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Hook up MR1100 to Wifi Router
I had an old Unite Pro that had to be hooked up through USB to a Cradlepoint which was then connected to my main rifi router. This new router has a lan port. When I plug it straight into my wifi ro...
GAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Just got off the phone with technical support after ONE HOUR. Even they don't know how to get this damn thing to work?
Seriously....you cannot tell me I am the only person on this planet that wants to use this as a STANDALONE INTERNET CONNECTION.
Why is this not possible? DHCP is disabled on the M1. IP Passtrhogh is enabled.
Why is there not a step by step guide for what tech support calls a 'common' setup?
How do I set up my main wifi router to make this freakin' hotspot work?!
M1= 192.168.1.01, DHCP disabled, IP Passthrough enabled.
Linksys=192.168.0.4
When the linksys is connected to the M1 and my home PC is connected to the linsys, I have internet. But the idiot on the phone said I shouldnt be able to connect to the M1 via 192.168.1.1. NOT TRUE. Because I can. But after all of this is hooked up, I cannot access my Linsys router via 192.168.0.4. I can't get to it's admin page.
This makes ZERO FREAKIN' SENSE. Something is terribly wrong in this setup and I need some assistance figuring out what.
Is there anyone that has any idea about networking or router setup that can get this going? It's getting stupid now.
Hi agdodge4x4 looking at your network picture I can see you have set your router in a different subnet to the M1. This will be why you can't talk to the router.
I'm assuming the M1 is being used as the sole modem access to the internet
Here is how I would approach this set up.Turn off IP passthrough on the M1 . I would enable DHCP in the M1 and disable DHCP in any other devices that run DHCP as a server( ie. is leave DHCP client enabled, but servers off) . Have a look at the M1 settings> router setup page and you will see DHCP start and end address, mine is from 192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.99 . Set the ip of the router you are trying to access to either a DHCP client or a static ip outside the M1 Server range , eg would be 192.168.1.100 for router 1 and 192.168.1.101 for router 2(do not use 192.168.1.1 as your M1 is most like using that as the gateway address, see at the top of setup page).
You should be able to access the internet fine and access both routers now as they are now within your subnet and won't accidentally conflict with the M1 DHCP service.
Or
If you don't know how to change the IP of router 1 and router 2 then you could go to settings > setup > router setup and change the M1 gateway address to 192.168.0.1 and then the M1 DHCP starting address to 192.168.0.20 , end address to 192.168.0.99. IP passthrough off . Reboot the M1, then after it has started reboot all your other devices to get a new address and you should still have net access and be able to access routers 1 and 2
OK. So if I set it up like you suggested, what do I plug my ethernet cable from the M1 into? An ethernet port on the main router, or do I use the WAN port?