Want LAN with 2 routers

[begotus]

Current setup:

Comcast Static IP
Cable modem w/ WLAN router, 1 port, & DHCP
192.168.0.1
| |
192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3
Vonage phone Computer 1 - wireless
modem w/ 4-port
LAN router & DHCP
192.168.15.1
| \
192.168.15.2 192.168.15.3
Computer 2 Computer 3

Problem: Internet and phone work but computer 1 can't see other computers.

Goal: Would like all devices on a single LAN, e.g., 192.168.0.x, so they can access shared files and printers.

I understand that bridging or disabling one DHCP server might be options, but am unsure of how to do this correctly and successfully.

Any help?

Thanks!!

 

[k.jacko]

Whichever one you want to use as a bridge, it should be in the options on the admin setup page of that router.
I believe you should be able to set that one up to receive an IP address from the main router which should be set to deliver addresses via DHCP.
Are all your pc's going to be wireless? Guess not, otherwise you'd just need the one router

 

[begotus]

To clarify - I have one static "real" IP from Comcast that all devices on my LAN will share. Computer's 2 & 3 as well as the Vonage modem have ethernet connections.

I don't think bridging the cable modem is an option.

I'm not exactly sure what bridging does, hence my thread. If bridging the computers on the Vonage modem "should" work, I'll give it a try and hopefully figure it out.

I am also wondering if bridging is the only option or if I can configure the Vonage modem without DHCP in some way to extend the cable modem LAN.

 

[DelJo63]

consider:

ISP---router#1 ---- major systems with sharing
              +
              +---router#2(vonage) with phone lines

connect the vonage router lan port to router#1 lan port
(ie leave the vonage WAN port empty)
disable the vonage DHCP service but enable whatever else you want.

Personally, I would force the vonage router to a high IP address line .253 on the
subnet managed by router#1