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Date:  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:52:55 -0500
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From:  Chris Deierlein <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Linksys Wireless Router Configuration

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

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.

    -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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