switch 2 networks

[Bisirat Amanuel]

err correction to self.. moving away from the wall it's normal. And
that's what you meant. When I say A connected to B, in these contexts,
I usually mean towards the wall. I'll think more generally next time !



I guess you mean it is. 'cos you said

"
the way I
have my setup is Comp--->switch--->Router--->Internet.
"

<snip>

makes sense

But, as I asked before.. Why set router1's ip manually. You clearly
don't find it fun.

A similar question could be asked regarding computers connected to a
router.

Why not let it / them receive IPs from router2 DHCP server?

The computers are receiving IP's from router2 but the switch cannot(IP has
to be manually set because all cables are going into the lan ports).

 

[jameshanley39]

The computers are receiving IP's from router2 but the switch cannot(IP has
to be manually set because all cables are going into the lan ports).

I know it's in the LAN port.
The WAN port to my knowledge is (only?) for a modem. Or perhaps more
generally some unsecure network on the other side of the NAT.

I've done something identical to what you describe, and done it by
DHCP.
I'm happy to continue discussing it if you're interested.. I won't
have a net connection for a day or two.

There isn't much more to it, than telling router2 to get an ip from
router1. As far as router1 is concerned, router2 could be a comp. So
it sends it over, over the LAN cable. Just as it would do for a
computer. I can't really rmember if router2 can send ips across
router1 to the comps connected to router1. i'm sure i've done
something similar. Actually.. I think I had a linksys router and a
linksys router/modem. I turned DHCP off on the router/modem, and On,
on the Router. I didn't set a static ip on the router 'cos the ip it
had by default was fine.

You mentioned oemthing about having a network administrator so I guess
you have to use an ip on their subnetwork or something

My apologies for this rushed post, i'm in a rush to get out..

 

[Bisirat Amanuel]

I know it's in the LAN port.
The WAN port to my knowledge is (only?) for a modem. Or perhaps more
generally some unsecure network on the other side of the NAT.

Wan port is actually for anything that will give you an IP(like you said on
the other side of the NAT), but not just a modem.

I've done something identical to what you describe, and done it by
DHCP.
I'm happy to continue discussing it if you're interested.. I won't
have a net connection for a day or two.

There isn't much more to say, the problem is fixed by setting a static
IP(same subnet as router2) on the switch.