Home networking issue

Sounds like it could be an issue of the two rotuers not being aware of each other.

By default a router is set to believe it's the gateway between the Internet and your network. If you can return the wireless router a simple WAP will be less expensive and work easier.

Or, remove your router and just use your wireless router.

If you are saavy enough with router configuration, you can try to turn your netgear NAT capabilities off so it just acts as a WAP.

Personally I would remove the Conexant and just use the Netgear for everything.

well if your Conexant is a router/modem combination then adding another router creates another subnet.

So here's what you do. on the Netgear router WAN inteface, specify a static IP address on the same subnet as the Conexant LAN. [the Conexant with DHCP enabled will try to assign the WAN interface on the netgear but to specify the right default gateway you have to use a static address]. The default gateway that you will specify is the Conexant router IP address. DNS is the ISP DNS.

example: Conexant router WAN interface: ISP assigned IP address, subnet mask, DNS, and gateway. Conexant LAN interface: address 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1

Netgear WAN interface: 192.168.1.20 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 DNS ISP gateway 192.168.1.1
Netgear LAN Interface 192.168.2.1 DHCP address range 192.168.2.2-254 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.20 DNS ISP.

well if your Conexant is a router/modem combination then adding another router creates another subnet.

So here's what you do. on the Netgear router WAN inteface, specify a static IP address on the same subnet as the Conexant LAN. [the Conexant with DHCP enabled will try to assign the WAN interface on the netgear but to specify the right default gateway you have to use a static address]. The default gateway that you will specify is the Conexant router IP address. DNS is the ISP DNS.

example: Conexant router WAN interface: ISP assigned IP address, subnet mask, DNS, and gateway. Conexant LAN interface: address 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1

Netgear WAN interface: 192.168.1.20 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 DNS ISP gateway 192.168.1.1
Netgear LAN Interface 192.168.2.1 DHCP address range 192.168.2.2-254 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.20 DNS ISP.

I assume that the conexant modem/router is your ISP DSL connection and is most likely one of just a few devices your ISP supports. The most common setup is to Connect the Network Cable from the Conextant to the WAN/Internet Connection on the netgear router, then connect your computer (via cable) to the netgear device and setup the Netgear deivce. Now use the netgear wizard to set up the netgear device. For what you are trying to achieve I would recommend using NAT, Enabling Wireless Security and Enabling Pass Through.

From the symptoms you provide it sounds as if either the Wireless Card is not on the same channel as the netgear device or the netgear DHCP and wireless segment is not routing to the internet segment. If you can connect your computer directly to the netgear device and get to the internet then DHCP and the network segments are routed & working properly, if not then reset/start all devices - shut all of them down, the bring up the Conextant, then netgear - wait for the link lights to stablize, then bring up the Computer this should cause the Conextant to allocate a DHCP address to the netgear device and establish internet connectivity. If you can not establish internet connecitivity even using a cable, then as another poster commented you may need to setup routing between network segements.

For wireless setup ensure the router settings are the same as the wireless card - especially channel & encryption. (From the symptoms provided is sounds like this is the most likely cause - especially if a wired connection to the device works ok).

I assume that the conexant modem/router is your ISP DSL connection and is most likely one of just a few devices your ISP supports. The most common setup is to Connect the Network Cable from the Conextant to the WAN/Internet Connection on the netgear router, then connect your computer (via cable) to the netgear device and setup the Netgear deivce. Now use the netgear wizard to set up the netgear device. For what you are trying to achieve I would recommend using NAT, Enabling Wireless Security and Enabling Pass Through.

From the symptoms you provide it sounds as if either the Wireless Card is not on the same channel as the netgear device or the netgear DHCP and wireless segment is not routing to the internet segment. If you can connect your computer directly to the netgear device and get to the internet then DHCP and the network segments are routed & working properly, if not then reset/start all devices - shut all of them down, the bring up the Conextant, then netgear - wait for the link lights to stablize, then bring up the Computer this should cause the Conextant to allocate a DHCP address to the netgear device and establish internet connectivity. If you can not establish internet connecitivity even using a cable, then as another poster commented you may need to setup routing between network segements.

For wireless setup ensure the router settings are the same as the wireless card - especially channel & encryption. (From the symptoms provided is sounds like this is the most likely cause - especially if a wired connection to the device works ok).

First to establish that the configuration works, disable DHCP on both the Conexant router and the Netgear router.

The Conexant router LAN IP address is not provided by DHCP. It's a static address. So you create a WAN IP address on the netgear that is on the same subnet as the Conexant LAN. e.g. if the Conexant LAN address is 192.168.1.1 mask 255.255.255.0 then the WAN address on the Netgear is 192.168.1.2 mask 255.255.255.0. DNS is the ISP DNS address as provided by your ISP [should be shown in the status page of the conexant router]. The default gateway for the Netgear WAN is the Conexant LAN IP address 192.168.1.1

The LAN address of the netgear must be different than the WAN address. Therefore specify the Netgear LAN address as 192.168.2.1 mask 255.255.255.192.

Clients that connect to the Conexant router are configured with a static IP address in the address range 192.168.1.3-254 [as the conexant router is 192.168.1.1 and the netgear router is 192.168.1.2 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 default gateway is 192.168.1.1 [the conexant router address].

clients that connect to the netgear [wired or wireless] must be configured to use the netgear router. Clients are given static IP addresses of 192.168.2.2-254 [the netgear router is 192.168.2.1] subnet mask 255.255.255.192 default gateway 192.168.2.1 [the netgear LAN address] and DNS is the ISP DNS address.

Once you configure static address and you have internet connectivity, you can either use the static addressing or configure DHCP using the same addressing,subnet mask, default gateway, creating reservations in DHCP to exclude the static addresses assigned for the routers on their respective subnets. This is so that the Conexant router DHCP does not lease out the WAN addresses you gave the netgear router.

I have both connected up as per CG IT, but I still cant connect to the internet through the netgear. I have set up my PC with IP address 192.168.2.8, mask 255.255.255.192, gateway 192.168.2.1, ISP DNS and nada!!!
Is there anything that should be enable on either router to set this up or is my above gateway incorrect, should it be the conexant gateway that I point the PC to??