Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #3704

From:	"Hakan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] Linksys Wireless Router Configuration
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:59:32 -0500 (EST)
To:	"os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:52:55 -0500, Chris Deierlein wrote: >Hakan wrote: > >>I have a small SOHO network with a Verizon Westell 2200 DSL modem >>currenctly functioning as the router and as a DHCP server. The >>computers, and the print server, all have static IP addresses on my >>network and the Westell modem is configured as 192.168.1.1. In >>addition I have a Lingo VoIP adapter which uses DHCP to get a local IP >>address. At the moment /all/ devices are connected to an old 10-Mbps >>hub. (For those interested, Lingo can be reached at www.lingo.com and >>is interesting because it offers unlimited calling to 17 countries >>besides the U.S. and Canada.) >> >>I just bought a Linksys router -- model WRT54G -- with the intent to >>integrate it into the network and to have the Lingo VoIP adapter sit >>between the Westell DSL modem and the Linksys router (the recommended >>configuration); the computers and the printserver connected to the >>Linksys, of course. The Lingo VoIP adapter should be between the DSL >>modem and the Linksys router so that it can prioritize voice traffic >>over other network traffic when necessary. The current hub will be >>decommissioned. >> >> >Well, I'm no expert in network but let me give this a shot as an >exercise and I'm sure oters will chime in to tell me if I'm right. Let >me diagram your network as I understand it.... > >DSL Line->Westel "Modem"/Router->Linksys Router->Networked Computer > | > VoIP Adapter No, I said the Lingo adapter must be /between/ the DSL modem and the router, ie., all traffic goes through it so that it can prioritize traffic -- impossible with the setup your drew. > >With the linksys set as a router, you are esentially making a network >inside a network. This is going to get messy if you are not familiar >with manipulating routing tables (I know I've had trouble with similar >in the past, for instance, setting up SVista for virtual networking). My >suggestion: Is there a way to set the westel as a "dumb bridge" to just >bridge the DSL to the Linksys and have the linksys act as the router to >your network? Then you could put all devices (including your VoIP >Adapter thus maintaining suggested setup) behind the linksys and still >have everything on one network with not routing headaches. Unfortunately this is not the layout I am seeking to have. > > -Chris > >>I hooked up the Linksys as 192.168.1.2 per above and disabled the DHCP >>server in the Linksys since I want to continue to have the Westell be >>the DHCP server. While I could reach the statically configured >>computers on the network I was unable to get onto the net -- despite >>having configured the Linksys as a router, not a gateway. >> >>What else do I need to change? I need to add that this is an all-OS/2 >>network, hence I cannot run the CD-ROM software supplied with the >>Linksys. >> >>TIA. >> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >(omit the quotes). > >For help with other commands, send a message >to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"help" in the body (omit the quotes). > >This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal >P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >electronic communications related to content >contained in these messages should be directed >to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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