02-07-2025 08:13 AM - edited 02-07-2025 08:52 PM
Hello, I am very new to networking and this site so I apologise for my ignorance in advance.
I am trying to add wireless connectivity to my network. I also want to have dhcp for the devices connected wirelessly.
To do this I added a wireless router to the switch that is used for each level. However, I can't get the connected devices to ping any devices other than those connected to the wireless router.
I tried to fix it without even using DHCP, because I suspected it was giving the devices the wrong default gateway, but it gave me this error: This ip address is not allowed for use on a port
Am I fundamentally misunderstanding which device to use? Or is something else wrong here
(I only tried to do it for the first level, the picture was so I could fit in the main router)
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02-07-2025 04:33 PM
Wireless router on PK is tricky. The wireless device is meant to get IP address from the Wireless router. If you want those device to get IP address outside the wireless router, connected the wirelss router to the network using the Lan interface, not the internet interface.
You can share you PK file and we can take a look
02-07-2025 11:46 AM
@rykezs can you please share pkt file /
or you can share all Router's config
Thanks !
02-07-2025 04:33 PM
Wireless router on PK is tricky. The wireless device is meant to get IP address from the Wireless router. If you want those device to get IP address outside the wireless router, connected the wirelss router to the network using the Lan interface, not the internet interface.
You can share you PK file and we can take a look
02-07-2025 05:07 PM
it is probably IP subnetting scheme problem. Add file here, but Note that PK file must be in a zip format;
Home router wireless let u ping from inside only, aka initaiate traffic; just like ur wireless box at home. so, if u want to ping, u must ping it from inside to outside
Regards, ML
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02-07-2025 08:54 PM
@Martin L @Flavio Miranda @Joshqun Ismayilov For some reason it didn't post the file at first but i added it now, thanks for helping
02-08-2025 04:07 AM - edited 02-08-2025 04:10 AM
Wireless router in PK is meant for leaving traffic, just like home router. You can turn it into a layer2 device and then you can use your DHCP server for all devices, like I did on the file attached.
But I also see design problem. You are using the same networks under different interface of Net-Cloud Innovaters router. For example, 192.168.10.0 is under interface eth5/0 and behind the wireless router on interface ether9/0. This will cause routing problem.
You put a /23 network on the router interface and /24 under wireless router. This can also create problems. At least, use a non-overlaping network between router´s interface and wireless router.
Wireless router on PK can not use netmask larger than /24.
02-09-2025 12:51 AM
how did you turn it into a layer 2 device
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