Re: Connecting a BEFW11S4 Linksys Router to Motorola Surfboard

Thanks for your help Clarence, I'll take a look. Hutton

dold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> h_henry@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I am trying to connect a Linksys wireless router to an existing
> > Motorola Surfboard SB5100 Cable modem in order to use wireless.
>
> > I have connected the Ethernet port on the Motorola to the first
> > Ethernet port of the "LAN" ports, like connecting two hubs.
>
> You should connect to the WAN port of the Linksys.
>
> > If I connect my PC to second Ethernet port on the Linksys the internet
> > connection works fine - proving that the connection between the two are
> > fine. My PC is given my DSL IP address, 84.x.x.x
>
> > When I connect via wireless to the Linksys I cannot use the internet;
> > this might be due to the fact that the wireless card is provided an
> > internal 192.168.x.x address provided by the router, and not the public
> > IP address.
>
> You would need a cable modem configuration that supplied more than one IP
> address. If you connect to the WAN port of the router instead of the LAN
> port, all of the PCs will get addresses supplied by the router, and appear
> to the cable modem at a single IP address, the one you are now seeing on on
> PC.
>
> > What do I need to do to make this work? Maybe I need to create a
> > static route between the 192.168.x and 84.x networks on the linksys?
>
> You might need to clone the MAC address of the working PC into the router.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

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