Ok so...we got Fios awhile ago, and the router they gave us is absolutely horrible. Thing is, the router and the modem are all one peice, so I can't just swap out the old router for a new one. I can however hook the old router up to this new one, and let that handle the routing instead....because it doesn't...suck.

Now here is my question. I know that in order to do this, I have to change the second router's IP to 192.168.2.1 or something like that, as long as it's not 192.168.1.1, which is the same as the first router. So would I also need to change the subnet mask? Or not? And if I would, what would I change it to? 255.255.254.0?

Thanks!

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Edited: 06/06/2007 at 06:34 AM by technic58

there is no modem with fios... Just a router, so you would be able to change it.

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No modem? Well...the cable comes from...whatever it is...in the form of "cable", not ethernet, so I can't just plug it into my router.

I got the second router all set up though, but it's also having some problems. It turns out that I did not have to change the subnet mask, only the starting IP address. However, the router is being sort of weird, and only letting 2 of 3 computers on my network actually connect by wire. The third one, which I'm on now, is working fine connected wirelessly, however I would prefer to have it wired.

Any idea what might be causing this?

Thanks.

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Thats not the way they do it here for some reason... The fios come in as fiber, and is broken at the first box into phone and cat5.

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Hmm...well I'm not really sure...but I guess they did ours differently.

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This is weird....the router detects that the computer is connected, detects it's MAC and IP address, etc, but the light on the router for that port does not light up. Upstairs, that computer does not even detect that it's plugged in. I disable the adapter, re enable it, it acts like it's trying to connect for a minute, and then just says a network cable is unplugged. This is confusing me.

The router is using the latest version of dd-wrt by the way, not the stock linksys firmware. However, I don't think that would be the problem, because this has always been a lot better than the stock firmware.

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