vanillatoast
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- Sep 14, 2005
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I've read this thread about as well as I expect to be able to. I'm really close to having this working but it doesn't - the client router recieves an IP but can't communicate with the main router. I'm pretty sure I understand why, too.
My problem is that I am setting this up in an apartment that I haven't even moved into yet. The main router is in my landlord's section of the house--it's his internet connection and his router. I can http it but don't have a password for making changes.
Now. I think the problem is that there is IP address overlap:
1. I have no idea what the main router's DHCP address range is. There are only 2 or 3 other computers on the wireless network. One was given 192.168.1.10, mine was given .100, another was given something else ... the point is that I don't see any discernable pattern. I have no reason to believe that it will stop at 127 like we want, but I haven't seen it assign any addresses above 127 yet.
2. The IP address for the main router is 192.168.1.254. I'm sure this is what's causing the problem, it's just that i can't do anything about it.
Am I just SOL? I'm hesitant to ask my landlord for access to his router, since I've only talked to him 2 or 3 times. He is not technically literate and won't understand why I should have to access his router, at least in technical terms. Because of that, I'm pretty sure that if I ask him, he will either a) not want to give me the password, or b) not even know what the password is. And in the event that I get access to the router, I'm not even sure if it is advanced enough to customize those settings.
My last resort would probably be to buy him a new router. But is there anything else I can do, strictly with my WRT54G? And if I do get access to the router, is this what I should change the settings to:
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
router ip: 192.168.1.1
dhcp range: 192.168.1.2 - 127
?
My problem is that I am setting this up in an apartment that I haven't even moved into yet. The main router is in my landlord's section of the house--it's his internet connection and his router. I can http it but don't have a password for making changes.
Now. I think the problem is that there is IP address overlap:
1. I have no idea what the main router's DHCP address range is. There are only 2 or 3 other computers on the wireless network. One was given 192.168.1.10, mine was given .100, another was given something else ... the point is that I don't see any discernable pattern. I have no reason to believe that it will stop at 127 like we want, but I haven't seen it assign any addresses above 127 yet.
2. The IP address for the main router is 192.168.1.254. I'm sure this is what's causing the problem, it's just that i can't do anything about it.
Am I just SOL? I'm hesitant to ask my landlord for access to his router, since I've only talked to him 2 or 3 times. He is not technically literate and won't understand why I should have to access his router, at least in technical terms. Because of that, I'm pretty sure that if I ask him, he will either a) not want to give me the password, or b) not even know what the password is. And in the event that I get access to the router, I'm not even sure if it is advanced enough to customize those settings.
My last resort would probably be to buy him a new router. But is there anything else I can do, strictly with my WRT54G? And if I do get access to the router, is this what I should change the settings to:
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
router ip: 192.168.1.1
dhcp range: 192.168.1.2 - 127
?