Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
Thanks everybody, it's working like a dream. -- ajkidle 2x SBR, SB3, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
pski;538236 Wrote: Don't be confused by the difference between the internet connection and the router's IP assignment: your connections will be going out on u-verse and the wires plugged-into the netgear will NOT be plugged-into the different internet port. This didn't work, but I think I may have fallen victim to what you're describing here. I put the Netgear on 192.168.1.127 and turned off DHCP. I then connected an ethernet from one of the ports on the gateway (position #4, I think) into the internet port on the Netgear. Nothing worked when I did this. Couldn't access anything (even the Netgear setup page.) So I'm back to how I was. Are you saying I should have plugged the ethernet into one of the 1-4 ports on the Netgear? (Methinks standard routers should come with more than 4 ports.) -- ajkidle 2x SBR, SB3, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
ajkidle;538390 Wrote: Are you saying I should have plugged the ethernet into one of the 1-4 ports on the Netgear? (Methinks standard routers should come with more than 4 ports.) Yes. What he's trying to describe is using the Netgear router as a simple 'access point' instead of as a router. Move the cable that connects the Netgear to the U-Verse router from the Netgear's 'Internet' (often labeled 'WAN') port to any one of its LAN ports. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
You might run into a issue using the Netgear as a AP with DHCP turned off. Sometimes in this scenario the AP will not forward the DHCP query correctly. If this is the case using static ip address's maybe an alternative. -- sfraser 2 Chan. System SB3-Benchmark DAC-1- Bryston(BP-25,3B)-PMC TB2 Home Theater System SB2- Bryston(SP1,4B,4B,2B,2B)- PSB Stratus Goldi Basement System SB2- Parasound Preamp (carver M1.0t) -Klipsch La Scala's Bedroom System SB2- Sony BoomBox Rear Deck/Patio Duet- Yamaha Reciever- PSB Mini's, sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
Let me throw in one additional wrinkle. Due to the physical constraints of the house, it may be necessary to add a switch to this setup. Wondering if such a network design is horribly flawed. The connections would be: U-Verse Gateway -- Netgear Router (configured as an access point) -- Netgear Switch -- Hard Wired Devices Both the router and the switch would be gigabit, the gateway is 100 Mbps. Some devices would connect directly to the gateway via 100 Mbps ethernet, some directly to the router via 11n, and some to the switch via 1 Gbps ethernet. None of the traffic is particularly demandind in terms of bandwidth -- squeezeboxen, internet, an occassional file transfer between machines. Networking is not my strong suit. Can I expect this to work? Would the slower ethernet speed on the gateway slow down the gigabit traffic between devices on either the router or the switch? -- ajkidle 2x SBR, SB3, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
ajkidle;538645 Wrote: Let me throw in one additional wrinkle. No sense getting into wrinkles until you get the above to work. :) Due to the physical constraints of the house, it may be necessary to add a switch to this setup. Wondering if such a network design is horribly flawed. The connections would be: U-Verse Gateway -- Netgear Router (configured as an access point) -- Netgear Switch -- Hard Wired Devices Should be no problems. You should try, though, to get everything working on the same subnet first. Both the router and the switch would be gigabit, the gateway is 100 Mbps. Some devices would connect directly to the gateway via 100 Mbps ethernet, some directly to the router via 11n, and some to the switch via 1 Gbps ethernet. None of the traffic is particularly demandind in terms of bandwidth -- squeezeboxen, internet, an occassional file transfer between machines. Networking is not my strong suit. Can I expect this to work? Would the slower ethernet speed on the gateway slow down the gigabit traffic between devices on either the router or the switch? No, it should not. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
My setup is just like that. I have ATT Uverse, but have disabled wireless on the Uverse box. I use a Linksys WRT610N as an AP. I merely disable the DHCP functionality on the latter and assign it a address outside of the Uverse boxes DHCP range, yet inside the network mask. Works without any issues, ever. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.4.2 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy Aego M Headphones: Grado SR-1 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Network Architecture Question
I have ATT U-Verse service. Their gateway acts as an 100 Mbps ethernet and wireless-G router, I don't particularly care for this so I have the disabled the wireless on the gateway and have my Netgear 3500L plugged into it. Works great, mostly. I'm still using the U-Verse gateway as a wired router -- is convenient for plugging in the BluRay player. It'd also be convenient for wiring a Squeezebox, but herein lies the problem. The U-Verse assigns address on 192.168.1.xxx while my Netgear router assigns them on 192.168.2.xxx. Should these two be able to talk to each other? My VortexBox is on 192.168.2.150 (hard wired to the Netgear ethernet) and my Boom can't connect to it from a 192.168.1.xxx address. Am I doing something wrong and this should work, or am I attempting to violate the rules of network addressing? -- ajkidle 2x SBR, SB3, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question
ajkidle;538230 Wrote: I have ATT U-Verse service. Their gateway acts as an 100 Mbps ethernet and wireless-G router, I don't particularly care for this so I have the disabled the wireless on the gateway and have my Netgear 3500L plugged into it. Works great, mostly. I'm still using the U-Verse gateway as a wired router -- is convenient for plugging in the BluRay player. It'd also be convenient for wiring a Squeezebox, but herein lies the problem. The U-Verse assigns address on 192.168.1.xxx while my Netgear router assigns them on 192.168.2.xxx. Should these two be able to talk to each other? My VortexBox is on 192.168.2.150 (hard wired to the Netgear ethernet) and my Boom can't connect to it from a 192.168.1.xxx address. Am I doing something wrong and this should work, or am I attempting to violate the rules of network addressing? You can change the netgear to get along with the modem. Go to http://192.168.2.1 and change the router's address so it's on the 192.168.1.xxx network (I put most of mine starting at 192.168.1.110.) If you can't get a configuration screen at that address, type back. Don't be confused by the difference between the internet connection and the router's IP assignment: your connections will be going out on u-verse and the wires plugged-into the netgear will NOT be plugged-into the different internet port. Be sure to go to the new address and bookmark it so you won't forget where you put the router NOTE ALSO you should turn-off DHCP in the netgear. This will mean that all addresses would be assigned by u-verse and the u-verse and netgear won't be fighting to assign addresses. p -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) . pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
