CraigW
Newbie   Posts: 3 Registered: 27/9/05 Status: Offline |
 posted on 27/9/05 at 16:20
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Can anyone help?
My friend and I live oposite each other separated
by about 7meters. I have a D-Link G604T
wireless DSL router, my friend has a Belkin 54g
DSL Router. We each have our own separate
networks and internet connections. At the moment
the only way I can access files on my friends
network is to disconnect from my router, and
connect to his.
What I'd like todo is to somehow connect the two
routers together (wirelessly), so we can access
each others shared files without having to disconnect
from our networks all the time. (This also means
that if I need to use the internet i'm stuck
with using my friends slower internet connection)
How would I go about doing the above? Could it
be done without buying a wireless bridge? And does
it have anything to do with subnet masks, or
any other router settings?
PS. I know that the two routers are directly
aware of each other as when both are reset
to factory defaults. The one switched on first
takes the address range 192.168.1.x and the second
one started takes the range 192.168.2.x. Is this
an example of the routers somehow negotiating with
each other?
Cheers - Craig
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Indiakumar
Junior Member  Posts: 15 Registered: 30/9/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 30/9/05 at 06:18 |
leave routers ..you need to connect two systems
with out buying wireless bridge...
i'm taking this is as consideration... buy wireless
usb card (both sides) and connect in Ad-hoc mode
you will get better connectivity comfortably ..try
yourself .if line of site is problem get usb
with extenter...available in market
Hope you get better smile
Have a Nice day |
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CraigW
Newbie Posts: 3 Registered: 27/9/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/10/05 at 07:07 |
Thanks for that, but we have more than one
computer on our networks. If I were to connect
the two computers together using ad-hoc mode, i'm
only really doing the same as what i'm doing now
which is connecting to my mates router directly.
Also I would only be able to see one
computer and not the other machines on the
network.
Still thanks for the suggestion though. |
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solkre
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 7/10/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 7/10/05 at 07:37 |
All you really have is two access points, which
aren't made to talk to each other. My friend
and I are in the same boat (except a lot
farther away :p)
I believe you do need to purchase a bridge for
this situation. One of you needs a bridge
connected to the other's network, then plug that
into your router/switch. You can setup your
network cards then for dual IPs so you can see
both networks at the same time without switching,
just keep your local as the internet supported
one.
I haven't tried this yet but the theory seems
sound. It would be nice if I didn't have to
setup the cards for dual IPs but I think
that's the easiest route without a real
router. |
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CraigW
Newbie Posts: 3 Registered: 27/9/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 7/10/05 at 10:06 |
Hi there, thanks for that. My friend and I
had came to the same conclusion about the bridge.
However we found a software solution that
seems to work great.
We did the following;
1. On my friends main computer we inserted
a cheap 802.11g USB network adapter (about £15) on
ebay.
2. Setup one of his adapters to connect to my
network, and the second adapter to connect to his
network automatically.
3. Using Windows XP (which we are both using)
you can select the two connections on his computer
and select bridge.
By doing the above we are able to achieve
exactly what we were after. I can see his
network and all the machines connected to it, and
my network and everything connected on mine, without
disconnecting from my router. Basically we can
see all the computers on both our networks without
having to keep disconnecting all the time.
As much as I don't like to admit it Microsoft
came out ontop here, though I'm currently looking
for a software bridge type thing for Linux
now.
Thanks for your reply. I hope our solution can
help you and your friend  |
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