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join:2005-09-26
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1 edit | reply to Psyclone
Re: Help - How to reconfigure AT IP Pool?
First off, you are trying to use two different sub-nets (0.* and 1.*). That's a problem unless you have setup routing rules between the two routers. i.e. Without explicit routes, traffic on one subnet doesn't know how to get to the other subnet. This is why you can't get to the AT from the 0.* subnet.
Since you are already on cat-5 from the ONT, your best bet is to follow the instructions in
»How-to: make ActionTec MI424-WR a network bridge
to put the AT behind your buffalo router.
If you are not ready to tackle that, then here are some things to try:
1) For these instructions, you will need to connect a PC directly to one of the 4 LAN ports on the AT. I am also assuming that DHCP is enabled on the Buffalo. If you are going to leave the Buffalo behind the AT, you will also need an ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on the AT to a LAN port on the Buffalo. Do not use the WAN port on the Buffalo, as long as the AT is in front.
2) Do an IPCONFIG /RELEASE followed by IPCONFIG /RENEW. At this point you should have a 1.* IP address.
3) Login to the AT.
4) Save your current AT config file.
5) Select MY NETWORK. From the menu on the left, select NETWORK CONNECTIONS. Select NETWORK (H/O). Click SETTINGS.
6) Enter an unused static IP address from your 0.* subnet.
7) Further down, on the IP ADDRESS DISTRIBUTION line, select DISABLED from the pull-down.
8) Click APPLY. The AT will reboot. At this point, your will lose connectivity to the AT.
9) Wait for the lights on the AT to stop flashing. Do an IPCONFIG /RELEASE followed by IPCONFIG /RENEW again. At point you should now have a 0.* IP address assigned by the Buffalo.
10) At this point you can swap the positions of the routers if you wish. Move the cat-5 from the WAN port of the AT to the WAN port of the Buffalo, leaving the connection between the LAN port on the AT and the LAN port on the Buffalo.
Edit: If you are going to swap the positions of the routers, be sure to release the BROADBAND ethernet DHCP lease before swapping routers. |
Psyclone
join:2002-09-29
Beaverton, OR
1 edit | Thanks for replying. I am aware that they are on different subnets, see where I reconfigured the AT into the 0.* pool to match that of the Buffalo. It was this configuration that restricted all access to the AT unless I was plugged directly into it(I have disabled the wireless antenna). That is the gist of my posting, i.e. why I can't get internet/lan connectivity if I am connected to the buffalo even though they are both in the same IP pool.
I will give your suggestions a try. A question, in order to bypass the paltry NAT table on the AT would my only option be to put the AT behind the buffalo?
Also, is the ethernet port on the ONT accessible? I would need to run a much longer cable from it to reach the Buffalo if I were to put the AT behind the buffalo. |
