[mdlug] adding wireless to existing network

[Jim Broughton]

Novak, Louis (L.M.) wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I'm trying to add a LINKSYS WRT54G2 to an existing office network and am
> missing
> something I hope is relatively simple.
>
> The wired network is an ATT DSL serviced network using 192.168.0.x with
> the DSL
> gateway at 192.168.0.1
>
> I'm throwing away the auto setup on the WRT54G2 and trying to create a
> wireless 
> 192.168.1.x subnet(?)
>
> I can get on the wireless network but nothing makes it to the wired
> side. Can't ping
> the DSL gateway.
>
> Netmask on both is 255.255.255.0  Is that the issue?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.
>
>   
If you plug the wan port into your
network anything behind the WRT54G has to be in another sub-net.
 If you choose unwisely to use the wan port you will have to setup ROUTING
within the routers settings (ADVANCED ROUTING) . You have to choose to set
the device as a router and not a gateway. Then make the appropriate 
settings to
get it to work. Can't remember what I did for those it was a few years ago.

 I did this once then decided it was a pain. So  now I just use one of 
the 4 switch
ports to plug into my main router (192.168.0.1). Everything is on the 
192.168.0.X
network, including the wireless.
BTW I have a WRT54G version3 not a G2.

Jim