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Name: Findingo
Date: July 25, 2004 at 18:54:33 Pacific
Subject: Two Router one Network
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 3.0
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Hi I am trying to setup two routers with two different IP address and them make them see each other
In one of the router I’m using (Router A) IP 192.168.0.1 Sub 255.255.255.0 and on the other ROUTER (B) 192.168.2.1 Sub 255.255.255.0

I’m using 2 router and one switch to make this possible.
I have some computer connected two router A and some Computers connected to Router B.

Now I need to get some files from computer In network (A) from computer in Network (B )
But I can’t get to computer in network A from network B
Can anybody help me


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Response Number 1
Name: coza
Date: July 25, 2004 at 20:54:42 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Have you set a gateway in any/either Network?


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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer
Date: July 25, 2004 at 21:05:35 Pacific
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problem here is there is no one to tell the other subnet it even exists. Perhaps some static route adds in each router so each knows about the other will work for you.


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Response Number 3
Name: Findingo
Date: July 26, 2004 at 09:20:00 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I have not setup a Gateway IP Address in neather of ther Routers.
Which IP should I used in the (A) & Router (B)

Thank U.


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Response Number 4
Name: Jeruvy
Date: July 26, 2004 at 12:28:15 Pacific
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unless you bridge these networks (and I'd doubt your switches support this) you can't.

Try putting the computers on the same network segment.

A Network segment is a group of addresses. For instance using CIDR notation one network would be 192.168.0.0/24 and the other segment would be 192.168.2.0/24.

These networks are not equal so they will not route traffic. Since they are NON-ROUTABLE IP's the router should stop this from going past that device.

If the computers use ONE of these segments then you can now route the traffic normally.

If you need more basic instruction on how to build a network segment try www.wown.com for some great insight.


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Response Number 5
Name: wanderer
Date: July 27, 2004 at 16:50:46 Pacific
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Personally I would setup one router to do dhcp serving to all wksts in the 192.168.0.x address range leaving 192.168.0.1 and .2 reserved as router gateway entries.

The second router would not do dhcp and would have the lan gateway address of 192.168.0.2.

I would then configure half the workstations to go to .1 for gateway and the other half to .2 for gateway.

This way you can manually load balance your wan access between the two. This would eliminate the issue of two different subnets and not being able to route between the two.


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Response Number 6
Name: Findingo
Date: July 27, 2004 at 20:30:19 Pacific
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That setup of one Router as a DHCP server and the other just to have the same IP is not what I’m looking for. If I do that I will only have one network.


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Response Number 7
Name: Jeruvy
Date: July 28, 2004 at 10:26:49 Pacific
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The other way is use routable ip numbers in the PRIVATE range, then create routing tables between the two networks and make sure they can see each other. This is a tricky setup.


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