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More info?)
I solved it by using only the wireless Gateway as my main router. The other
one I will sell - or keep as spare-part.
Thank you all for great answers that I learned a lot from.
"Yves Konigshofer" <yvesk@sStTaAnNfFoOrRdD.edu> skrev i melding
news:c5rj3m$bj8$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> In general, you only want one device that can function as a router.
>
> If the wireless 11g cable/dsl gateway is a router, then you will have some
> problems. It it is and if you can, return it for a wireless access point
> instead of a wireless router (since you already have a router). To use a
> router as a wireless access point, you need to turn off the built-in DHCP
> server, you may need to manually assign it an IP address, and you need to
> make sure that you connect it to the router via a LAN port and not the WAN
> port you would usually use to connect it to a cable/DSL modem. Also, in
> general, a router can only be configured from a LAN port so your computer
> must be connected to the LAN port of the router being configured.
>
> If the gateway is an access point, when connected to the network, it is
not
> supposed to request an IP address and it is not supposed to be on the same
> IP address as any existing device (so it should not choose be
192.168.1.1).
> While it will not request an IP address, it will occupy one (generally,
> somewhere in 192.168.1.x). This is because most people have cable/DSL
> modems that will only assign one IP address. If the access point requests
> and is assigned that single IP address then you cannot use any wireless
> devices unless your cable/DSL modem is allowed to assign a second IP
> address. This is not the case for a wireless router that will request an
IP
> address and then all devices connected to the router will appear to
> send/receive data from that IP address. So, if you have a wireless access
> point, you need to locate its IP address. This is usually done by using a
> utility provided by the manufacturer. Since you state that it is supposed
> to be found at 192.168.1.1, it seems that you have a wireless router
instead
> of an access point.
>
> -Yves
>
> "Arne Fredriksen" <apfred@online.no> wrote in message
> news:8Oagc.7198$px6.101108@news2.e.nsc.no...
> > I have installed an ADSL router from 3Com to which I have connected all
my
> > cable-devices (computers, Playstation, printers). The address to this
> router
> > is - as always 192.168.1.1
> >
> > I also wanted to use some wireless equipment, så I bought an Wireless
11g
> > Cable/DSL gateway. This equipment also has the address 192.168.1.1.
> >
> > I have connected the Wireless gateway to the ADSL router, but I am not
> able
> > to get into the wireless gateways logon.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
>
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