Help, I'm a networking idiot today..

[Luke7777]

well actually most of the times, but I'll admit it today
Existing Setup :

Netgear DG834GT (192.168.0.1) in the study. Have 3 PCs linked via wireless and 2 wired, Xbox also wired, when in the study. Fixed IPs assigned by the router, based on MAC. All clients DHCP.
Looks like this :
IP Address Device Name MAC Address
1 192.168.0.11 XBOX360
2 192.168.0.10 Me
3 192.168.0.9 Boy1
4 192.168.0.8 Boy2
5 192.168.0.12 Wife
6 192.168.0.2 Linksys

I want to put the WRT54G (with DD-WRT) in the lounge, mainly to connect the xbox to (wired), linking via wireless to the Netgear in the study . As a matter of fact , linksys must just pass on everything connected to it , onto the Netgear. This is where I'm clueless. I assume linksys in client mode, but further...

 

[CrzWaco]

Not sure if this will work but tell me if it works so I know... and can edit or delete this post

Change the Ip address for the Wrt54g to use the gateway on the netgear.
So the Netgear is 192.168.0.1 and then just use the Wrt54h gateway as 192.168.0.1
Ip address for the xbox could be the same I think.

 

[Luke7777]

It's a very different note that mine, but you're welcome....this once

 

[waynegohl]

It's a very different note that mine, but you're welcome....this once

na no probs i will delete it and post it again later in its own thread. thanks man.

 

[Luke7777]

In the meantime, I'll take a look at this Hopefully I'm on the right track

 

[Luke7777]

Well, it works now. Will try and figure out later why it does
Think all I did was on the WRT54G :
1. Set wireless mode to client bridge
2. Made SSID same as on Netgear
3. I had the gateway already setup as the IP of the Netgear btw. Whether it makes a diff, I don't know

Signal quality to Netgear not great though, around 20%. Will playing around with things like Xmit output (28mW currently) make a diff, or do I need to investigate that on the Netgear side ?