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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.

[dewey999]

You can change the internal network addressing of the Linksys to match the SMC, that way they will both be on the same network. Linksys routers can't be assigned a class B subnet mask (255.255.0.0), at least the BEFSR41 I have can't.

You can also assign each computer a static IP address on the same subnet and forget about using DHCP.

I'm puzzled why you're linking 2 routers together anyway when the SMC has 4 wired ports. Why not just get rid of the Linksys and use the SMC? Do you need more than 4 wired connections?