Interconnecting Linksys Routers

I'm trying to cover a hotel with wireless internet service. Currently,
I have two Linksys routers; a model WRT54GX4 (Wireless G w/ SRX400) and
WRT54G. I also have the Linksys range expanders which I do not wish to
use for the project.

When I arrived at the hotel, the WRT54G was in use with the range
extenders. The range extenders constantly lost connection with the
router. We simply don't have a suitable place to place the expanders
within range of the routers while still covering the maximum range of
the hotel. I bought the router with SRX400 after reading multiple
reviews claiming that its range covered well over 160 ft.
Unfortunately, the hotel seems to have to many walls and too much EMI
for this router to cover that distance. Instead, it covers about 100
ft.

What I would like to do is wire the two routers together and use them
both to provide wireless access throughout the hotels. This setup
requires that I use one router as a gateway for the other. Every
method I have attempted has failed. As far as I know the following
setup should work:

The SRX router connects to the cable modem via the WAN port. I give it
a LAN address of 192.168.0.1. I then ran a cable from the SRX's LAN
port to the 54G's WAN port. I gave the 54G a static address of
192.168.0.10, with gateway of 192.168.0.1. Its LAN address is set to
192.168.1.1. Both of the routers are set up as gateways with DHCP
enabled.

Now, I am able to connect to either router wirelessly. When I connect
to the 54G, I am unable to access any external sites. Running
diagnostics finds that the 54G can ping 192.168.0.1. It is unable to
ping anything beyond that. The same symptoms occur when plugging a
computer into a LAN port.

>From the SRX router, I am able to access the internet entirely. Can
anyone suggest where I have gone wrong in setting up this system? What
can I do to ensure a computer connected to the 54G can access external
sites?

Thank you in advance for any help.

PhilBert wrote:


>> From the SRX router, I am able to access the internet entirely. Can
> anyone suggest where I have gone wrong in setting up this system?
> What can I do to ensure a computer connected to the 54G can access
> external sites?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.

I have two 54G's wired that way, and no probs.. Maybe it's the one with SRX
that works funny? Why not try swapping them?

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 31 May 2006
19:59:22 -0700, "PhilBert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm trying to cover a hotel with wireless internet service. Currently,
>I have two Linksys routers; a model WRT54GX4 (Wireless G w/ SRX400) and
>WRT54G. I also have the Linksys range expanders which I do not wish to
>use for the project.
>
>When I arrived at the hotel, the WRT54G was in use with the range
>extenders. The range extenders constantly lost connection with the
>router. We simply don't have a suitable place to place the expanders
>within range of the routers while still covering the maximum range of
>the hotel. I bought the router with SRX400 after reading multiple
>reviews claiming that its range covered well over 160 ft.
>Unfortunately, the hotel seems to have to many walls and too much EMI
>for this router to cover that distance. Instead, it covers about 100
>ft.
>
>What I would like to do is wire the two routers together and use them
>both to provide wireless access throughout the hotels.

That might work best with mildly directional antennas pointing in opposite
directions. Put the routers on different non-overlapping channels and with
the same SSID.

>This setup
>requires that I use one router as a gateway for the other. Every
>method I have attempted has failed. ...

Configure one router as an access point, as described in Wi-Fi Fixes below.

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