Using the Mega 105wr as a router

[Rinkhals]

I want to connect to an existing network via one of the ethernet ports on my Telkom Mega 105wr but I'm not having much success.

I'm not using the Mega's modem at all, I just want to be able to have the machines on the wireless 10.0.0.x network to join the existing network.

Under the 'Advanced' tab, using the 'Lan' menu to get to 'Lan Configuration' I see 'Lan Group 1' already configured with 'USB', 'Ethernet1' and 'WLAN' all listed and configured for the 10.0.0.x network with DHCP enabled.

I can only see options for 'SSID1', 'SSID2' and 'SSID3' listed under interfaces.

Is it not possible to configure the 4 ethernet ports to separate networks? Or are they all bound to 'Ethernet1'?

In any case, I removed 'Ethernet1' from 'Lan Group 1' and placed it in 'Lan Group 2' and then configured it as a static IP on the other network.

What I was expecting was for the machines on the 10.0.0.x network to be able to access the other network, but this hasn't happened.

Clearly I need to configure the Routing.

Under Advanced->Static Routing I can select 'Lan Group 1', but it requires a destination IP, mask and gateway and I am unsure of what to enter. Certainly the Static IP of the 'Lan group 2' does not seem to work.

Can anyone assist?

 

[ichigo]

what i understand i think is that your solution is bridging both routers or whatever you have together

 

[Rinkhals]

My (probably faulty) understanding is that a router routes traffic over more than one network. Say my existing network is 192.168 37.x which is connected to the internet. I want to plug my Mega 105wr into this network and be able to have my wireless clients (which are on 10.0.0.x) access the 192.168.37.x network (and the internet).

Ideally I would like to configure the 3 remaining ethernet ports to have their own subnets; 10.0.1.x, 10.0.2.x, 10.0.3.x, etc.

My understanding is that the router should be able to handle this without configuring a bridge, but I'll certainly have a look at that.

 

[ichigo]

think you need a switch connected to your router for what you wanting to do since you dont want to bridge (Even my router cant give multiple static IP's on different networks)
Heard that billion switches are good

sorry for late reply was at mall

 

[Rinkhals]

Surely a router allows interconnection between two or more IP networks?

A switch just acts as an intelligent hub?

I'm not really fussed about multiple networks as long as I can get the wireless network (10.0.0.x) to connect to the existing 192.168.37.x network.

Failing this, I have a Debian box which I can configure as a router with a wireless dongle and an ethernet connection, which should also do the trick.