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[Tain]

This is an odd situation.

I've learned that, for the most part, Netgear routers suck.

I have a Wireless B one that works fine, but gets killed to the point of needing a restart most of the time I use bittorrent overnight or somesuch. That's alright.

But I also have a cheap Wireless G one that, no matter what I do, will NOT maintain a connection to the internet. I've messed with everything, and I can't get it to stay connected for more than half an hour.

I just got my new laptop, and I'd like to transfer between my wired desktop and this at Wireless G speeds, so I have the G router hooked up under the B. Internet connection works fine on the laptop, but I cannot see any of the computers wired to the Wireless B.

Any settings I need to specifically deal with? Is there any way to have devices under the G be in the same IP range as those under the B? Does it have to do with subnet masks?

 

[Lhadatt]

Moto is the only way to go for a router.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ce=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=145&Submit=Property

Either one will do. Return that cheap crap and get you one of these. I've never had my Moto fail on me; when it did it was my fault (firmware upgrade gone bad), but support helped me bring it back to life quickly. Support is in Georgia, and they know what they're talking about.

Besides, with a router under another router, you're getting into double-NAT, which ain't good. Double-NAT will screw with your surfing, port triggering, port forwarding, etc.

 

[zackattack]

try turning UPnP off, if it's on, for the connection problem. dunno about the other one

 

[Tain]

Upnp didn't help.

And I'm not looking to buy anything else; I'm heading to college in a week.

 

[Wraith]

I'm not sure why you need the B router. Why can't you just use the G router by itself?

 

[Lhadatt]

Upnp didn't help.

And I'm not looking to buy anything else; I'm heading to college in a week.

Well, if you're going to be stubborn about it...

Try a firmware upgrade on the B router.

 

[Tain]

I'm not sure why you need the B router. Why can't you just use the G router by itself?

As said, the G absolutely cannot maintain a connection to the internet.

Well, if you're going to be stubborn about it...

Try a firmware upgrade on the B router.

Already running the latest firmware on both.

...I did figure it out, though, hah. I just needed to set up the G router as an access point by deactivating DHCP on it and giving it a static IP in the same subnet as the B router, and NOT hooking it up through the WAN port. Never would've guessed that last one without some help.

 

[HokieJoe]

Tain, have you disabled the DHCP server on the downstream router? You can't have two DHCP servers on the same node.

I would also look at your modem as a possible culprit in your 802.11G router's inability to stay connected to the internet. Although you're probably right in pinning the router as the culprit, call or contact your ISP and your router manufacturer to see if there are any compatibility issues for your modem/router combination.

Good luck!

 

[chinch]

yup. sounds like user setup error more than "cheap" equipment

if in doubt go to all static IPs, shutoff DHCP on both routers and get it working before adding WPA.

 

[mrklaw]

I had major problems updating my setup.

I had a netgear 'b' router/modem. Upgrading to a turbo G router, so needed to keep the netgear for modem duties.

But they would not work together as routers, even with the 'b' wireless turned off.

The only way I could get them to work together, was to use the 'g' as a wireless access point, with one ethernet out - and the 'b' as a wired router/modem

 

[Phoenix]

Yes. Those netgear routers don't support the appropriate bridging protocols so they won't play nice with each other. One of them will have to go.