School networking problems...I'm desperate

LeeDeatonLeeDeaton
edited May 2004 in Hardware
Ok, I'm the tech guy at my school. And we have a room where theres 8 ethernet ports in the floor and a couple on the wall (which are the same). 4 clusters, with 2 ports each.
And we have 10 or so desktops connected to the floor via hubs.
And we have 8 laptops that are all wireless, and we have a Model WRT54G Linksys Wireless-G router that all the laptops are connected to.
Now what we need to do is have all the laptops, be able to share files/printers with the desktops, but I've discovered that the router gives a different default gateway to the laptops since they're going through the router.
At school, we have a server that splits the T1 line that we have throughout the school, and we need the laptops to connect to the gateway that the desktops use (which is 167.128.something.something), right now the laptops' gateway is 192.168.something.something. I need help.

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Turn off DHCP on the wireless router. You want that router to be merely an access point for the existing router (the existing router being that "server that splits the T1") You need to re-configure the wireless router to be a network bridge, which means turning off routing and DHCP and running it in pure AP mode.
  • LeeDeatonLeeDeaton
    edited May 2004
    ummmm, I'm kinda a newb when it comes to networking, So if you could explain how to do that, that would be great.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Well, I'm a networking expert and I'm in the same boat as you - I have no idea how to do it on that particular router. I mean, do you want me to download the manual for you, read it, and then give you a play by play? It would be a lot faster for you if you did that, but if you want me to, give me a couple hours and I'll be able to post back on exactly how to do it. Maybe somebody else here has that router and they can hop in and tell you.

    Understand that I'm not trying to be mean here, even though it may sound like that. I'm trying to get the fastest response possible (this being the Emergency thread) and I think the fastest fix would be for you to download the manual for that router and figure it out. Do you have the login for that router (the username and password to get into it)?
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited May 2004
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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Oh, you're a friend of JENGO'S!!!?!?!?!

    Well, in THAT case:

    RTFM, n00b! ;D
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited May 2004
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  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2004
    ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wrt54gv1.1_ug.pdf

    Page 23. In the second pic there is a drop down box that has "automatic configuartion - DHCP" show. I would gets you could turn it off there.

    Default login is admin and password. Change this once you are in if you havent done so yourself. This should be under the setup tab once you are logged into the router at 192.168.1.1

    Hope that helps you out.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    mmonnin wrote:
    ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wrt54gv1.1_ug.pdf

    Page 23. In the second pic there is a drop down box that has "automatic configuartion - DHCP" show. I would gets you could turn it off there.

    Default login is admin and password. Change this once you are in if you havent done so yourself. This should be under the setup tab once you are logged into the router at 192.168.1.1

    Hope that helps you out.

    Given the manual, hook DHCP for ROUTER to the internet gateway's IP, the lappies will then get routed to right gateway by default. Internet gate will see always see router's IP, you then get to figure out WAP or WEP probably to secure things.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    WPA, not WAP.
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