Death Inc

So i got a whole heap of consoles / PCs on the network

attached Amateur pic of the connections
(http://i.imgur.com/d5RXQ.jpg)

Internet connected to modem 10.1.1.x
From modem - goes to TP-LINK 300M and to my Media Server (10.1.1.101 static)

from the TP-Link 300m everything connected on the 192.168.1.x Ip Range.

Now PC's can connect to the IP (name resolution not working)
but consoles wont connect. 

Now my question is, do i set the modem to 10.1.1.x then the router to a subnet of 10.1.2.x will this fix it or does someone have better ideas.

its too close to gametime for me to fuck with the modem/router settings :P

i'm confused what's not working apart from name resolution locally?

consoles wont connect to the media server 192.168.1.x <-> 10.1.1.101

soz for lack of deatil, wrote this quickly before the war :P

Is everything getting DHCP addresses from your TP-LInk or did you manually assign static addresses?

Can the consoles connect to the internet? Can they ping the WAG120N?
If not I'd say its a routing problem. Possibly the consoles have the wrong gateway IP address assigned. It should be set to the IP of the TP LINK.

Is NAT configured on the TP-Link? Since you already have NAT on the WAG120N you don't need NAT running on the TP LINK. Its possible that this is causing some of the problems.



You can get this working without getting rid of the 192.168.1.0/24 network. My advice is to get rid of it anyway to simplify things. Unless your media server is accessable from the internet and you're trying to set up some sort of DMZ but I really don't think this is a great idea for a home user.


Make sure DHCP  server is running on the WAG120N. Disable the WAN port and DHCP server on the TP LINK. Manually assign a LAN IP address in 10.1.1.0/24 network to the TP LINK. Connect the WAG120N into the TP LINK's LAN port (not the WAN port). Now, DHCP and DNS, internet connection and firewall etc will all be handled by the WAG120N. There's no need to enable them on the TP LINK as its just doubling up.

The only issue with the above is that you will get new IP addresses for everything in the 192.168.1.0/24 range. Alternatively you could set the WAG120N with a LAN address in this range, and still follow the rest of the above instructions. This will let everything else except the media server keep their IP Addresses (unless they are assigned by the TP LINKs DHCP server in which case you may have to go into the WAG120N's DHCOP setup and give them reservations manually).

For the above I've assumed that the two routers are connected via a cable. Any reason for both routers? If all your machines are connected over wireless I'd just ditch one of them to be honest. Or are you using one as a repeater or something?

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CBF writing a response.

i have an idea - get rid of the consoles :P

consoles are purely used and media streamers :D

the best solution as said above would be to remove one of the routers and have it all connected on the same IP range, one of the issues you get with this would also be a double nat which would cause issues with connection at times as well

if your using the second router as a extension of the main network i would suggest in getting a switch instead and you would loose the issues i would say

- keep the Linksys wag120n modem router
- remove the TP link 300m router
- get a switch ( like a linksys SE2800 (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/LATAM/en/products/SE2800) )
- problem solved

As many people would say the problem is purely the consoles, so feel free to pack then up and send them my way. I don't have enough door stops

Dk thanks for the massive writeup, started looking into it but the other flatty was geeking till late so couldnt make any changes.

Think tonight ill turn the Routers DHCP off, and then connect the modem to the router using a LAN port on the router not the WAN and hopefully turn it into a dumb switch with wireless functions :)

I would be as blunt as to say why the fuck are you running 2 routers on a home network...

Replace on with a switch problem solved.

just for the record, this is the setup at a shared house i moved into,  personally i hate this setup but the guy downstairs wants wired connection for his 2 consoles and PC because he hates wireless, and theres no fkn way im running wireless for my PC

The setup I described above will work for you if you don't want to buy another switch- assuming you have enough ports. Just gotta disable DHCP on one of the routers and plug everything into the LAN ports.

this x 1,000,000

Just do what the man says.

will do :P
Will do :D

This FTW (Sorry been a busy day at work but they nailed it)

this was also what i said backing up the other 2 :P

fixed :P  yall champs

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