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Title: Adding DIR-615 to existing Cable modem/router
Post by: cathcam on July 24, 2009, 12:20:39 PM

I've got a DIR-615 I want to attach to an existing Netgear DSL/Cable modem+router+firewall.

I followed the automated install and it seems to work. I can get to a NAS drive attached to the original router via the 615 Wireless and from a PC wired into the the original router. From both I can web browse with no problem.

However, if I try streaming Intenet radio, or movies from the NAS drive to the PC, and then connect wireless via the 615 the streaming fails. If I turn off the 615 and restart the streaming it works fine.

So I guess I need to reconfig the 615; I've got the product manual from the support website and page-10 has some useful steps and I'll try those later. I wondered if anyone had seen a complete guide, ports to use on the 615 etc.

For example, do I run a cable from the  "Internet port: to the existing router or from a LAN Port ?

Is it ok for the 615 to have a 192.168.0.1 address range, while the existing router has a 192.168.1.1-10 range ?

Title: Re: Adding DIR-615 to existing Cable modem/router
Post by: alphanumeric on July 25, 2009, 04:58:13 PM

Your glitches are probably do to the fact that you are double NATing with two subnets. NAT stands for network address translation. Going though two routers causes double NATing. What I would try is logging into the Netgear and look for a setting that puts it in bridge mode. This will disable the router portion of it. The D-Link will then get a public IP on it's WAN port instead of the private IP address. You don't need or want two routers. The other option is to log into the D-link router and disable its DHCP server function. Then connect the cable that comes from the Speedstream to a LAN jack instead of the WAN jack. The D-link will work as a switch not a router. The PC's will then pull an private IP address from the Speedstreams router. Shareport might not work this way though.

Title: Re: Adding DIR-615 to existing Cable modem/router
Post by: cathcam on July 26, 2009, 04:49:33 PM

Thanks, disabling the DHCP function on the D-LINK and attach the cable from the Netgear to a LAN port seems to have done it. At least at this point everything seems to be working.

Title: Re: Adding DIR-615 to existing Cable modem/router
Post by: alphanumeric on July 26, 2009, 05:00:41 PM

Thats probably the better of the two options. Bridging the Speedstream would have likely messed up the operation of your NAS.