Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Tue Apr 19 11:11:44 CDT 2011
Hello Gary, Now that's a thought. I recognize the truth of what you say, that broadcasting can be turned on and off. I do not have any experience in doing so. I will look into the details in my router 2 - the one in my office, and easiest for me to investigate. Thank you for that thought. I have the fond hope that I will soon know what I am doing with these network issues. So much to know, so little spare time to learn it all in!!! T Gary Kjos wrote: > What happens if you turn off the other two routers. Perhaps then it > would let you assign the SSID you want in router 0 ? Secondly, there > is a feature/setting in some routers that turns on or off SSID > broadcasting. Perhaps if that were able to be turned off in the other > two routers? > > I'd try to turn off the other two and then set the SSID in the new one > and then turn the other two back on and cross your fingers. > > GK > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Tina Norris Fields > <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote: > >> Hello Jim, >> >> Yes, everything is working, in terms of access to the internet. Thank you >> for continuing the lesson in networking. Your explanation has given me >> another AHA! moment. >> So, each router as now configured is, indeed, part of a separate grouping - >> and I see how the IP addressing works to group them. Thanks. >> >> When my home-office configuration was established by the tech from my ISP, >> in addition to the IP addresses, each router was made part of the same SSID. >> The new router 0 does not want to accept the SSID name from the existing >> "network." So, if my laptop is in the range of that new router - which at >> this point has an SSID name of NETGEAR - it cannot print on my HP 6500 >> wireless printer, because at that point the laptop and the printer are on >> different networks. If I could persuade the new router to accept being part >> of the SSID that the other two routers are in, then that issue would >> disappear. >> >> For virtually all the other computers, there no longer is an issue. They do >> not move around and they will not ever be grabbing the NETGEAR SSID. But, I >> move about with my laptop computer, and for my computer, this is an issue. >> >> This question does occur to me: would it make sense to configure the >> routers 1 and 2 with new IP addresses that are part of the router 0 >> grouping? If I did that, and presumably released and renewed IP addresses >> for all the components that connect to those routers, would the entire SSID >> then become NETGEAR? Would I then be able to change the SSID name back to >> my chosen one? I would really like to have everyone in the same SSID. >> >> Thank you very much for the setup details for routers 1 and 2. They look to >> be what I recall, though I will double check. >> >> Truly, I appreciate what you are teaching me. I have needed to learn this >> stuff for a while, now, and I've not made the time to do so. >> >> Best, >> T >> P.S. I'm updating my "to do" list to include posting pictures of last winter >> - although spring doesn't quite appear to have arrived, yet!!! :-) >> >> Jim Lawrence wrote: >> >>> Can I assume everything is working as it should? >>> First of all, the way the ports for each router is setup states that each >>> is >>> on a different segment or workgroup. >>> >>> Given: router0 is 192.168.1.1 and router1 is 192.168.3.1 etc., each is >>> basically an unrelated network. To be inter-related, their number sequence >>> would be something like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3,... >>> If not the only other possible blockage is ports. Most routers come with >>> all >>> ports blocked but for port 80 and sometime port 25. On the new router make >>> sure at least port 80 is open and only open other ports as necessary. >>> Make sure the gateway address to your ISP is setup on you new router0 as >>> it >>> is the main pass-through firewall. In your Router0 make sure your virtual >>> servers (in this case routers) are setup correctly >>> >>> "Router1": application name, Public port: 80, Protocol: TCP, Schedule: >>> always, IP Address: 192.168.2.1 (or 192.169.1.2) computer name, Private >>> port: 80, Protocol: 6, Inbound Filter: allow all. >>> >>> "Router2": application name, Public port: 80, Protocol: TCP, Schedule: >>> always, IP Address: 192.168.3.1 (or 192.169.1.3) computer name, Private >>> port: 80, Protocol: 6, Inbound Filter: allow all. >>> >>> ...and so on. There would have to be other ports open if there is a gamer >>> in >>> the family or you are using RDP, Oracle, MS SQL, remote networking etc. >>> >>> If you are still having issues send me some pictures from your Router0 >>> base >>> setup page and the configuration of your virtual page, where all you other >>> routers have to be managed as if they are computers. >>> >>> HTH >>> Jim >>> >>> PS Please do send those pictures when you get a chance. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > > >