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    2 Routers on network, how do I access 1 of them

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by mogger, Jun 2, 2010.

  1. mogger

    mogger Notebook Guru

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    I have 2 routers in my network, modem>router1>router2
    I can access router1 via 192.168.1.1, but what's the address for router2?

    I checked the DHCP client list on router1 but it didn't show router2's IP address.

    What's the address? :confused:
     
    mogger, Jun 2, 2010
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    You're probably going to have to reset it to factory defaults before you can access it now, but if you're running both in a chain, you have to give each router its own specific address so you can access it when needed; and disable DHCP on the 2nd router so it doesn't cause conflicts with itself.

    Once you reset it, just hard wire it to a computer and go change the static IP address, and go from there.
     
    Kuu, Jun 2, 2010
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  3. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do you have the second router setup as a switch/AP or is it a std router function. If std router function you will have to turn on remote admin to access it.

    Hopefully you have it setup like a switch/AP. If you did this right it will have a static IP outside of the dhcp range.

    If not here is how to set the second router up.
    Connect via wired,
    login to router.
    Turn off DHCP for the LAN ports,
    Assign a static IP to the router.
    Connect the routers together via lan to lan.
    The main router will issues IP's for your complete lan now.
    You will have access to both routers. 1 by gateway, other static IP.
     
    blue68f100, Jun 2, 2010
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  4. Biosci3c

    Biosci3c Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    If you are using the 2nd router as a switch/wireless switch, make sure you connect one of the LAN ports on the 2nd router to a LAN port on the 1st router. Don't hook up the WAN port of the 2nd router to a LAN port of the 1st router unless you want to have two basically separate networks.
     
    Biosci3c, Jun 3, 2010
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