kevinzak
02-28-2009, 09:13 PM
Alright, here's what I have. I have a personal office (OFFICE1) on the first floor of my house that contains my internet modem as well as my Wireless-N router (a Cradlepoint MBR1000 if it matters). My modem connects directly to my router (the Cradlepoint is designed to accept EVDO modems). I have CAT5 Ethernet cable connecting my personal office computer (COMP1) via one of the Cradlepoint's 4 RJ-45 LAN jacks.
I also run a computer repair business in the summer. My workshop and business office (OFFICE2) is in my basement. I have about 45ft of CAT5 ethernet cable running from the Cradlepoint router in OFFICE1 to the computer (COMP2) in OFFICE2. This computer's motherboard has dual RJ-45 inputs.
Now, I used to have a Cisco SD205 switch that received it's internet source from a short CAT5 cable running from the second RJ45 port. I shared the connection through Windows networking. I did this because I also game on COMP2, and ping is obviously an issue there. I would use the switch to offer internet to the computers I was currently working on when I needed to update AV programs and the like.
The switch recently died, and rather than buy a new one, I thought I would just use the Linksys WRT-54G router I had laying around. I flashed it to the latest version of DD-WRT. It gets its internet source from the second RJ-45 jack on COMP2, just as the Cisco switch did. But here's the thing, I can't access the administration area of the Linksys router from COMP2 because the only connection the router has to it is purely upstream -- it's just giving it an internet source, not bringing anything back.
This isn't a huge deal, but I was just wondering. Other than giving the Linksys router an internet source directly from the Cradlepoint router and giving COMP2 internet through the second router rather than a direct connection the the Cradlepoint, is there anyway I can design this small network so I can access the administration of the Linksys router (192.168.1.1) as well as my Cradlepoint (192.168.0.1).
I suppose I could set up an internet access instead of local access, but I don't know. What are my options here?
I also run a computer repair business in the summer. My workshop and business office (OFFICE2) is in my basement. I have about 45ft of CAT5 ethernet cable running from the Cradlepoint router in OFFICE1 to the computer (COMP2) in OFFICE2. This computer's motherboard has dual RJ-45 inputs.
Now, I used to have a Cisco SD205 switch that received it's internet source from a short CAT5 cable running from the second RJ45 port. I shared the connection through Windows networking. I did this because I also game on COMP2, and ping is obviously an issue there. I would use the switch to offer internet to the computers I was currently working on when I needed to update AV programs and the like.
The switch recently died, and rather than buy a new one, I thought I would just use the Linksys WRT-54G router I had laying around. I flashed it to the latest version of DD-WRT. It gets its internet source from the second RJ-45 jack on COMP2, just as the Cisco switch did. But here's the thing, I can't access the administration area of the Linksys router from COMP2 because the only connection the router has to it is purely upstream -- it's just giving it an internet source, not bringing anything back.
This isn't a huge deal, but I was just wondering. Other than giving the Linksys router an internet source directly from the Cradlepoint router and giving COMP2 internet through the second router rather than a direct connection the the Cradlepoint, is there anyway I can design this small network so I can access the administration of the Linksys router (192.168.1.1) as well as my Cradlepoint (192.168.0.1).
I suppose I could set up an internet access instead of local access, but I don't know. What are my options here?