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Making a "LAN" with a NetGear Router
Hello all - maybe I'm an idiot but I can't understand what to do here.
I have a NetGear FVS318 which is currently sharing my broadband connection to the internet quite nicely. I am using a Mac OS X machine and a Win2K laptop. They are both on the 'net at the moment, so that's one problem solved.
However, I was under the impression that all my Mac's / PC connected to the router would be able to see each other. But I can't ping them (using the 192.168.0.x address) at all.
They can both see the router at 192.168.0.1 but nothing else.
Am I missing a step here?
TIA
I have a NetGear FVS318 which is currently sharing my broadband connection to the internet quite nicely. I am using a Mac OS X machine and a Win2K laptop. They are both on the 'net at the moment, so that's one problem solved.
However, I was under the impression that all my Mac's / PC connected to the router would be able to see each other. But I can't ping them (using the 192.168.0.x address) at all.
They can both see the router at 192.168.0.1 but nothing else.
Am I missing a step here?
TIA
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Originally posted by Wardy: Hello all - maybe I'm an idiot but I can't understand what to do here. I have a NetGear FVS318 which is currently sharing my broadband connection to the internet quite nicely. I am using a Mac OS X machine and a Win2K laptop. They are both on the 'net at the moment, so that's one problem solved. However, I was under the impression that all my Mac's / PC connected to the router would be able to see each other. But I can't ping them (using the 192.168.0.x address) at all. They can both see the router at 192.168.0.1 but nothing else. Am I missing a step here? TIA |
Do you have the router configured to run as a DHCP server?
I believe that somehow the computers have to be configured to the 192.168.1.1x subnet (is that the right term?) -- either manually or, say, by DHCP....
DHCP is the way that my Linksys runs my little LAN of my Powerbook and PC, so that they can see each other.
sorry if this is not help. I don't know too much about networking... but Good luck!
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Originally posted by brachiator: Do you have the router configured to run as a DHCP server? |
Yep, it's a DHCP server to both the Mac and the PC. I get IP addresses that look right too:
Mac 192.168.0.2 and
PC 192.168.0.3
Both the computers are using DHCP, so that bit appears to be fine.
With a bit of fiddling on the PC with static routes, I was able to ping the Mac. but not vice-versa.
I initially thought it might be that the router doesn't support what I'm trying to do. If this is the case, I had better return it pronto. But since the PC ping'd the Mac, I was thinking the router probably does let me connect everything on my side.
Thanks for the reply!