[TriLUG] Dual Network Question

[abockover.trilug at aaronbock.net]

No, that'd be perfect if it worked :-/ I tried that setup initially. I
plugged the Wireless router (from the first LAN port, not the WAN port)
into the main network switch. I could not access to the Internet through
the Wireles router. There seems to be no config in the web-based Wireless
router admin to disable it as a router either. I would *love* for it to
just be another LAN device, acting more as a wireless switch.

Thanks,
Aaron

> Do you really need your wireless network to be on a different subnet?
> Why not turn off the routing/dhcp functions of the wireless router and
> just use it as an access point?  Don't plug anything into the WAN port.
>   Then all your systems, wireless and wired will be in the same subnet
> and connecting between them will be straightforward.
>
> Joel
>
> Aaron Bockover wrote:
>> I'm sure this general question has been brought up before, but I'm
>> having a heck of a time figuring this out...
>>
>> I have a decent sized home-network, with an old PC serving as a router
>> (Smoothwall). The gateway/LAN address for it is 192.168.0.1. It is the
>> primary network, and serves the DSL connection. I've got a switch with
>> about 15 devices on it, including a D-Link AirPlus G wireless router.
>> The gateway/LAN address for it is 192.168.1.1.
>>
>> Its WAN interface is configured to connect to the primary network, with
>> a static WAN IP address: 192.168.0.20. The MAC address for the D-Link is
>> entered for that IP address in my Smoothwall config. The DNS entries are
>> all correct on both routers, and when I connect to the D-Link with my
>> laptop, I can access the Internet through the primary router. All is
>> okay here.
>>
>> I would *really* like to be able to access systems from the wireless LAN
>> on the primary network. My desktop is wired into the 192.168.0.1 LAN,
>> but my laptop connects wirelessly on 192.168.1.1. I would love to be
>> able to SSH/Remote X to my desktop from my laptop, and also access other
>> services/servers on my primary LAN.
>>
>> I have tried forwarding ports from the 192.168.1.1 LAN to the WAN IP
>> (192.168.0.20), hoping the Smoothwall router would then broadcast those
>> forwarded requests into its LAN, but to no avail.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron Bockover
>>
>>
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