[dba-Tech] New router network puzzle

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sun Apr 17 20:24:00 CDT 2011


Hi Jim,

Yes, the subnet mask on all the computers and routers is 255.255.255.0.  
The IP ranges are all compatible.

I will post some more photos sometime - not sure just when, but I 
promise I will.  The winters can be spectacularly beautiful, and I do 
have some gorgeous photos of this past winter.

Time to toddle off to read in bed.

Best,
T

Jim Lawrence wrote:
> The only way that can be done is the set a common IP range through out the
> network. As the new Router 0 will not/can not be changed then all the
> computers as well as the Routers (which you have already done) will have to
> be changed... something like 192.168.0.100,101,102 etc. Can we assume that
> the subnet mask on all computers and routers is 255.255.255.0?
>
> Your property does sound awesome. I did see some pictures awhile back
> related to a family gathering but any other seasonal pictures you would like
> to post would be very nice...snow in the trees, red leaves of fall, wild
> flowers of spring etc. :-)
>
> Jim
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 12:39 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] New router network puzzle
>
> Hi Jim,
> Actually, I did keep a copy of the specs for the routers in my system.  
> Thus, I was able to fix the IP address conflict that did arise.  The new 
> router 0 insisted on xxx.xxx.1.x rather than xxx.xxx.0.x for its IP 
> address, so I had to change router 1 from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.3.1, 
> which worked perfectly.
>
> Now, every computer has access to the internet.  However, I still have 
> the issue of there being two networks.  The gateway IP address and the 
> WEP key have made the internet access work.  How do I persuade the 
> NetGear router - the new router 0 - to join the existing home-office 
> network?
>
> And, yes, where I live is a little bit of paradise. It's a heavily 
> wooded property with a river that runs through it.  We have the beauty 
> and excitement of all four seasons.  We are visited by the deer and the 
> turkeys and lots of other wild creatures.  We enjoy the many birds, 
> especially the hummingbirds that visit us.  We're in a small town, but 
> we're near enough to a bigger town to have the cultural, medical, and 
> business advantages of that setting.  Our "big" city is Traverse City, 
> with the beautiful twin bays, the annual Cherry Festival, and the annual 
> Film Festival.  It's a good place to be.
>
> Thanks for your help on this broadband wireless network puzzle.  I now 
> grasp the basics fairly well.  I look forward to understanding a whole 
> lot more.
>
> Best regards,
> T
>
> Jim Lawrence wrote:
>   
>> Hi Tina:
>>
>> Between the gardening and a coffee and a new counter-top for the last
>> bathroom and another coffee and always programming (running late, very
>>     
> late)
>   
>> and yet another coffee and doing an HTML page (with tabs on the top
>> signifying years and tabs of the side signifying months) and we will have
>>     
> to
>   
>> do a grocery and garden run as soon as all the dirt and saw-dust has been
>> washed away. How I love Sundays...clear blue sky and cool...perfect ;-)
>>
>> At the risk of yet digressing again; your place sounds absolutely lovely;
>>     
> a
>   
>> real picture postcard home. I can now see why such a complex router
>>     
> layout. 
>   
>> The Router 0 is the key to everything and of course that failed. Of course
>> you have a complete copy of all the specs of all the routers on a handy
>> sheet paper and/or maybe the SSID specs are on a label attached to bottom
>>     
> of
>   
>> each router just incase anything got lost as the chance of remembering all
>> your codes and passwords is 1000:1, unless you have a photographic memory
>>     
> or
>   
>> have a standard sequence. If you do not, you will most likely have to
>>     
> reset
>   
>> the logins, wifi wise on all the routers and start from scratch. (I hate
>>     
> to
>   
>> be the bearer of bad news.) Actually that is the good news as then ever
>> computer that accesses the WiFis will have to have their setting changed
>>     
> as
>   
>> well.
>>
>> All I can say at this point is to set up Router0 using the setting from
>>     
> the
>   
>> other routers as a base template and then set the appropriate differences
>>     
> as
>   
>> outlined in the last post...hope that post was easy to understand.
>>
>> Right now I am having a problem with my router as it a Gigabit; Dlink DDR.
>> Our local ISP uses a method of starting a connection in burst mode and
>>     
> then
>   
>> slowing down. My router steps up to the burst mode but does not like to
>> resume at a slower speed. In addition we have discovered only one (there
>>     
> are
>   
>> probably many) IP addresses that the Router will block for absolutely no
>> reason. We actually had the senior tech specialist from Dlink logon and
>> test...and yes, it is the case and there is no resolution. (We are using
>>     
> an
>   
>> $8 wireless router set to only respond to one IP address and linked around
>> the main router and into the switch...and it did take a while to resolve
>>     
> the
>   
>> resultant hardware chatter.)
>>
>> If there is any more help I can give you just send another post.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
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