[PLUG] Network confusion
Bill Barry
bill at billbarry.org
Sun Feb 23 20:56:46 UTC 2014
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a new phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3), so I needed to get it
> working with my Linksys WRT54G. The Linksys is connected to the main
> router (D-Link), as are two switches for ethernet connections. The only
> thing I use the Linksys for is the phone; everthing else is connected
> via ethernet (laptop, desktop, HDHomeRun).
>
> When I tried to connect the phone to the Linksys it can't get a
> connection. Neither can myt laptop. From Firefox I can get into the
> D-Link (192.168.0.1), but Firefox cannot connect to the Linksys
> (192.168.0.179).
>
> The reservations in the D-Link are:
>
> Linksys 00:0F:66:09:8C:BF 192.168.0.179
> Desktop 00:1A:92:E4:39:68 192.168.0.155
> HDHR- 00:18:DD:03:D3:9F 192.168.0.135
> Laptop 00:23:54:8C:65:20 192.168.0.126
>
> Also, I actually have two wrt54G routers, so I swapped them out, but no
> change.
>
> >From the command line on the laptop:
>
> ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:f5:ef:f2:59
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:8c:65:20
> inet addr:192.168.0.126 Bcast:192.168.0.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::223:54ff:fe8c:6520/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:49218553 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:64499368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:6638232415 (6.6 GB) TX bytes:54929998969 (54.9 GB)
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
> RX packets:648109 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:648109 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:57506452 (57.5 MB) TX bytes:57506452 (57.5 MB)
>
> The results from ifconfig above are baffling. Why are there two
> ethernets? And I assume that the missing wlan0 is because something is
> wrong with the Linksys configuration. When I disconnect the cable
> between the D-Link and the Linksys the lights on both go out, so the
> connection must be OK.
>
> Consider that I am an idiot when it comes to networking. Any suggestions
> welcome.
How is the Linksys connected to the D-Link? You should have a wire
going from one of the LAN ports on the Linksys to one of the LAN ports
on the D-Link.
You do not want a wire going from the WAN port on the Linksys to the
D-Link. The WAN port on the Linksys should not have anything connected
to it (footnote).
(footnote unless you have purposely bridged the WAN port so that it
can act as a LAN port)
Bill
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