, and I've had more than one set up that way. I used to have a 2nd wireless router set up as a 2nd wireless access point in my basement, when one of my four daughters was living in the basement and had poor wireless reception there.
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Because I live in an area where it is hard to get the proper equipment. I wanted to do this with a switch, but I couldn't get one locally. So I chose to have a router act like a switch. It will also come in handy when my two story house is finished. I will be able to have complete coverage of both floors without interfearence.
 
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That is correct. Is there a way I can post a graphic from my local devise to better explain my situation?
 
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You can use MS Paint..

Internet ------ Router 1 ------- Router 2 --------< (Connected to the following systems) System 1, System 2, System 3


Is this it?? But system 1 is not able to see systems 2 and 3 but systems 2 and 3 are able to see other two systems.. right??

Just trying to understand the problem..

If this is the case, then why use two routers??? You can directly give internet to the second router..
 
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The internet and the DHCP router are in the bedroom. There is a laptop and a TV connected to that router. That router is connected to my living room router-a non-DHCP router. The router in my living room is connected to my desktop computer. This is the computer I am using most often. It is also the one that is supplying the media to my bedroom tv and laptop since I store everything on this computer. Then I have a laptop and multiple smart phones that connect wireless to both routers and roam seamlessly. I am trying to do it this way because I notice issues with playing video in my bedroom when I try to do it wireless. But I want to make sure that all devices on this network can access both laptops and the desktop in my living room.


 
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Is the 2nd router connected to the first router via an Ethernet cable, or wirelessly?

What it sounds like you're trying to do is to make the 2nd router into a wireless access point. I do that at my house. My main router is a wired router in the basement connected to my cable modem and hands out DHCP addresses (my server and my printer have static IP addresses, connected via cable to my main wired router). I have a wireless router upstairs, connected to the first router via Ethernet cable. I have turned off DHCP on it and have also turned off routing, so that it just acts as a wireless switch, which is pretty much the definition of a wireless access point.

This way, my 2nd router has a static IP address assigned to it of 192.168.1.2, and passes off all requests for IP addresses to the 1st router. It does nothing but pass data, as a dumb switch does, except it does it with wireless.

Is that what you're trying to do? Or are you connecting the two routers via wireless signal? If so, that complicates things.
 
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My second router, the one in the living room is just a wireless access point. It is connected to the router in my bedroom, the one connected directly to the internet, is connected using a 50 foot Ethernet cable. But the router in my living room also supply's access for my bedroom laptop and TV to access the media that is on my desktop in the living room.
 
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Then it should be just like my wireless-router-turned-into-a-wireless-access-point: Just turn off DHCP (I think you've done that already) and turn off all routing, and assign the 2nd router a static IP address of 192.168.1.2. It should work fine. At least mine does, and I've had more than one set up that way. I used to have a 2nd wireless router set up as a 2nd wireless access point in my basement, when one of my four daughters was living in the basement and had poor wireless reception there.
 
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This worked, accept I had to add all the devices to the DHCP reservation list on the internet router in my bedroom. But at least now I can see every computer from every computer and I can now use the home group settings on all the computers. Thank you for your help.
 
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