Trouble making a router function as an access point?

[Dave_7]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the foot is going on...

I have an old-school Linksys wired router (BEFSR4xjkanwua or whatever the code is...)... and I've tried adding a wireless router to the network to act as an access point (which I have done before with the same physical equipment, mind you). But now it's at a new location.

Symptoms:

The good:
Wired internet works through the wired router.
Can browse to either router wirelessly.

The bad:
Can't get to the net via the wireless router (wireless or plugged in).

Config of wireless router:
The wireless router is set as an access point.
Assigned an IP on the network with the appropriate subnet.
The gateway address is the address of the wired router.

Why can I access the entire network via the wireless router and can not access the net through it?

A DNS issue/setting that I'm not thinking of? Other?

EDIT: Also, I've tried two wireless routers with the same results. I need the access point to be upstairs while my patch panel and cable come in downstairs.


Dave.

[gwilks98]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the foot is going on...

I have an old-school Linksys wired router (BEFSR4xjkanwua or whatever the code is...)... and I've tried adding a wireless router to the network to act as an access point (which I have done before with the same physical equipment, mind you). But now it's at a new location.

Symptoms:

The good:
Wired internet works through the wired router.
Can browse to either router wirelessly.

The bad:
Can't get to the net via the wireless router (wireless or plugged in).

Config of wireless router:
The wireless router is set as an access point.
Assigned an IP on the network with the appropriate subnet.
The gateway address is the address of the wired router.

Why can I access the entire network via the wireless router and can not access the net through it?

A DNS issue/setting that I'm not thinking of? Other?

EDIT: Also, I've tried two wireless routers with the same results. I need the access point to be upstairs while my patch panel and cable come in downstairs.


Dave.

Sounds like a gateway conflict with your setup. Machines don't need a gateway for local network traffic. But as soon as they try to get to an IP on a different subnet, including the internet, they need a gateway.

check the wireless setup and make sure that pc's on the wireless ap have the wireless ap as its gateway, not the wired router. Also, verify that the machines know which device is your DNS server. Do an ipconfig /all from a command prompt to see what they're pulling. I would bet the IP needs to be the wired router.

Once there, I'd do a ping test. Make sure wireless PCs can ping the wired router. then try pinging novel.com by name AND by IP. That will tell you if it's a DNS problem.

[Jeffbx]

You have DHCP turned off on the wireless, right?

[Dave_7]

make sure that pc's on the wireless ap have the wireless ap as its gateway

I don't think I've tried that. I will.

And DHCP is off. Will post back, thanks.

Dave.

[Dave_7]

Well, it works with another router as the "router" and the other as an access point. I don't know what could cause the initial router to function perfectly as a wired router, yet not allow the access point's traffic to pass....

Maybe I'll try resetting that router's settings to default and try again. Maybe it's something that I eff'd up and didn't know it.

Thanks.

Dave.