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"Hakan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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[OS2Wireless] Linksys Wireless Router Configuration |
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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:59:32 -0500 (EST) |
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"os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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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
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> 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.
>>
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