Finding IP address to second router?

Question

I recently got a new Rogers Hitron modem with built in wireless. The wireless on it was terrible so I plugged in my old Linksys. Everything works fine but I want to access the Linksys admin page but looks like the Hitron took the default ip that the Linksys used to use. How do I find the IP address to my Linksys? In terms of setup, I have my cable into the Hitron....desktop computer into one port and the Linksys plugged into a second. Thanks

Answer 1

To configure the Linksys, you need the cable from your computer to go into it instead of the other router.

Answer 2

Best solution - disconnect both devices. Plug your computer up to only the Linksys directly via an Ethernet Cable (this is required to configure the way I am about to suggest you try).



Reboot your Linksys router and PC now that they are connected only to each other via a cable. This is not required (usually) but will ensure they are both in agreement on IP addresses and subnet masks.



The HTTP into your Linksys the way you used to get into it. Go into the settings and change the IP to a different network. If you do not know the IP address of this device it should normally either be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and if those do not work you need to reset the router or go to a command prompt in windows and type ipconfig/all and find the Default Gateway address, this is the routers IP address.



Change the Linksys routers network to something like 192.168.10.1 so that it is now on the .10 network. This will ensure it is different from the Rogers device. once complete, reconnect them as you did before you asked the question, restart everything and you should be fine.



If that does not work you need to ensure your Rogers device is properly configured and that it is not blocking anything. Also need to ensure both devices are working properly on their own so be sure to test them as being the only device connected if necessary (via a wired connection).



Not knowing your 'exact networking details' of all devices, connections, etc. I am unable to go beyond this so these are good techniques but is a guess of your network environment (including unknown protocols, firewalls, port security settings, 802.1 and 80.211 usage, etc.).

Answer 3

Sounds like they have the same IP address. This is not good.



You can use multiple routers provided they are configured correctly.



Unless you have experience in network configuration, it's not a good idea to use additional routers unless you turn off the routing functions and use them as wireless access points. Your wireless signals will interfere with each other if they're operating on the same wireless channel. A router also acts as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses, you only want one DHCP service running.



Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks. Computers that are connected to IP networks must be configured before they can communicate with other computers on the network. DHCP allows a computer to be configured automatically, eliminating the need for intervention by a network administrator. It also provides a central database for keeping track of computers that have been connected to the network. This prevents two computers from accidentally being configured with the same IP address. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol



You'll need to manually configure the second router before placing it into service. The IP address needs changed so it doesn't conflict with the first router, the DHCP functions should also be disabled on the second router.



You'll have to connect a PC or laptop directly to the second router via Ethernet and log into it's interface to change it's IP. You'll want to change this to something that doesn't conflict with the first router but is in the same subnet.



Plug a Ethernet cable from LAN port on the first router into one of the LAN ports on the second router, Don't use the second router's WAN port for anything. Also use non overlapping wireless channels such as 1, 6, 11. You can use the same SSID for everything.



For example if you main router has an IP of 192.168.1.1 and it broadcasts on channel 1.



Set your second router as an access point with an IP of 192.168.1.2 and have it broadcast on channel 6.



Although it is not absolutely necessary, I would also reserve the second router's IP in the first router's configuration or set DHCP to assign a range that doesn't include the second router. For example if your devices had the IPs listed above and you wanted to allocate up to 20 DHCP IP addresses you could set the range from 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.30. This way in case the second router were powered off for some reason DHCP would not assign 192.168.1.2 to another device which would cause an IP conflict when the second router was powered back up.



Good Luck...