Multihoming?

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Paul Simon

I'm trying to set up some network stuff, and although I have read some, I'm
still confused. The situation is as follows:
1)linksys router - 192.168.1.1
2)pc connected to router - 192.168.1.100 (DHCP from router)
3)2nd nic card on first pc - 169.254.128.117 (DHCP from 1st pc?)
4)2nd pc nic card connected to 1st pc - 169.254.173.196

I cannot connect to the router from the second pc to the first, although I
can see the router from the 1st, the 2nd pc from the 1st, and the 1st pc
from the 2nd. I don't know how to "bridge" the two networks so that the 2nd
pc sees the router. The two routing tables are below:

Thanks for your help.

Paul Simon

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 ...00 02 e3 05 e3 d8 ...... NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI
Adapter
0x1000004 ...00 20 78 19 d5 68 ...... Winbond W89C940 PCI Network Adapter.
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
169.254.128.117 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
192.168.1.100 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 50 ba ed d0 c4 ...... Realtek RTL8029(AS) EthernetAdapt
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
169.254.173.196 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
 
What OS?

Xp has a bridging function, highlight both cards and right click then select
bridge connections.
 
APIPA doesn't assign a default gateway and it is limited by local segment
only.
The best way is direct connection to the router. If you cannot afford it,
create the internal network 192.168.2.0 (it wouldn't be hard to create two
static sets) and enable a router on the 1st computer at
HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters, REG_DWORD IPEnableRouter, data 1.
 
Plug PC #2 into the Linksys Router.

Paul said:
I'm trying to set up some network stuff, and although I have read some, I'm
still confused. The situation is as follows:
1)linksys router - 192.168.1.1
2)pc connected to router - 192.168.1.100 (DHCP from router)
3)2nd nic card on first pc - 169.254.128.117 (DHCP from 1st pc?)
4)2nd pc nic card connected to 1st pc - 169.254.173.196

I cannot connect to the router from the second pc to the first, although I
can see the router from the 1st, the 2nd pc from the 1st, and the 1st pc
from the 2nd. I don't know how to "bridge" the two networks so that the 2nd
pc sees the router. The two routing tables are below:

Thanks for your help.

Paul Simon

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 ...00 02 e3 05 e3 d8 ...... NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI
Adapter
0x1000004 ...00 20 78 19 d5 68 ...... Winbond W89C940 PCI Network Adapter.
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
169.254.128.117 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
192.168.1.100 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 169.254.128.117 169.254.128.117 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.100 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 50 ba ed d0 c4 ...... Realtek RTL8029(AS) EthernetAdapt
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
169.254.173.196 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.173.196 169.254.173.196 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
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Thanks for the suggestion. That would be easy, except I have to run the
cables under the house in a crawl space that's a bit too small for me.

After many hours learning IP routing and fiddling more again with WiFi,
everything is running and I can connect the internet from anywhere on my
LAN.

Thanks to everyone again.

Paul Simon
 
Yea, until the next time its get screwed up again. What you have is "duct
tape & bailing wire". You don't have to run cables under the house, all you
have to do it place a cheap switch or hub next to the first PC and plug all
the PCs into it.

In otherwords, plug the switch into the Lynksys box and leave it in a easy
to deal with place. It can be up to 100 yards away from the Lynksys box as
long as the cable is not "shabby". Then plug all machines into the Switch.
Your Lynksys box probably will still have left-over ports where PCs can also
still be plugged directly into it as well.

The best way to do multiple rooms is to place the Linksys box in a closet
somewhere and run a single cable from it to each room in the house you want
(up to the number of ports on the box). Then place a Switch in the rooms on
the end of each cable and plug the PC into the switches.

You should *never* make a PC part of the network "infastructure". The
network design should be independent of the PCs that are pluged into it.
The network should exist and function (Lynksys box and the Switches) even if
there are no PCs plugged into it at all.
 
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