Adding second router

[cvs-golf]

Hope someone can point me in the right direction here. We have a small (10)
user network, everyone running XP-Pro. We have a broadband internet
connection and a Belkin router 192.168.2.1. We then go to a 16 port DLink
switch. One of the staff needed to add other devices in his office about 4
months ago so we added a small (?) linksys router and he was able to add his
VOIP phone and laptop to the network. Yesterday, he bought a larger BEFSR41
Linksys router and replaced the original (which worked fine). My problem is
that using the setup installation CD, I can install and configure the new
router (using his original ethernet cable) but cannot access anything else
on the network. The settings are as follows: Belkin has an address of
192.168.2.1 and has 50 addresses available. IP addresses are assigned using
DHCP. The Linksys, after configuration, has a local address of 192.168.1.1
and a starting address of 192.168.1.100. It gives me access to the internet
but not Lan # 1. I recall seeing a paper about this configuration but can't
find it now.
Thanks for any help
Carl

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hope someone can point me in the right direction here. We have a small (10)
user network, everyone running XP-Pro. We have a broadband internet
connection and a Belkin router 192.168.2.1. We then go to a 16 port DLink
switch. One of the staff needed to add other devices in his office about 4
months ago so we added a small (?) linksys router and he was able to add his
VOIP phone and laptop to the network. Yesterday, he bought a larger BEFSR41
Linksys router and replaced the original (which worked fine). My problem is
that using the setup installation CD, I can install and configure the new
router (using his original ethernet cable) but cannot access anything else
on the network. The settings are as follows: Belkin has an address of
192.168.2.1 and has 50 addresses available. IP addresses are assigned using
DHCP. The Linksys, after configuration, has a local address of 192.168.1.1
and a starting address of 192.168.1.100. It gives me access to the internet
but not Lan # 1. I recall seeing a paper about this configuration but can't
find it now.
Thanks for any help
Carl

You need a network switch, not a router, to connect the additional
devices to the network.

You can replace the Linksys router with a switch, or you can use the
Linksys router as a network switch only, bypassing its routing
capabilities. To do that, log into it from one of the computers and
make these changes to the router's setup:

1. Disable its built-in DHCP server.

2. Change its LAN IP address to an address that's compatible with the
Belkin router, such as 192.168.2.254.

3. Connect a LAN port on the Belkin router to a LAN port on the
Linksys router. Don't connect anything to the WAN port on the
Linksys.
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[redefined]

Why do you have two routers? You can get this configuration to work,
but I honestly think you'd just be better off with using switches to
expand your network instead of adding routers.

Your problem right now is that your new router is creating its own
network, so all the computers connected to it can't see the first
network. You can still access the internet because the second router
uses the first router as a gateway to the internet.

 

[redefined]

Sorry, forgot to quote the initial question.

 

[Carl Stockwell]

First, thanks for the reply. After reading the solution, I see how we can
get it to work. Second, in defense, I didn't buy or spec the router. The CPA
decided to do it on his own, crashed his desktop in the process and then
asked "Do you think you could get this to work?" He had previously added a
router and it did work, but as you point out, probably wired it not as a
router but as a switch. When I get to the office, I'll make the changes.
Thanks again