problem: networking with BT Home Network 1200

I've been trying to get a BT Home Network 1200 wireless router to work but I
can't, and I was wondering if it had design limitations. There's a RJ45 port
at the back of this router which (as I understand it) connects to an
ethernet. I am using the BT 1200 as just a receiver. It's not connected to a
phone line.
I have a laptop with Windows XP and a BT Voyager 1020 card in it. I used to
have BT adsl but now I have blueyonder/telewest broadband. I have a Dell
desktop PC which plugs via ethernet patch cable into a Linksys DSL router,
which is then connected to the blueyonder cable modem. I should be able to
connect the 1200 router to the linksys router with a patch cable and surf
the net but somehow the 1200 router will not surf. I just keep getting 'Page
not available'.The signal strength on the laptop is exellent. From the
laptop - using 172.16.1.33 I can access the 1200 router interface. And using
then 192.168.1.1 I can access the Linsys router interface. But I can't get
beyond that. The Dell desktop PC surfs fine. The Linksys router is correctly
configured for multiple PC's to surf the net, and just to check this I
connected the laptop directly to the Linksys router with a patch cable and
it surfed fine.
Does anyone know what the blockage is with the BT 1200?

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:04:40 +0000, tonj wrote:

> I've been trying to get a BT Home Network 1200 wireless router to work but I
> can't, and I was wondering if it had design limitations. There's a RJ45 port
> at the back of this router which (as I understand it) connects to an
> ethernet. I am using the BT 1200 as just a receiver. It's not connected to a
> phone line.
> I have a laptop with Windows XP and a BT Voyager 1020 card in it. I used to
> have BT adsl but now I have blueyonder/telewest broadband. I have a Dell
> desktop PC which plugs via ethernet patch cable into a Linksys DSL router,
> which is then connected to the blueyonder cable modem. I should be able to
> connect the 1200 router to the linksys router with a patch cable and surf
> the net but somehow the 1200 router will not surf. I just keep getting 'Page
> not available'.The signal strength on the laptop is exellent. From the
> laptop - using 172.16.1.33 I can access the 1200 router interface. And using
> then 192.168.1.1 I can access the Linsys router interface. But I can't get
> beyond that. The Dell desktop PC surfs fine. The Linksys router is correctly
> configured for multiple PC's to surf the net, and just to check this I
> connected the laptop directly to the Linksys router with a patch cable and
> it surfed fine.
> Does anyone know what the blockage is with the BT 1200?


You need all your IP addresses in the same range;

eg:-
DSL router: 192.168.1.1
BT Home Network 1200: 192.168.1.20
laptop 192.168.1.21: default gateway 192.168.1.1

all netmasks set to 255.255.255.0

Should do the trick.

Graham

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:04:40 +0000, tonj wrote:

> You need all your IP addresses in the same range;
>
> eg:-
> DSL router: 192.168.1.1
> BT Home Network 1200: 192.168.1.20
> laptop 192.168.1.21: default gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> all netmasks set to 255.255.255.0
>
> Should do the trick.
>
> Graham

ah yes of course, I see it now. Thanks for your feedback Graham.