[olug] Override Default Route on a LinksysWRT54G?

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i am running a WRT54G in exactly the configuration that you are trying to.
after having problems with DHCP conflics, i shut off the server and now get
addresses off of the gateway router. i couldn't get DHCP to give the WRT's
WAN port an address, what i finally ended up doing was putting the router
into bridge/switch mode, then hooking up all connections to the switch
ports. the wireless acts as a bridge also, and DHCP passes through it with
no problem.

i would take a screenshot of the configuration page if i could remember how
i log into it. it's been a year since i set it up. i don't remember the
password even.


On 3/24/08, Shannon <ridgid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> if your connected via the lan port on the wrt. then I would look at the
> address you are getting from the wireless on the laptop. if you are not
> getting any address. then you need to go to the wrt54g and set the dhcp
> server to run in the same address range as your berfsr41 and then
> disable it. that should set the lan address on the wrt54g so that it
> match's the berfsr41. then when your  laptop looks for an IP that should
> have opened the path to the befsr41.
>
> if not. you might want to enable dhcp on the wrt54g and just let it hand
> out an ip range other then the berfsr41
>
> berfsr41
>
> 192.168.1.1
>
> dhcp leases  192.168.1.25 - 192.168.1.99
>
> wrt54g
> dhcp leases 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.150
>
> or whatever you need
>
>
>
>
> Dave Thacker wrote:
> > On Sunday 23 March 2008 23:39:24 Shannon wrote:
> >
> >> I think that depends on how you are connecting the wrt54g to the
> BEFSR41.
> >> is it connected up via the WAN port or a lan port?.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Both sides are connected via plan LAN port.
> >
> >> have you tried reseting the wrt54g to default?
> >>
> >
> > Nope, but I might do that tonight.
> >
> > What I'm seeing is
> > -The laptop can connect via wireless to 192.168.1.2 and run the web
> interface
> > -It can't get out to the internet because the brain dead WRT54G thinks
> the
> > default route to 192.168.1.0 is 192.168.1.2
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Shannon <ridgid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> OK, from what I'm reading, the WRT's IP is set static. It also
> doesn't
> >>>> hand out IPs, right?
> >>>>
> >>>> If this is true, then I would disable routing on the WRT and turn it
> >>>> into a bridge/switch. IIRC, a home router will block broadcasts that
> >>>> DHCP relies on. If that's what your problem is.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you can get to the BEFS wired router just fine, then I would alter
> >>>> the WRT's default gateway to be 192.168.1.1; that's the next upstream
> >>>> point for just about all webpages etc that it's going to need; you
> >>>> shouldn't have any valid connections going the other way,
> >>>>
> >>>> On 3/23/08, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm having a senior moment.   Here's what I'm after:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Cox Cable and the Internet
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Linksys BEFSR41 (Router)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  DHCP Served Here!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Linksys Wireless WRT54G  (Access Point)
> >>>>>  192.168.1.2---------------------My Laptop
> >>>>>  No DHCP
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  I thought I had this running at one point.
> >>>>>  On the wireless router I've
> >>>>>  -set the ip
> >>>>>  -disabled DHCP
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  On the advance routing page I've set
> >>>>>  -Operating Mode=router
> >>>>>  -RIP=disabled
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  The WRT54G shows a default route to 192.168.1.0 using gateway
> >>>>>
> >>>> 192.168.1.2 and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>  netmask 255.255.255.0.   I don't seem to be able to delete it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Do I have to move the wireless to 192.168.2 and serve DHCP on that
> >>>>>
> >>>> segment
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>  too?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  Any ideas?
> >>>>>  Dave
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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