Dear Experts at Tom's Hardware,
Greetings from India.
I have basic level knowledge of network and setups with a home and small office setup and my ISP is ACT Fiber. My house is on the Ground and First Floors and office is on the Second Floor. My main modem cum router is iBall Baton WRX-150N with a default IP of 192.168.1.1. I have 2 network switches connected which give LAN connection to around 13-14 desktops. From the two network switches, I have direct LAN cables running into the Ground and First Floors of my house. My second router is Digisol DG-HR3400 with default IP of 192.168.2.1.
Existing Setup: My setup was iBall on Second Floor (Office) and Digisol on First Floor. The iBall router is connected to the ISP's cable in PPPoE mode with ID and Password entered. My Digisol modem is in DHCP mode with the LAN cable connected into the WAN port. It was very fine till now. No network conflicts. WiFi was working perfectly and all desktops workings were also working perfectly fine. I was also able to access the settings of both iBall and Digisol without any issues using their respective IP's.
New Setup: I have a DLink ADSL 2750U modem cum router lying with me. Though its an ADSL modem which doesnt have any use and I needed a new router to boost my signal on the Ground Floor, I thought I can use this to just extend my internet. There is also LAN cable ready which prompted me to connect it at the Ground Floor. The default IP for this device is also 192.168.1.1. The moment I connected this into the network, I have been having an unstable network. LAN and Internet working intermittently for certain desktops etc. The issues is resolved whenever I disconnect it from the network.
Then I thought maybe since the IP is 192.168.1.1 which is the same as my main iBall router, I should try and check if 192.168.3.1 would work. So I changed the IP in LAN settings of my DLink router to 192.168.3.1. The logic was, since my Digisol with similar setup and IP 192.168.2.1 is working perfectly, same should be the case with my DLink router as well.
Issue: The issue persists. Once the DLink router comes into play, the entire network goes for a toss and becomes unstable. Internet and LAN keep working intermittently. Network does not work.
Queries:
1) How do I configure the DLink router correctly so that there are no network conflicts?
2) In the existing setup, I was not able to access the desktops and printers while connected the Digisol WiFi Access Point. I could only access them when I am connected to the iBall Access Point. I played around a bit and identified that Bridge Mode can help me do this. However, I would like to know, does it make the network unstable or cause any issues ? This gives me the comfort to access network files, printers etc sitting at the Ground and First Floors instead of walking into the office for every small thing.
Thanks in advance !
Best Regards
Vinay
Greetings from India.
I have basic level knowledge of network and setups with a home and small office setup and my ISP is ACT Fiber. My house is on the Ground and First Floors and office is on the Second Floor. My main modem cum router is iBall Baton WRX-150N with a default IP of 192.168.1.1. I have 2 network switches connected which give LAN connection to around 13-14 desktops. From the two network switches, I have direct LAN cables running into the Ground and First Floors of my house. My second router is Digisol DG-HR3400 with default IP of 192.168.2.1.
Existing Setup: My setup was iBall on Second Floor (Office) and Digisol on First Floor. The iBall router is connected to the ISP's cable in PPPoE mode with ID and Password entered. My Digisol modem is in DHCP mode with the LAN cable connected into the WAN port. It was very fine till now. No network conflicts. WiFi was working perfectly and all desktops workings were also working perfectly fine. I was also able to access the settings of both iBall and Digisol without any issues using their respective IP's.
New Setup: I have a DLink ADSL 2750U modem cum router lying with me. Though its an ADSL modem which doesnt have any use and I needed a new router to boost my signal on the Ground Floor, I thought I can use this to just extend my internet. There is also LAN cable ready which prompted me to connect it at the Ground Floor. The default IP for this device is also 192.168.1.1. The moment I connected this into the network, I have been having an unstable network. LAN and Internet working intermittently for certain desktops etc. The issues is resolved whenever I disconnect it from the network.
Then I thought maybe since the IP is 192.168.1.1 which is the same as my main iBall router, I should try and check if 192.168.3.1 would work. So I changed the IP in LAN settings of my DLink router to 192.168.3.1. The logic was, since my Digisol with similar setup and IP 192.168.2.1 is working perfectly, same should be the case with my DLink router as well.
Issue: The issue persists. Once the DLink router comes into play, the entire network goes for a toss and becomes unstable. Internet and LAN keep working intermittently. Network does not work.
Queries:
1) How do I configure the DLink router correctly so that there are no network conflicts?
2) In the existing setup, I was not able to access the desktops and printers while connected the Digisol WiFi Access Point. I could only access them when I am connected to the iBall Access Point. I played around a bit and identified that Bridge Mode can help me do this. However, I would like to know, does it make the network unstable or cause any issues ? This gives me the comfort to access network files, printers etc sitting at the Ground and First Floors instead of walking into the office for every small thing.
Thanks in advance !
Best Regards
Vinay
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