KRINGLE

i have a adsl modem connected to a wrt54g in gateway mode & i used to have a wap11 hardwired to the router outside connected to external antenna but it died.. so now i have another wrt54g setup outside connected to same external omni.. now the outdoor wrt54g is hardwired to the inside one but i cant figure out how to get net access for laptop from outdoor ap

the laptop is connected to the outdoor unit with mac & wep set but just need to know what settings i need to get the internet working..

astro_boy

What are your IP settings?
Is it via dhcp from your modem?

Go into command (Start>Run>CMD>OK)
Type in ipconfig/all
and what comes up as the ip, gateway, dns ?

Then, what is the IP of your Modem and both the wrts.

KRINGLE

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI
Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-D2-B6-79
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.24.100.125
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 17 February 2008 9:58:13 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 17 February 2008 10:58:13 PM

modem ip 10.0.0.138
first wrt54g 192.168.1.1
second wrt54g 192.168.1.2

Neutral

Sorry to intrude,

Are you connecting the 2 routers to the modem by their WAN ports? and is DHCP turned on in both routers?

I think what you have is 2 networks using the same IP address & the modem is getting a little confused.

The WAN ports on both routers should be IP address assinged by DHCP, this way the modem will give the routers their IP address & DNS setting.

Network 1, the first router should have 192.168.1.1 as the ether address & the DHCP start address could be anything higher, like 192.168.1.10

Network 2, the second router should have 192.168.2.1 as the ether address & the DHCP start address could be anything higher, like 192.168.2.10.

When you go from inside to outside & you go out of range from router 1 the laptop will find router 2 & hopefully reconnect you.

Hope this helps.

KRINGLE

ok way its setup is.
the inside router ip 192.168.1.1 has a desktop computer connected & working fine on the net. it does have DHCP enabled & the wireless is disabled..

the outside router ip 192.168.1.2 is hardwired with a 30mtr network cable to the inside router
the outside one has wireless enabled the laptop is connected but just need to figure out what settings for net access for laptop..

Neutral

How I would do this is:

Connect both routers to my Modem by their WAN Ports. If the Modem has only has 1 port then I would connect router1's Wan port to the Modem and Router2 WANs port to any of the 4 switch ports on router1. (doing it piggy back might slow the notebook down a little)

I would leave the wireless access point option turned on both routers.
I would just rename the SSID to be Router1 & Router2 on the second router.
I would use the same wireless security code on both.
I would change the ether address to 192.168.1.1 on router1 and 192.168.2.1 on router2, leave DHCP turned on both routers.

On my PC's local area network connection properties I would leave the IP address to Server.
On Notebook's Wireless network connection properties I would leave the IP address to Server.

The above should work for you OK, should it not work you can try adding a DNS server (ISP's DNS) address On Notebook's Wireless network connection properties.

You find this in the modems WAN setting or log.

Good Luck