[dba-Tech] New router network puzzle

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.
>