I'm having problems...I bought a new wireless router and I connected it to my network switch but I can't seem to access the setup page for it unless I plug an Ethernet from my PC to the LAN port behind the new router since it's connected to the switch..every time I need to do a configuration I have to unplug it from the switch then plug my computer's Ethernet into it in order for the IP address to get int other routers site...Is there any easy I can access this stuff without unplug the router from the switch? also when I configured the router and plugged it back into the switch...it was not working properly..randomly kept stopping and working ...only worked properly when I plugged an Ethernet from my PC into one of the LAN ports in the back of the router.... please help. :(
Yeah I guess it's just going to be used as an access point because that will be for all the wireless devices only... No I did not turn of DCHP and Isn't the IP of the second router would just be 192.168.1.1 since it's a net gear router?
Yes it should use a default of 192.168.1.1 but what is the default of your isp modem/router combo? Basically decide if you want the ISP router to do your routing only and turn off its wireless, then you could setup your netgear to be your access point. Or you can possibly bridge your modem and then use netgear for routing and ap duties.
the router from my ISP I turned the wireless in it OFF and I did bridge the connection, the thing is that it works properly in the old Belkin router I had , Im noyo sure why this new one is giving trouble
You should turn off DHCP and give it an IP of for instance 192.168.1.2 if you are only going to use it as an access point. The upside to doing it this way is that you won't have a firewall in the middle of your LAN. The downside is that you will have one ethernet port less (let's say you keep the stock firmware), because the WAN port will not be able to be used.
The problem of accessing the router is probably because it has the same IP as the main router.
So your current connection is modem in bridged mode then to switch then to netgear? I think you should have it setup with modem to netgear then switch hooked to netgear lan port
My setup should work if you truly put modem in bridge mode which means it does not handle dhcp and wireless. If you only turned off wireless on modem/router from isp than it is still acting as your dhcp server.
There is something important to keep in mind here, the DHCP server that runs on the router is where you IP address come from.
If you are trying to set it up you can do this one of two ways: connecting to the LAN ports on the new router and type its the gateway IP address.
Alternatively, you can access the page from outside the scope of the new routers DHCP by typing the IP address it has from your current (main) routers DHCP, into your web browser.
If you do it my way, be sure to have DHCP activated on your modem/router-combo thing. Because as @sanfordvdev mentions, you need to have the DHCP at the entry point of your network, so to speak.
Strangely enough I did all those things but when I did this configuration it worked and I'm not sure why, ISP router > switch > Net Gear router > Lan port from net gear router > switch
Strangely enough I did all those things but when I did this configuration it worked and I'm not sure why, ISP router > switch > Net Gear router > Lan port from net gear router > switch
Umm not sure why that is working but that is not the right setup. So let's start over... Is modem in bridged mode or default? What model Netgear so I can maybe help with screenshots or something? Do you want Netgear to do all your dhcp,routing, and wireless?
Makes sense. The management interface is usually only accessible from the LAN, for security reasons.
Look, you are doing too many strange things. Simplify your setup. Put your modem/router into modem only mode (disable all onboard routing, wireless, etc) It should only give you a public IP address (or if it uses static, you should have that info).
Then just use your new router for everything. Connect your modem to the WAN port of your new router. Connect your switch to one of the LAN ports of your new router. I'd suggest putting everything on the switch, and overflow slower devices (100mbps stuff like printers) to the new router's LAN switchports.
Odds are whatever new router you have is better than the built in router on the modem, plus you have explicit control over it. Double NAT is bad. And using a new router only as an access point is a waste.