Hey all,

I have a DSL router upstairs in the bedroom, and 2 clients connected to it from wireless. Another client is also connected thru wireless and having ICS enabled from that computer's wired 10/100 to another router, to another computer and an xbox 1. The problem is that pc and the xbox cannot see the network shares or the workgroup computers. The only way the xbox will see them is if the computers are physically connected to that 2nd router. Is there a way to remedy this? Thanks.

Router local IP~ 192.168.1.1 DHCP range 192.168.1.60 - .100
Client w/ ICS enabled at 192.168.1.61
10/100 Port 192.168.0.1 Static (required for ICS) (connected to WAN port of 2nd router)
2nd Router (WRT54GC) 192.168.1.3 Local and DHCP range 192.168.1.102-.140

192.168.x.x IP adresses and NON-routable so one subnet can't see the other. You need a IP addresses in the same range. ie: 192.168.1.x

Grumpy

What's the model and version of the primary router?

its a westell 327 w (DSL router supplied by verizion dsl)

thanks for the replies btw

You have
Westell 327 DSLRouter->
...(wireless1)->Computer A
...(wireless1)->Computer B ICS->
....wired ->WRT54GC router->
...(wireless2)->Computer C
...(wireless2)->Xbox

You've made this far more complicated than it needs to be.

What you should do is run a cable from one of the LAN ports on your upstairs Westell 327 to your downstairs WRT54GC (probably to one of the LAN ports - NOT the WAN port ... but check the documentation for using the WRT54GC in AP-only mode). Then, put the WRT54GC in AP-only mode (turn off the DHCP server - the WRT54GC probably has a config setup and instructions for being used as an AP only).

You would now have
Westell 327 DSLRouter->
...(wireless1)->Computer A
...(wireless1)->Computer B
...(wired) ->WRT54GC router (AP only)
...(wireless2)->Computer C
...(wireless2)->Xbox

Now all of your client devices are on the same LAN and should be able to see each other, you are not using ICS, and no other computer needs to be powered on for any computer or game box to access the internet.

You CAN make it work using ICS, but it is considerably more complicated and, besides, this means your PC needs to be powered on all the time for the other downstairs machines to access the internet.