mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
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 ·Verizon FIOS
| windows shares with 4 routers
I am haveing a issue with my network every since my fios was installed. I have 4 routers on my network 2 are actiontech mi424wr routers and one of a linksys wrt54g running ddwrt and one is a linksys wrt56g running ddwrt. each router is set to use its own ip range for example router one is 192.168.1.x and router 2is 192.168.2.x ect when 2 computers are on the same router they can see shares on each other but a computer on a different router cant. from what ive been told Connection-specific DNS Suffix needs to be the same thing on all the routers unfortionally I can not find out how to change this on the actiontech routers. If anyone could point me in the right direction this would be a big help.
I have also tryed dumbing down the 3 as i call it slave routers and turning off the dhcp on them and haveing thats how my networks worked for years before I had fios this did not help. When i did that i didnt have internet access on any of the other routers. So as of right now I have each router set up on a different ip range with dhcp running each router can get on the internet with no problem even port fowarding seems to work I just cant access network shares from another router |
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sashwa
Pixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin'
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join:2001-01-29
Alcatraz
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More Fiber
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join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
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said by mustang03282  :from what i've been told Connection-specific DNS Suffix needs to be the same thing on all the routers unfortionally I can not find out how to change this on the actiontech routers. •Click on the ADVANCED icon at the top.
•Click on SYSTEM SETTINGS.
The LOCAL DOMAIN field is the connection-specific DNS Suffix.
For the rest of your questions, there is not enough information to be able to answer. A diagram would be most helpful.
•Do you have a cat5 connection or coax connection from your primary router to the ONT?
•How is each router connection to the primary router? LAN-to-LAN or LAN-to-WAN?
If the connection from the primary router to a secondary router is LAN-to-WAN, then you need routing rules to get from one subnet to another. If the connection is LAN-to-LAN, then the secondary routers become switches, are part of the primary router's subnet, and should not have DHCP enabled.
There are guidelines in the following FAQ for connecting multiple routers:
»Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »What are the tradeoffs between the various router configurations |
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Camelot One
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join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
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If your goal is just to use the extra routers as wifi/lan access points, the solution is pretty simple.
Use the ActionTech as the only "router" and DHCP. The following IPs are just for reference:
ActionTech Lan: 192.168.0.1 DHCP Enabled
ActionTech2 Lan: 192.168.0.2 DHCP Disabled
Linksys 1 Lan: 192.168.0.3 DHCP Disabled
Linksys 2 Lan: 192.168.0.4 DHCP Disabled
Set the DHCP range on the actiontech DHCP enabled router to start at .5
The routers should all be connected from LAN to LAN port, not WAN. The only router that should have anything plugged into the WAN is the primary actiontech, and thats only if it gets its feed via Cat5.
If you need to set any of the devices in the network static, make sure you use 192.168.0.1 as the gateway, even if the device is connected to one of the other routers.
In this setup, the extra routers are just acting as switches and APs.
However, if your goal is to separate the lan segments, do not use the above method.
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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
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·Verizon FIOS
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thankyou for all the replys I belive my problem was I was hooking them up lan to wan. Thats how it worked in my old setup but it aperently dosnt not. I got 2 of the routers set up so far and they seem to be running stable |
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Camelot One
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join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
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| Lan to Wan when you want separate network segments. You can then go in with routing tables to allow devices within each segment to see other segments. Without the proper routing, segments don't see other segments.
But anytime you want them all on the same IP range, able to see each other without any extra work, they go LAN to LAN.
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