[OldBuzzard]

Gents (abd Grace )

One of my squadmates from the RAF662 is having some networking issues.

He registered, but posted in the wrong area. Here is his problem:

Originally Posted by Centerline

Hi guys,

I have a really weird problem. I'm running a Siemens speedstream 6520 modem which is wired via cable to my gaming desktop computer. I am also running a Linksys wireless G router which is connected via cable to my Siemens modem.

I am running IL-2 Stormavic and when I'm on line on my gaming computer it kicks my Linksys wireless router off line so none of my other 3 wireless computers can connect to the internet. The game uses a static IP address and Port 21000.

Does anyone have a clue what settings I might have screwed up to cut my wireless network off while the game is on line? I don't have a clue.

Thanks for your help.

Bill

Could someone give him some help, either here, or in his original thread down in the HARDWARE forum?
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardware...blem-help.html

You all gave him a nice welcome in the off-topic forum, now it's time to help solve his issue. Come on guys, I know you can do it

[Matth]

Just looked up the speedstream 6520, it's NOT got a very good reputation AT ALL.

From what I can tell, it may be an improvement to avoid using router mode on the speedstream, and couple everying to the other router, not sure if the appropriate speedstream mode for that is "bridge".

I do not like that double router setup one little bit.

[Veridian3]

What type of cable is being used to connect the speedstream 6520 to the gaming PC?

[Centerline]

Ethernet cable.

I replaced my modem with a Siemens Gigaset SE567 (supplied by my internet provider) and moved my gaming computer's Ethernet connection over to the Linksys wireless router. This solved the problem of my other computers being kicked off line when the game is running on line.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to set this new modem up for the game so I can host.

[Veridian3]

Originally Posted by Centerline

Ethernet cable.

I replaced my modem with a Siemens Gigaset SE567 (supplied by my internet provider) and moved my gaming computer's Ethernet connection over to the Linksys wireless router. This solved the problem of my other computers being kicked off line when the game is running on line.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to set this new modem up for the game so I can host.

Glad you have made some progress, not sure how you configure the host thing though.

I do have one question... what's the reason for using a 2nd wireless router (Linksys) when your original Siemens and the SE567 both do the same thing?

[Tipstaff]

Something to remember: Siemens uses 192.168.1.254 as it's default IP address, and a DHCP pool of 192.168.1.1 to 1.253 (if I remember correctly, it might have been 1.1 to 1.100 or some such.. can't recall offhand). Linksys' default IP address is usually 192.168.1.1, with a DHCP pool of 192.168.1.2 to 1.254 (or again, a smaller pool of 1.2 to 1.100). If you had connected your Linksys router to the Siemens router via the LAN ports then you would have 2 conflicting networks with the same IP addresses, and/or overlapping DHCP pools. It would also screw things up for port forwarding. The only way to avoid this is to turn off DHCP on one device (preferably the one not connected to the ISP directly), and to make sure that you had no overlapping IP addresses for the routers themselves.

One way to do things would be to separate the networks. Using different IP addresses for each box that are in a different range (say one uses 192.168.1.1, and the other 192.168.2.1) would do this nicely, as well as setting up the DHCP pool for within their address range, and/or turn off DHCP on the Linksys, and let the Siemens handle that chore. The problem with this whole setup is talking to the other router can be a pain, where you'd have to setup a computer to a static IP within the range of that routers IP just so you can change any settings on it. One way I've found around this is to run an Ethernet cable from the router not connected to the ISP, but instead of going from a LAN port you go from the WAN port (I do this all the time whenever I'm setting up a server whereby I can setup the network for that server, yet keep it separate from any others that might conflict with it). In this case the Linksys would get an IP from the Siemens router, but it would think it's getting it from your ISP. You'd still have to separate the IPs as I described above, but the thing is that each network would separate. If you don't want to use the Siemens, essentially turn it into a gateway, just set a DMZ that points to the Linksys router on the Siemens so that everything goes through to it, and turn off any attack blockers, such as DoS or Pings from WAN, and let the Linksys do all the work instead. If you want to change anything on the Siemens you just punch in the address for it, and you can jump right onto. The reason this works is because the Linksys knows it exists as its Gateway and DNS listings point to it.

[Tipstaff]

Been a couple days, and I thought I'd ask how things were progressing on this.

[Centerline]

Thanks for the help guys. I guess I'm just not computer literate enough to solve the problem..... even with your help.

I configured a static IP on my gaming computer and set up the port forwarding on the new Siemens Gigaset SE567 modem and then verified that I could host. As soon as the game came on line it once again kicked off all wireless computers in the house. This doesn't happen if I am not set up to host.

What is really weird is that this whole thing happened all of a sudden without any changes made to the modem or the wireless router. I guess for the foreseeable future I'll just not be able to host the game.

Thanks for your help.