Larry the Lobster Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I have two D-Link routers, both wireless. One is a new DIR-825, the other an older DIR-655. The DIR-825 was set up as the primary router, but the DHCP server on it is a mess and hands out incorrect addresses (192.168.17.xxx instead of 192.168.0.xxx) and thus I have to manually set IP addresses for wireless devices. Not an issue until my Roku XD came in and I tried to set it up. The Roku cannot see the internet, and cannot be set to an IP address manually. I have the DIR 655 used to add ethernet connections and it piggy backs on to the DIR-825 for the internet itself. All works fine. However, I cannot use the wireless on the DIR-655 to get to the internet. I have it set for a different channel and is has a different SSID, but for some reason it won't connect through the wireless connect. I checked on one of the ethernet PCs and it was just fine going through the 655, but the wireless stops. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted June 30, 2012 Veteran Share Posted June 30, 2012 Wait are you running 2 DHCPs then? Your 825 is the main connection and then should be to DHCP server and Gateway mode. The 655 should be set to "Router" mode under the setup area. Either that or you disable the DHCP on the 655 and connect the LAN cable to one of the LAN ports on it. Then setting the SSID to be the same, different channel you can get devices to roam around the house without loosing connections and any device that connects to the 655 via LAN or WLAN will get it's IP address from the 825 and therefore be able to talk to all the devices on the network. So for steps DIR-825 - normal router setup Turn off DHCP on 655 LAN port - LAN port on 655. Set wireless on 655 to match 825, same SSID/Password just different channel. Enjoy beautiful working network :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 No- 1 DHCP, from the 825. If I set the SSID the same, how would the device know which to connect to. I have them named differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 What is with people on here lately hooking up 2 routers thinking it's a good idea or not doing it correctly. You need to get rid of the 2nd router and add a switch to add new ports. And if you want to extend your wireless you need to get a wireless repeater or add DD-WRT and turn the 2nd router into a repeater if supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 It's not to extend the router. I don't need additional coverage. I need it to get a proper address in the Roku, and the DHCP doesn't work right. I can't configure the Roku, so I am trying to see if the wireless on the second router, which has been in this configuration for a while, can be added and made to pass through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Reset the old D-Link to factory defaults, configure from scratch and see if it behaves correctly. Why not just remove the old router and setup the new one?? Either way, why have two routers? You're ****ing up the works that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 I need the ethernet ports. The new router has the malfunctioning DHCP server. Roku comes up with the wrong IP assigned address, as do others. DHCP, again, is turned off in the older router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 I reset the device, and sure enough it seems to work now. I'm sending this through the older router's wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 yea nothing wrong with 2 routers if you set it up right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted July 3, 2012 MVC Share Posted July 3, 2012 ^ and you mean set up how is right? There is no reason to double nat, and your going to have issues. Now if what you mean by setting it up right, is using your old or 2nd router as just a wireless accessport or as a switch sure. Then sure I agree with you. If you need more ports then sure you could use some routers ports as just switch. This would mean disable of its dhcp and wireless, and making sure its lan IP does not conflict with your existing IPs. And not using its wan port. Same sort of thing to use it as just an accesspoint - minus turning off its wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Budman, that is EXACTLY how I am trying to set it up. Since the DHCP issue is NOT in the D-Link routers after all, I'll disable the wireless on the other router. It's main function is simply to be a pass-through device. No DHCP, no DNS, no anything other than ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted July 3, 2012 MVC Share Posted July 3, 2012 Then sure you can use any wireless router as accesspoint/wireless switch. Just change its IP to be on your current network, say your main gateway router is 192.168.0.1/24 -- which dhcp scope of .100 to .150. Change your second router to use say 192.168.0.2/24 as long as your not using anything else at that IP. Turn off the 2nd routers dhcp server, setup the wireless how you want it. And connect the 2nd router to your main router via one of its LAN ports, not its wan! And shazam you have a wireless access point and more switch ports on your network. If your having issues, make sure the 2nd router does not have some security feature like AcessPoint/Wlan Isolation turned on. This can prevent wireless from talking to to other wireless and talking to wired clients in some devices. If they block from talking to wired devices than you could have issues using it as AP with that security feature enabled since your using its lan port to connect to your network ;) This is how I currently use my wireless router, since I run pfsense as my router/gateway/firewall. Any wireless router can do this, any of them!! And to be honest they are normally cheaper than buying a true AP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry the Lobster Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Exactly what I have done. Router 2 is set to 192.168.0.2. Actually used it that way for a long time. It was the Airave that caused the mess. On the second router, all the features other than wireless are turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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