[GTALUG] Second router as wireless ethernet bridge

[Thomas Milne]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Thomas Milne
<thomas.bruce.milne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 7, 2015 9:33 PM, "Stephen" <stephen-d at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     router 1 is 192.168.11.1, router 2 is 192.168.11.2
>>>
>>>     both have 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask
>>>
>>>     Router 1 gives out addresses starting at 192.168.11.5
>>
>>
>> Try giving the basement computer a static IP of 192.168.11.3 with gateway
>> of 192.168.11.2
>
> Well I have my Debian laptop connected to router 2 by ethernet as you
> describe for admin and testing, so ya I can view the router web interface
> and ping the router of course also.
>
> Neither the laptop, nor the wirelessless (tm) computer can access the
> internet this way.
>
>>
>> Make sure that you can ping the basement router
>>
>> Make sure you can access the basement router's control panel
>>
>> Make sure that the basement router has a gateway of 192.168.11.1
>
> Yes
>
>>
>> Use Open DNS on the basement computer
>
> Not sure what you mean, sorry. You mean blank, or use OpenDNS, the company?
> The problem is it can't get past the router it is connected to so...
>
>>
>> Try to ping an external IP
>>
>> Try to ping a domain
>>
>
> Either using gateway of .1 or .2 made no difference at all.
>
> No DNS, nothing. I tried 8.8.8.8, host unreachable.
>
> Thanks for replying! This is driving me bonkers...router 2 will not
> communicate with router 1 and I can't see why.

Could the problem be that router 1 is dual band? ie. it has two
SSID's, one for 2.4 and one for 5 GHz.

-- 
Thomas Milne