[TriLUG] Dual Network Question

[abockover.trilug at aaronbock.net]

Wow. When I first tried that a few months ago, it did not seem to work. I
have a feeling that the original problem was my primary network. When it
would not connect, I went ahead and added the wireless router as a static
entry on the main network, and then immediately set the WAN port on the
wireless router to use 192.168.0.20. Anywhoo, after moving from the WAN
port to the first LAN port, and then setting the LAN address to be
192.168.0.20, the Smoothwall decided to work with it. All is good, and
what is configured makes perfect sense, just like the way things should
work in theory.

Thanks!
--Aaron

> 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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