printing through a router, from the wan side?

Question

I have a router in my house that connects to some wired network jacks in a few rooms. I have one network jack in my office that needs to be shared by a printer and a desktop. obvious solution is to use a second NAT router. But how do I print to that printer from other points in the house: these are now on the WAN side of the second NAT router.

For hardware I can use either a Netgear WG614v4 or a Linksys BEFSR41v2.

If I understand the lingo, I need the second router to be a hub. My idea was to turn off the DHCP server on the router so that the printer and desktop would go to the outer network for IPs and I could then address the printer directly by its IP. That didn't work: the desktop and printer lost connectivity to the world and the world was still unable to see them.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You answered you own question, turn of DHCP on second router and then you will not have a sub net. The other way will work but, one network is simpler. So just use the other router as a hub.



Reasons it may have not worked uplink from the two routers was not correct. Use an uplink port if one has it or a crossover cable. Don't use the WAN port as an uplink port.



Set all machines to use DHCP



Make sure just one router is using DHCP



The router acting as a hub needs a IP addy asigned on same network but outside the DHCP assignment range.



Once all hardware is configured test connection by test pings from each computer to the primary router/gateway. If good then run the network setup wizard on all PCs



Added: Make sure you network printer is set to use DHCP if it is static then assign an IP that is on the same network.



Added: That is if you need to use one of the two routers you mentioned, but as stated below a simple 5 port switch would make things much simpler. A lynksys 5 port switch would run at most $30 USD from a retail outlet. You could buy it online and get it for about half that.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Do NOT use a router. Use a small network switch, this will not cause conflicts as a router can.