Wireless Router

Question

I recently switched to Vonage for my home phone service. I have cable internet using a D-link cable modem and a Motorola Vonage Router. I have a D-link wireless router I am trying to connect into the mix, but everytime I try, I cannot connect to the internet and the phone doesn't work. I assume it has something to do with the IP addresses but I don't know how to fix it.   Any idea what I can do?

ce18 · Answer

I'll try both and let you know. Thanks for your help.

volcano11 · Answer

To run two routers on the same network, you will have configure one of them to act as an access point rather than a router and change the IP address of the access point so that it is in the range of IP addresses assigned by the other router.   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

No, you want it to be cable modem - vonage router - wireless router. Steve

volcano11 · Answer

Yes, you want the D-Link router to act as an access point. Since I don't have a D-Link router, I can't read the users manual. You should have it, so I suggest you have a look at it. If you don't have the users manual, try going to the D-Link website and downloading a copy. It is easy to make the change on other routers, so I suspect it will also be easy on the D-Link. You will have to connect to the D-Link router by a wired ethernet connection to make the change.

Steve

ce18 · Answer

Do I want to have the wireless router as the access point? How do I change the IP address of the access point router?

ce18 · Answer

What order do I want the routers in? The way I have it set up now is: Cable Modem, Wireless Router, Vonage Router. Is that correct?

klbf · Answer

to set the d-link router as the access point it should be under wireless management or wireless performance... if you have those tabs avaible

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NemesisDB · Answer

just to add my 2 ccents to this topic:

1) the last VOIP box I had (lingo actually) had very few routing features on it. I've used vonage boxes as well (usually linksys of some types) and they're a bit better but they still often lack features of the comparable consumer product.

2) put your dlink box in front at your peril. my di-614+ and my di-524 caused lots of problems in front of my lingo box. I never tried it with vonage. I always assumed the router just couldn't keep up (though given how often it restarted on its own, it's hard to tell exactly what the issue was).

3) If you can deal with the routing feature set on the vonage router then definitely put it in front next to your modem. If not, you can experiment with the dlink router in front.

The best results I've ever had are with a wrt54g v2 in front of my vonage router. The dd-wrt quality of service settings make call quality very good even when I'm uploading. I also get all the features that the vonage firmware disableed or didn't implement.

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