Can't see NAS on Second Router via Wireless Bridge - HELP!

[VanDalin]

Hi guys

I hate having to come to forums to seek the help of others, so I bow before you Net gurus, please so pity on my idiot self. I am stuck!

I have two routers, a primary and a secondary. May laptop can talk to both Routers as I have setup a Wireless Bridge between the two by flashing DD-WRT on my WRT54G v2.0

If I try to talk to my NAS (192.168.0.11) which is hard wired to the secondary router it fails over the wireless connection, but if I plug the Ethernet cable I can communicate with it.

Laptops and iPhone connect via the primary to the internet. They receive fixed IP addresses from the primary router.

Where am i going wrong??

Ok, my setup is as folows (hope you get enough info)...

Primary Router:
Model: SAGEM F@st 2504
IP: 192.168.0.1
SSID: SKY12345
DHCP: enabled
Security: WEP 128bit

Secondary Router:
Model: Linksys WRT54G
IP: 192.168.03
SSID: SKY12345 (not broadcasting obviously)
DHCP: Disabled
Security: Matched to Primary

NAS:
Model: Buffalo Terastation
IP: 192.168.0.11

 

[thiggins]

Is the second router actually set up as a router, i.e. does it have a WAN connection?
Or is is just acting as a WDS bridge?

If you plug anything else into the second "router", can you access it?

 

[VanDalin]

Hi Tim

While wireless, my laptop can see my wife's laptops shares.

I've plugged her's into the secondary router and I can't see the shares now.

I can ping both Routers still, but not the laptop plugged in.
I can ping the NAS if the wife's laptop is plugged to the Secondary Router and Router connected to the NAS.

Matt

 

[thiggins]

Is the second router actually set up as a router, i.e. does it have a WAN connection?
Or is is just acting as a WDS bridge?

 

[VanDalin]

Hi Tim

On the status panel WAN is disabled.

On the LAN panel, the NAS Store isn't listed, but both laptops are.

I plugged in the cable between Laptop and Router which is cabled from router to the Terastation-NAS. The NAS device was found and was available in the Network devices. I can access the storage perfectly.

When I unplug the cable, the device is still there, obviously. Clicking on the NAS device name prompts the NAS box to flash, but I get the message 'Windows cannot access \\NASSTORE.

 

[thiggins]

You should have the NAS set to a Static IP, since Windows name resolution often breaks.

Try accessing the NAS by its IP address.