connecting two routers

[gandalft]

Hi,
I have 2 routers a netgear TA612V which has my modem connected to it and my phone (am using VOIP) I then have a Linksys wireless 54 G router connected which allows me to access the web wirelessly. This was set up by a housemate who has since left..

Here is my problem. I need to get the IP address of the second router (Wireless 54G) Does anyone know how can I do this.

 

[DelJo63]

inspect the connections carefully;

modem--(wan)TA612V (lan)----(xxx)Linksys-54-G(lan)---your systems

the wire FROM the TA612V to the Linksys: which port(xxx) is it connected too?
the Linksys WAN or one of the LAN ports?

If it's a LAN port, then the Linksys has no IP address, is not acting like a router,
but is a pass-thru connection to the TA612v which is providing the DHCP service
AND which is your gateway address.

you find the gateway address on any system:

run->cmd /k ipconfig /all​

It will be shown as the gateway

 

[poertner_1274]

The easiest thing might be to hard reset the router. This will set everything back to the default settings. Then you can reapply whatever you want.

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[gandalft]

It is connected to a LAN port. I found that by temporarily assigning a static ip address (192.168.1.5) to my pc I can then access the Linksys router (192.168.1.1)

The reason I am trying to do all this is to secure my lan and enable WEP security on my wireless network (as I can see no way of doing it on the TA612V )

 

[DelJo63]

Looks good -- are you good to go or still have issues?

 

[nickc]

modem--(wan)TA612V (lan)----(xxx)Linksys-54-G(lan)---your systems

AND which is your gateway address.

you find the gateway address on any system:

run->cmd /k ipconfig /all​

It will be shown as the gateway

huh? when I

run->cmd /k ipconfig /all​

I get the IP address and all I thought should go with it but no gateway, are u refering to the gateway as IP?

 

[k.jacko]

I take it the netgear is an adsl modem router and the linksys is a wtr54g or similar, cable modem router?
Can you not just turn off all routing on the netgear and just setup the linksys to do it all?

 

[gandalft]

I am still having a probem -
I enabled WEP security on the Linksys but when I do so I cannot connect wirelessly to the web. I get a "limited or no connectivitity" status on my wireless connection. I am wondering if this is because I am using the Netgear as the router.

I might try k.jacko suggestion

 

[k.jacko]

It depends. Where is your wireless pc getting its IP from, the netgear or the linksys?
To answer your earlier question the gateway should have an ip. It will likely be the same ip address as the netgear router.
Make sure only one router is handing out IP addresses, ie has DHCP enabled.
In fact why not manually assign all your devices?
I'd be sorely tempted to disable the routing on the netgear and just use it as a modem, and configure the linksys as your full router.
By the way, unless you're using old wireless cards, don't use WEP, use WPA security.

 

[DelJo63]

ipconfig /all results:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ******.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-yy-zz-aa-1D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 <<<<<<<<<<
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.75.164.90
66.75.164.89​

The netgear will always act as a router, but with only one device (the linksys)
attached, it doesn't matter. You do need to DISABLE the DHCP in the netgear
(so cable netgear--system, access the config, and disable dhcp)

Then recable the linksys [using one of the LAN ports]. Now access that config
and DISABLE encryption altogether (just temporarily). You should have
access to the internet (try ping www.google.com.

Once you have routing to the ISP, you can go back and add WEP as a first step.
WPA would be better, but sometimes that is not compatible

 

[k.jacko]

quote from a review of the NetGear TA612V VoIP Router

Verdict Considering the price we found this combo of SIP service provider and VoIP router particularly good value and ADSL modem users will find the installation procedures very slick. However, you can only use the sipgate service and if you want to use the TA612V behind another router then be prepared to fiddle with its firewall to get it to work.

Sweet! Happy fiddling dude.