Small Office Network

Greetings, we have had to completely change our network around as it
has doubled in size over the last month. We are dealing with about
30-50 users for the entire building. I will follow one thread of the
network, the one that is giving us problems:

DSL-Type Modem (PPPoE)
to
8 port Router #1 (Linksys)
to
24 port Hub (SMC?)
to
8 port Router #2 (Linksys)
to
5 port Hub (Linksys)


....that is what we have ended up with... the problem occurs at the 2nd
Linksys router, everything below it cannot contact the internet.
Plugging into the 24 port hub allows net access. This 2nd router is
basically just being used as a hub, or that is that plan. I would
appreciate any basic newbie advice on getting this setup to work,
specifically on getting the two routers to live in harmony.


Thank you in advance!


linksyshell12345

On 11 May 2004 14:28:47 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Dennis) wrote:

>Greetings, we have had to completely change our network around as it
>has doubled in size over the last month. We are dealing with about
>30-50 users for the entire building. I will follow one thread of the
>network, the one that is giving us problems:
>
>DSL-Type Modem (PPPoE)
>to
>8 port Router #1 (Linksys)
>to
>24 port Hub (SMC?)
>to
>8 port Router #2 (Linksys)
>to
>5 port Hub (Linksys)
>
>
>...that is what we have ended up with... the problem occurs at the 2nd
>Linksys router, everything below it cannot contact the internet.
>Plugging into the 24 port hub allows net access. This 2nd router is
>basically just being used as a hub, or that is that plan. I would
>appreciate any basic newbie advice on getting this setup to work,
>specifically on getting the two routers to live in harmony.

Try this: connect the 24 port hub to one of the LAN ports on Router#2 instead
of using its WAN port. Then disable DHCP on the same router (let Router #1 do
that for you - assuming you're even using DHCP, of course).

In this manner, you *will* be using Router #2 as a switch instead of a router.

/daytripper