Can see my modem but not my router???

[ScruffyG]

Hi

I have a kcorp klg 575 router and a linksys modem adsl2mue. running windows xp home.

When I put 192.168.1.1 into my browser I get the modem but not the router, actually sometimes I do get the router and that's my problem I want to get it all the time. I have tried clearing the cache and deleting cookies but nothing seems to work, it seems to be more miss than hit. Even plugging into the router with a cable doesn't work. Although having said all that sometimes for some reason all of the above does work.

I have a desktop pc and there are often 2 laptops in the house plus my xbox which is wired to the router, I need to change some settings to get around the NAT but can't always access the router when I need.

any help greatly appreciated

thanks
G

 

[Couriant]

Well, the modem should not get that address...

Have you tried taking out the modem so you can connect to the router?

 

[ScruffyG]

Yes I have. The frustrating thing is that sometimes I can get to the router with everything wired up but most often I can't.

 

[Memnoch322]

Well, how do you have the modem configured? with the PPPoE location on the modem or after it? or do you have it in bridge mode?

 

[ScruffyG]

Good questions and ones I am not sure how to answer. I'm in the UK and hook up to BT adsl.
I am ppoa and on the modem there is a bridge setting but I m on the ppoa.

Since posting I have managed to change the ip address of the modem so now I can access them both. I have had to manually assign ip addressess to the pc's that access the network.

I hope that has solved the problem but with it being intermittent its hard to know.

 

[TerryNet]

The "modem" is a modem/router combo. So, in effect you have modem -> router1 -> router2.

Making sure their LAN addresses are different, as you have done, is one way to get that configuration to work, but no guarantee that it will always work.

Another way, mentioned by Memnoch322 is to put the modem/router into bridge mode. This bypasses the router part, but often means you need to configure the second router properly to connect to your ISP.

I think that the easiest/best way is JohnWill's method of configuring the second router as a switch and, optionally, wireless access point (and, beside, I haven't had the opportunity to copy this for a couple weeks!).

Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router 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.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router.

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!

 

[ScruffyG]

Thanks for that. I think I kind of follow although I thought it was just a modem.
specs below...
# network address translation (NAT)
# 1 x RJ11 WAN port for ADSL connections
# 1 x 10/100Base-T auto MDI-MDIX RJ45 switched LAN port
# 1 x USB LAN Port
# Integrated DHCP server
# VPN pass through for IPSec, PPTP and L2TP
# Web-based configuration.

Is it the dhcp server and below, that will enable me to do as you suggested. Do I make the linksys modem the bridge or the kcorp router the bridge, there is a bridge setting on the modem but I can't seem to find one on the router and whne I tried bridge mode on the modem it didn't work.

thanks
G

 

[TerryNet]

A few routers have a bridge mode, but that's not the same as the bridge mode on a modem/router combo.

By "bridge mode on the modem it didn't work" do you mean the bridge didn't work or you don't know how to configure whatever you need to connect to your ISP?

 

[ScruffyG]

The latter is probably most accurate, although over the last few days everything seems much more stable so I might just sit on what I have got for the moment, if it it aint broke and all.

if I do need to reconfigure things I will for sure jump back on the boards.

Cheers
G