Hello,
I’ve been looking but not finding any answers to my dilemna, so I decided to finally post.
I have three computers at home and a LinkSys WRT54G router. Even though it is wireless, I am using it in full wired mode no 10/100 NICs. (it was cheaper buying this than a wired version…)
I want to setup an internel network (private LAN) with each PC being on a different SUBNET/SEGMENT. This is for practice and for certification purposes. My router already has connectivity to the internet and has 4-ports.
How do I do this with the router software and the static addressing parameters of Windows 2000 and XP Pro which is what I have?
So far, I tried segmenting with just two segments with two PCs and here is what I did, please feel free to correct me:
– ROUTER IP: 192.168.2.1
– INTERNET portion of router – configured with DHCP and works OK.
– PC #1: 192.168.2.100 (static)
– PC #2: 192.168.2.? (what do I set for this IP? – I tried .150 and the PCs do not see each other)
– DEFAULT GATEWAY on PC #1 network TCP/IP properties: 192.168.2.1
– DEFAULT GATEWAY on PC #2 network TCP/IP properties: 192.168.?.? – I don’t know what the “gateway” should be for second PC on the other segment – should it be 192.168.2.129 for example?
– SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.128 – so this should divide (segment) the network into to subnets of 126 addresses each, 192.168.2.1-192.168.2.126 and 192.168.2.129 – 192.168.2.254
What have I done wrong that the PC’s do not see each other when I set IP of PC #1 to 192.168.2.100 and IP of PC #2 to 192.168.2.150 (subnet mask 255.255.255.128)? What do I put as default gateway for the two PCs? etc… ?
I am confused about subnetting configuration at the router itself, not about how subnetting works at the theoretical level.
Please help. Thanks!
John
