How to connect N5200BR to LAN/WAN

[rpalmer68]

Hi,

I'm trying to hep a friend setup his N520BR Pro and I'm a little confused about he 4 port swtich in the 5200BR and the WAN port.

My friend currently has a 8 port 100mbs router/firewall that connects to the internet and has several PCs connected to it.

I want to connect 4 of the PCs to the 4 LAN ports on the 5200BR and the WAN port to the firewall/router but I still want the 4 PCs to be able access the internet and the other PCs connected to the 8 port router.

I have setup the WAN/LAN with different IP address ranges and enabled IP Sharing, but the PCs on the LAN ports can't access the internet.

Should this be working? Or should I be doing this differently?

Thanks
Richard

[notme23]

internet
|
| DHCP or static from ISP
| wan side
router
| lan side (192.168.1.x)
| DHCP out of router for internal network
|\
| \
| \
| 4PCs connected to router lan (192.168.1.x)
|
| ip range from router lan
| wan side (192.168.1.x)
NAS
| lan side (192.168.2.x)
| IP sharing enabled
| IP range different than router lan
|
4 PCs (192.168.2.x)

You may have issues with the PCs on the .1.x network accessing the PCs on the .2.x network and vise versa, but maybe not.

Another way to do it is to NOT use your NAS WAN port at all. Use only 3 ports on your nas for PCs and use the 4th port to connect to your routers LAN port. Turn off DHCP on the NAS and just use it like you would any other hub or switch. everyone is on the same IP range and everyone can access the internet.

[N5200wner]

This is what I did to. But I connected the wan port of the n5200 to the n5200 switch because I want to access my n5200 from the internet.. Because the wan port is the only port I can setup a gateway.

n5200,