Port Forwarding 2 Routers

Okay. So, this is something I've been dealing with, and ignoring, for quite some time. The way my setup works at the moment is this:

My internet connection goes from my cable modem into a Linksys BEFSR81, that router then feeds my connection into another router. A Netgear RP114. This allows me to keep my main PC and Media Center connected to the internet.

I think the main reason I'm having difficulty with this is because the start addresses on each router are different. The Linksys router goes: 192.168.100. The Netgear however is: 192.168.0.3. This makes it hard for me to get one router to route to the other because the Linksys router only allows me to change the last 3 digits of an IP address in the routing portion...

So, I've hit a wall. If I could finally solve this mystery, I'd be stoaked. So, if anybody has any ideas on how to get this setup, I'd appreciate it.

 

so why are you using 2 routers again?
did you turn the dhcp off one of the routers?
using a crossover to connect the two routers?

you dont need to use 2 routers man. just plug a patch cable from the modem to the wan port on the router and then plug your pc into another port. if you need the extra ports, use a switch or turn off the dhcp on one of the routers.

 

Well. I need two routers because my Linksys router feeds internet to the entire house by cables running under the house. One of those cables comes out in my room, and that goes into the Netgear router, which allows me to connect my main PC as well as my Media Center PC to the internet.

So, I need to use 2 routers as far as I know.

As for the other questions, I don't understand what exactly you're asking.

 

You could and should be using a switch or hub in your room instead of an additional router. Routers by default have DHCP servers built in and the two routers are going to conflict. a hub will provide as many ports as it has available to add any that many more computers. You would plug the ethernet cable comming in to your room to the "uplink" port on the hub and make sure it is switched to accept an uplink and the rest of the ports will be able to connect to other computers

FYI. . . you can change the numbers in the Linksys but first you have to change your gateway address to what ever you want or change your subnet mask and then the other addresses will follow that pattern. Right now or at least by default, the Linksys gateway address is 192.168.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. If you change your subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 then you could change the address to fit the pattern of the Netgear or you could change the gateway address to 192.168.0.1 and also be able to fit the pattern of the Netgear but again you will continue to have conflicts between the routers.

 

May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

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Thanks for the tip.

I didn't think I'd have a switch handy, but I ended up finding an old Linksys efah05w in my closet that I managed to get going. I'm not sure if it's 100% reliable yet, but my ports seem open, I've got 2 computers online, though one of the plugins seems dead. Going to try the rest to see what I manage.

Thanks again.