On 11 May 2004 14:28:47 -0700, spliffeh.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com (Dennis) wrote:
>Greetings, we have had to completely change our network around as it
>has doubled in size over the last month. We are dealing with about
>30-50 users for the entire building. I will follow one thread of the
>network, the one that is giving us problems:
>
>DSL-Type Modem (PPPoE)
>to
>8 port Router #1 (Linksys)
>to
>24 port Hub (SMC?)
>to
>8 port Router #2 (Linksys)
>to
>5 port Hub (Linksys)
>
>
>...that is what we have ended up with... the problem occurs at the 2nd
>Linksys router, everything below it cannot contact the internet.
>Plugging into the 24 port hub allows net access. This 2nd router is
>basically just being used as a hub, or that is that plan. I would
>appreciate any basic newbie advice on getting this setup to work,
>specifically on getting the two routers to live in harmony.
Try this: connect the 24 port hub to one of the LAN ports on Router#2 instead
of using its WAN port. Then disable DHCP on the same router (let Router #1 do
that for you - assuming you're even using DHCP, of course).
In this manner, you *will* be using Router #2 as a switch instead of a router.
/daytripper<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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