[RESOLVED] 2wire to router help

[lonewolf]

Hi all, I have this problem. I have a computer upstairs running Windows 7. I have it plugged in to my Bell 2wire modem for internet. I have a ethernet cable going from my 2wire downstairs to a D-Link EBR-2310 router. Then I have 2 computers plugged into the router so they have internet access. Everything works fine as far as the internet goes. My problem is I want to share the printer upstairs thats plugged into my computer with a USB cable and I also want to share some files on the computer upstairs also. I can't seem to get the computer upstairs to "see" the two downstairs and visa versa. If I plug the ethernet straight into one of the computers downstairs bypassing the router it works no problem. Is there a setting in the router I'm missing to allow the computer upstairs to share with the 2 downstairs.
Hope this makes sense. The computers downstairs are all running windows 7.

[Train]

Some 2wire modems have a router built in. Does yours?

[lonewolf]

yes, it's a 4 port.

[Train]

Disable the DHCP in the router and let the modem assign the IP numbers.

[lonewolf]

Do you mean the router downstairs or the 2wire?

[Train]

Downstairs.
Fact is you could have used a switch downstairs. Been cheaper to purchase too.

[lonewolf]

Hi Train, it still says there are no other computers in the homegroup

[lonewolf]

I looked in my 2wire under LAN and it shows a device at 192.168.2.40 port 3 which I believe is the router.

[Train]

What is the make and model of the downstairs router. Need that.

Found this about the 2wire.

Defaults may vary by ISP, but the IP address settings based on firmware version are:

3.5.x and prior (I think Bellsouth models may have used 192.168.x.x version of this):
- 172.16.0.1 IP Address
- 255.255.0.0 Subnet Mask
- 172.16.1.33-254 DHCP Range

3.7.x and newer:
- 192.168.1.254 IP Address
- 255.255.255.0 Subnet Mask
- 192.168.1.64-253 DHCP Range

I know for example that Qwest uses different settings on their 2700's:
- 192.168.0.1 IP Address
- 255.255.255.0 Subnet Mask
- 192.168.0.64-254 DHCP Range

Anything within the subnet that is not part of the DHCP range is available for statically-assigned computers, to avoid possible IP conflicts. The HomePortals identify computers based on MAC address, so they will tend to keep pulling the same IP address.

[lonewolf]

D-Link EBR-2310
I actually got it to join the Homegroup. I had the ethernet cable from upstairs plugged into the WAN port. Once I disabled DHCP I removed it and plugged into one of the 4 ports.
I still get internet and it let me join the homegroup and I can see the computer upstairs. However I can't open any of the icons for Documents Pictures Music etc... and the icons look funny not like they should.
I can see the computer downstairs from the one upstairs and access all of the shared folders from it and open them.
Any ideas, slowly picking away at it.

[lonewolf]

Well restarting the computer got the files showing. So I went to my Download folder and told it to share with the Homegroup. Which is why I started this in the first place. I got the folder to show up downstairs but it said the location was not available or had been moved. So I thought it worked once. I restarted and there you go Bob's your Uncle!!
Thanks Train you steered me in the right direction with disabling DHCP and using the router like a switch.
Thank You

[Train]

D-Link EBR-2310 default IP address - 192.168.0.1

Yes, as you noted , rebooting does straighten things out lots of times.
Glad you are up and running now.

[lonewolf]

only thing now is I can't get into my router by typing 192.168.0.1. Not important but kind of weird

[Midknyte]

That's why you'd want to change the IP of the "switch" router to an address on the same subnet, but outside the DHCP scope of the primary router.

A little late, but for next time:
http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

[Train]

And you can follow the RESET instructions in the D-Link manual.'

That will set it back to the default settings.