On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rst...@comcast.net> wrote: > Neal wrote: >> What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? >> > > I set a static IP address of 192.168.0.250, a subnet mask of > 255.255.255.0, and a gateway of 192.168.0.1. > >> I would assume you're using DHCP for that. >> > > No. But when I tried changing to that I got an assigned IP from the > Netgear router of 192.168.0.5. I still can't ping the Netgear router > through the WRT54G.
Do you observe the network connection for the WRT54G blinking on the Netgear router when you're trying to ping it? What should be happening is the 54G uses NAT to translate your laptop ping source IP to 192.168.0.5 (or .250, whichever is configured), forwards the ping to the Netgear, which replies back to the 54G, which un-NATs it back to your laptop IP address and forwards it out to the laptop. If the pings causes the Netgear LAN port to blink then it's getting that far but not coming back, or not all the way back as you can't visually distinguish whether the blinking means the ping packet arrived and was replied to or not. I think this should all Just Work with default settings on the 54G other than needing a network different from the Netgear LAN, including DHCP for WAN address. Did you reset it to factory defaults just for fun? ;-) Sorry but I'm out of time for now. Good luck with it. NealS _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
