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[Boss429]

I have a 4port linksys Router comming off a Cable modem. In the linksys uplink port is my SMC 4port wireless router. My comp behind the SMC on a WIRED connection.

Need to verify procedure to integrate the SMC into the Linksys network, seemlessly. Such that I can can access the linksys networks shared printer. Currently this does not happen.

Linksys Router : BEFSR41 (need to verify it, but it is close to this one)

SMC router : SMC7004AWBR or SMC7004VWBR

either way the SMC has 4 ports, Plus WAN maybe they just have some mixed up info there. has all features of the A model but has the 4 ports Plus WAN.



the default internal IPS are

192.168.1.x for the Linksys

192.168.2.x for the SMC

at the moment the linksys is pretending the SMC is a computer and giving it a IP. Im sure there is a function in the LINKSYS for the PROPER setup and implementation of the UPLINK port (or port 1 on some models)

Should i have the SMC use the same internal DHCP, while using STATIC Ips from the LINKSYS?

Or should i completely change one of the INTERAL IPs to something like 172.16.5.xxx ?

Currently, I cannot access any computer on the Linksys part of the network, including printers. however i can access the internet.

THis needs to be reverse or backwards compatible to. i need the Linksys network to "SEE" not just the router, but through it to the rest of the network, or sub-network.

[forbin]

Boss,

Yep .. The router just takes up one port of the Linksys (No IP assigned). Each computer on the network (either wired or wireless) will request an IP via the DHCP server (The Linksys)

If you have the SMC already hooked into the Linksys and your wireless comps can get to the Internet, then you would just need to disable the DHCP server on the SMC .. If this is not the case, then respond back as there may be one item that you may have to do to get this configuration to work .. (you may need to use an 'uplink' port on the linksys or a crossover cat5 cable to hook the SMC into the Linksys .. No biggie, but each manufacture's router handles this differently (The key here is WHAT the Linksys requires to hook another router into it .. I don't have a Linksys router, so I can't really answer this)

My configuration is similar ...

Linksys Wireless -> Netgear 8-port router -> Sonicwall Soho -> Cable modem

In my case, it's the Sonicwall that acts as the DHCP server ...

Hope this help ...