What do I set the IP address to on my second wireless router?

Question

I'm trying to hook up one wireless router to another and I can't seem to figure out what to put the IP addresses to. I tried

Internet IP address:192.168.0.1
subnet mask:255.255.255.0
gateway (I think this is default gateway, right) 192.168.0.3

I get this error saying something like ip address and gateway not at same subnet mask. I've tried other combos just changing the last 2 digits in the internet ip address and the gateway but I just get different errors.

Bottom line, what should I set the ip addresses to?

I heard that you should set it to static ip address when doing this which is why I'm having problems. Will DHCP work?

Answer 1

Your second wireless router shouldn't have an internet connection. So set the Internet side to DHCP (of course, it won't get an address, but that's OK) and set the internal IP address to something on the same subnet as your original wireless router. It doesn't need a gateway. Then make sure you don't plug anything into the Internet/WAN port on your second wireless router. Connect your existing network via one of the LAN ports.

Answer 2

Okay.. No.. DO set it to a DIFFERENT subnet addres, or else see if it can be set internally as an access point rather than a router., You can not have two default gateways on the same subnet without one being a failover. This means that if if you can not set the second router as an access point, which would be the best option, you need to set things up like so:

Router one. is 192.168.0.1 and serves DHCP from a range of addresses.

Router two has one of the LAN prts from router one plugged in to it's WAN port. It is configured on the WAN side to accept DHCP, or else given a staic ip of say.. 192.168.0.10. The key is to set the WAN side of router two to the LAN side of router one, thus tricking router 2 in to thinking router one is "The internet". On router two the LAN side must be different than that of router one. So set it to 192.168.10.1 or 10.0.0.1, and then have it serve DHCP to the second LAN.



Option three would be to do an actual subnet rather than two whole separate networks, but I promise, you don't want to go there with the netmasking and such.

Answer 3

each device in a network has a unique IP address. You do not need to change your router's address. Change the one on your computer. For example, if your router has an IP address on 192.168.1.1 then configure your computer to something like 192.168.1.2 If its taken try .1.3

Answer 4

If one router is 192.168.0.1 / 255.255.255.0, then the other router should be 192.168.0.X (x is anything else not currently in use by your computers or other devices) / 255.255.255.0, with a gateway of 192.168.0.1 (the first router).