[DJ-Specter]

i have 2 different lan ports on my mobo and i've managed to share the net connection i have from one router through my pc and to another router however i cant access the homepage for the second router as it doesn't register under the network window, but i can see all the computers connected through both routers under the network window but only the router connected to the net is visible. i'm running vista 64 home premium, asus P5Q deluxe, 4gb g.skill ram, 2.4ghz quad intel @ 3ghz.

[JohnWill]

WOW! I have no idea what you're trying to do or how the systems are configured!

How about a clearer explanation and a diagram of how all of these pieces are connected?

[kkurkowski]

Why would you want to do this in the first place?

And did you make sure both routers have different IP addresses?

[avisitor]

Why???

That seems really convoluted. Why not just connect the two routers together.

[DJ-Specter]

ok, sorry for the confusion about this. i share a house using a wire with 5 other people who share the same router which is downstairs - i have two lan connections on my mobo so i was trying to, use the second lan connection and a second router to have a seperate network upstairs in my room but share the 1st lan connection's net connection through my pc. so there's a wire comming out of my second lan connection which goes into the 1st computer input of the second router. this shares my net connection to other pc's plugged into my second router but only if i restart the router every time i wanna access the net.

[Dezaras]

I believe what surprises the others responding is it would be far simpler to just use the Ethernet from the first router that come to your room and configure the router you are putting in your room so that your computer and any others in you room would just connect to that router. is there a specific reason that you need to use both lan ports on your mobo?

[JohnWill]

Just configure the secondary router as follows and connect the extra machines to it. This will turn it into a WAP and greatly simplify this issue.

Forget about the second port.


Connecting two (or more) SOHO broadband routers together.

Note: The "primary" router can be an actual router, a software gateway like Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing, or a server connection that has the capability to supply more than one IP address using DHCP server capability. No changes are made to the primary "router" configuration.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router(s) to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address, 192.168.0.253 for another router, etc.

Note: Do this first, as you will have to reboot the computer to connect to the router again for the remaining changes.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router, channels, encryption, etc.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

This procedure bypasses the routing function (NAT layer) and configures the router as a switch (or wireless access point for wireless routers).

For reference, here's a link to a Typical example config using a Netgear router