My working setup -Two routers - linksys WRT54G and RT31P2

Posts: 10 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: May 07, 2005 Posts: 10

I would like to share my working setup:

SBC DSL Speedstream 5100 modem to WRT54G to RT31P2 to Phone

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5100 modem to WRT54G
Connect WAN (Internet port) of WRT54G to DSL modem.
Then go to config screen of WRT15G -192.168.1.1
Internet Connection Type is 'PPoE' in setup config of WRT54G

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WRT54G to RT31P2
Connect LAN port of WRT54G to WAN (Internet) port of RT31P2
Then go to config screen of RTP312 -192.168.15.1
Internet Connection Type is 'Obtain IP Automatically' in the setup config of RT31P2. This config is crucial.

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Connect phone to RTP312. Phone led on RTP312 should light up indicating phone line is ready to use. If have two phone lines connect the second line to the remaining phone port of RTP312.

Good Luck

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 16, 2006 Posts: 3

I would like to post my setup as it resolves a lot of issues I was having with sharing between the two routers.

I wanted the Voip router attached directly to the internet as the wireless sometimes locks when people in the house use P2P software and this causes loss of phone service, as well it seemed to reduce latency.

Router 1 Vonage Connected to the internet
Router 2 WRT54G

Router 1 settings:

Local IP 192.168.1.254
Subnet mask 255.255.255.128
DHCP: enabled
DHCP range anywhere from 192.168.1.129 to 192.168.1.252
I used 192.168.1.150 with 50 addresses

Advanced routing tab

Route name: wireless
Destination LAN IP: 192.168.1.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.128
Gateway:192.168.1.253
Interface:local

after connecting to the internet you can make a note of your DNS servers on your status tab

To connect to this router after the settings remember it is now 192.168.1.254. If not using DHCP to connect remember to set the last octet your subnet mask on you network card to 128.

Router 2:

Static IP: 192.168.1.253
Subnet mask 255.255.255.128
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
DNS 192.168.1.254 and any others you found on your status tab of the 1st router (optional)

Local IP 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask 255.255.255.128
DHCP enable
DHCP range anywhere from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.127
I used 192.168.1.100 with 10 addresses

Advanced routing: turn off NAT by changing from gateway to router

Add a route:
Route name: Vonage
Destination LAN IP: 192.168.1.128
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.128
Default gateway:192.168.123.254
Interface:WAN

on the security tab you can turn off all the firewall protection as the first router is providing it.

Done..

You can access the 1st router using 192.168.1.254 and the 2nd using 192.168.1.1

Any machines connected to the 1st router with have IP's from .129 to .252

Any machines connected to the 2nd router with have IP's from .2 to .127

* If you use and port forwarding do it all on the 1st router as they are both now on the same subnet

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