Two router network

[Fred Roller]

On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 17:49 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> Second (Netgear) router in my case is for: 1) isolating wireless from
> my
> wired network except for IP's specifically configured to connect to
> the
> Cisco/Linksys, 2) BEFVP41 has a significantly better firewall, does
> hardware encrypted VPN's, provides detailed logs, etc., and 3) the
> BEFVP41 is wired only.

That's basically how I configure wireless on my networks (essentially
just an AP with it's own network segment.)  Usually on the tail end of
the chain.

Our setup, extremely simplified:

Cable Modem
|
|
Cisco Router (Block of static IPs, WAN-Static IP)
|                              
|                              
Cisco Switch (Vlan'd)--------- D-Link Rounter (Wireless, DHCP)
|                             |
|-----/                       |
LinkSys (Wireless, DHCP)       D-Link Switch 
      /                       |
      |                        Workbench/Testbench 
    (PCs, printers etc)

Given what Keith provided though, both his routers are wireless and only
two PCs are wired on the tail router.  In this case it just sounds like
he has one too many routers and can simplify his set up and most
probably clear up his issue.

-- 
Fred R.
www.fwrgallery.com

"Life is like Linux - simple; if you are fighting it, you are doing
something wrong."