[CoLoCo] help setting up bridged router

[David Overcash]

Same or different subnets?  That affects the ability to "reach" the other
side of your network.

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>wrote:

> A while back I asked about using one router to connect to another router so
> that devices that don't have wifi could be part of a LAN. I have a computer
> and printer in my basement that I'd like to be part of my wireless network
> so that the printer can be used and the computer can access the internet. I
> am following these directions...
>
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge#Example
>
> The router I'm using for the client is a Linksys 54g flashed with the
> dd-wrt firmware. This router has been working fine and there is no reason to
> suspect any problems with it. The host router is a dlink-655. It is also
> working fine and is connected to my modem. Any computer connected to this
> host router will have internet.
>
> I have gone over the set up several times now and I have it just the way
> they say but for some reason I can never ping the host router (ip
> 192.168.2.1). The IP on my client router is set to 192.168.2.2. I had to
> set up a static IP on the computer connected to the client router since the
> setup involves turning off dhcp on the client router. I chose a static IP of
> 192.168.2.100 which is in the dhcp range of the host router and not used
> currently (once this is working shouldn't the computer get an IP from the
> host router?). I also turned of all security on the routers so I can rule
> out any issues there. Once I can verify that it works I will turn security
> back on.
>
> When I go through the final step and survey the site for an AP I can see my
> host router's ssid and I can click join and it says it's successful but my
> host router doesn't show any clients connected, I can't ping the host router
> and of course no internet.j
>
> It may be hard to see the problem just by reading an email but if anyone
> has any suggestions I'd sure appreciate hearing.
>
> Thanks.
>
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