router connecting to another router problem

[Makenshin]

My dad just recently bought a new router, and now the internet on my desktop isn't working anymore. My setup is:

My desktop has an internet card (not wireless) and I have that plugged into my own personal buffalo router, and my router is connected to the house router.

My dad bought a new buffalo router, the same model as the one I use for my desktop. Now, on my desktop I can access the network conection page by typing in the address of the router attached to my desktop, 10.0.0.1

The IP address on the family router is 192.168.11.1, and I can access it on my laptop, but not my desktop.

I had a friend that lives out of state help me set all of this up the first time, and since it is the summer, I haven't been able to contact him today. I don't know if you need to know this, but my friend flashed linux on my buffalo router instead of using the actual firmware it came with.

Any help would be appreciated and I will gladly supply more info if it is needed, I don't think I forgot something, but I probably did.

Thanks

[Ikith]

YOU CANNOT HAVE 2 ROUTERS NO NO NO NO NO YOU NEED A HUB! Sorry...

[Makenshin]

yes i can, i did have two of them and it workd. Just doesn't work now withthe new hse router

[Zigma]

YOU CANNOT HAVE 2 ROUTERS NO NO NO NO NO YOU NEED A HUB! Sorry...

NOT HUB! SWITCH! NOBODY USES HUBS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY R DUM!

Makenshin, just set the second router to act as an access point (or gateway), Since you said they're both the same model, should be able to bridge them but it can create some problems, I don't recommend you do this unless you have to.

If you don't have the option to set the router to gateway or access point, then I doubt you can network them. If this is the case, I suggest you exchange one for a switch.

[Makenshin]

I tried making it an access point, but had no luck. But I am not sure that I was doing it right, and there is something else I don't understand. If I type in the address of 10.0.0.1 into mozilla, I can only bring up the setup page while in linux, doesn't work if I am in windows.

WHR-HP-G54 is the model number of the Buffalo Wireless-G MIMO Performance* Broadband Router and Access Point with High Gain Antenna that I use. I tried looking in the manual file that came with it on a cd, I do what it says and it still doesn't work.

On the status page of the router, it says my router IP is 10.0.0.1, but it then says my WAN IP is 0.0.0.0, which doesn't make any sense to me.

[Zigma]

reset both drivers to their original factory settings, Set 1 to actually work like a router and set the other one as an access point/gateway, or just tell your dad to just take it back to the store and exchange it for a switch, he\'ll end up getting money back because routers are more expensive than switches when we\'re talking about consumer level.

[Killgannon]

k here's the thing

you're working with 2 diff subnets and that just aint gonna work the way you have it set up now sorry.

you cant go

 [Router] ---> [Router] ----> [PC2]
      |
      |
    [PC1]

and hope to have PC1 and PC2 talk... its just not gonna work... however

[Router] ----> [Switch] ----> [PC1]
                         |
                         |
                      [PC2]

will work... your problem right now is that you have 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x running you are running into the snag when you do this
your pc is lets say 10.0.0.2, so you go out a hope to 10.0.0.1, now your router is looking where to send your info next, that used to be the internet/modem, but now its another router so that router says "i dont accept packets from 10.x.x.x because i dont know that network bye" and drops everything however, if you set your router to be 192.168.1.2, and as an access point, you also take out that ip to be leased from the house router dhcp server, you should be good to go buying a switch is the easy way out but you can also do it the way i described

[Makenshin]

Ok, I went into my router settings through the browser and changed it to 192.168.1.2 and made my subnet 255.255.255.0 and I don't know what to make the gateway as.

[Zigma]

from the back of my head, router#1 should have the gateway of the modem that is given from your ISP and the sescond router should be your first router. give it an IP that won\'t conflict so both can communicate and you can use the internet.

It\\\'s a mess when I think about it in my head but I think that should work.

[Killgannon]

from the back of my head, router#1 should have the gateway of the modem that is given from your ISP and the sescond router should be your first router. give it an IP that won\'t conflict so both can communicate and you can use the internet.

It\\\'s a mess when I think about it in my head but I think that should work.

yes should...

router #1 should auto obtain the gateway it needs since unless you specifically bought a static ip with your isp (doubtful since you're clueless on this no offense) you shouldnt have to worry about that,

you will also need to shut off the dhcp server in router #2 and set it to gateway or switching mode if it has it otherwise it most likely still wont work

[Makenshin]

ok, so when I shut off the DHCP server on router #2, then I have to select a static IP address, and that requires me to enter a gateway. Is that the same gateway number as router #1?

[Killgannon]

you are still missing one very important fact, then 2nd router is not going to act as a router anymore, it needs to be in a gateway or switching mode if it has it, if it doesnt you are still going to have problems this is why we've told you just to go take one back and get a switch it will make things a lot easier

if you're refering to the default gateway for router#2 it will be router#1, your pcs on router#2 should get an ip from the dhcp server on router#1 if router#2 is in switching/gateway mode

[Makenshin]

Ok, I got the router to go into client mode, and am now able to connect to the internet while I am in linux, but can't when I am in windows. It doesn't recognize the hardware anymore, and since I flashed a different firmware onto the router, I can't use the cd to install the client software (which I didn't need before but somehow need it now).

Now I just got to figure out what stupid little picky windows thing I have to do to get it to work.

Oh yea, the problem was I had the SSID name wrong, i had an o where a 0 should be.... yea dumb problem but took 2 dayd to solve...

[Makenshin]

I got it to work....and the problem was a damn stupid one. When I was typing in the SSID I had spelt it wrong, and that's why it wasn't connecting and not working no matter what setting i had changed.

I did learn alot about IP's and the firmware that I use, DD-WRT. Thanks for the all input guys.