wireless networking - How can I access my ISP's server

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2014-06
  • JEWEL AHMMED

    I am using a Broadband Cable Internet connection. My ISP give me a LAN cable that I can connect to my PC's lan port or Laptop lan port. Also, My ISP's have a Local server, that I can use for Movie, Games etc Download. For using it I need to type the server ip address in my browser that is 10.111.200.11 & 10.112.200.11 . Its running fine without any problem.

    But, My problem is here ....

    When I use the cable in my Dlink Wireless Router (DIR-605L) to make my internet WiFi. The internet is working fine but, I can't access my ISP's server ip that is 10.111.200.11 & 10.112.200.11. My browser showing

    "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 10.111.200.11"

    So, how can I access the server ip address.

    My router ip address is: 192.168.0.1 & My PC IP address is: 192.168.0.100 - Laptop is 101 - My Phone is 102 ..

    Thank You

    • Answers
  • IAmTheSquidward

    The 10.x.x.x address that your ISP is providing is one of their internal local addresses that cannot be accessed from outside their network. The reason you can connect when you are not using your router is because you are directly attached to their 10.x.x.x network/subnet.

    Your DLink box is creating a new network, a 192.168.x.x, which is on a different subnet as the 10.x.x.x. To access the 10.x.x.x address that your ISP provided you with, you need to create a routing table record in your router. This can normally only be done with custom firmwares, as you do not have access to a CLI or SSH.

    If you need to use a router and access this other address, you need to invest in a router that can be installed with custom firmware, such as DD-WRT or Tomato.

  • Sathya

    First of all we need to get some of that terminology correct.

    • Broadband Connection is a connection that uses your Copper Phone line
    • Cable Connection Uses RG-6 Coaxial Cable to provide faster speeds with more Bandwidth
    • there is no such thing as a Broadband Cable Connection, so i'm going to assume that you mean Broadband Connection
    • LAN Cable is not the correct Term. LAN is the Network (Local Area Network) , the Yellow or Blue Cable that you got is commonly called an Ethernet Cable, but more specifically it's an 8 Pin UTP Cable and the Port it plugs into is called an ETHERNET PORT not a LAN Port, it's an Ethernet Port that allows your computer to connect to your LAN.

    This all sounds normal so far. Then you said that you plugged the Ethernet cable into your Router to get WiFi

    Now, You generally have 2 Types of connections in a Home Network - Wireless (WiFi) or Wired (Ethernet/LAN).

    It doesn't make sense that you would plug in a cable to get WiFi. So, for now, Just plug int the Ethernet cable to your Router and to to your computer..

    Let's worry about Wireless later. Now, you need to confirm that actually have an internet connection.

    Now, you said that you can get to google, and Make sure that you can get to other websites also. that will mean that your connection is working from your computer to your router without issues, that means its a server issue. Now, Please understand that FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, Unless the ISP has put their Server in your living room, inside of your LAN, which i really doubt then the server is NOT a Local Server.

    if you have to access it via the internet, to you it's not LOCAL it's Remote to them it's LOCAL and you probably had some support person who didn't have half a clue, told you it was their local server to them IT IS LOCAL, to you IT'S REMOTE

    If you're trying to get to an IP Address via browser,

    1. confirm that the IP Address is correct with your ISP
    2. Type it in the address bar of Chrome. If it doesn't work, try other browsers and see if it works there - it could just be an issue with Chrome, the browser could be in offline mode.

    3. Open a command prompt and type in 

      ping 10.111.200.11

      and see if you get a result and repeat this for the other IP Address, if you get a successful ping, but the browser wont open it, then it's a browser issue. Sometimes it wont ping, but. only because the server is setup to not allow ping, so take that with a grain of salt.

    4. Call your ISP and ask them why you can't access the site, it might be a secure server they may have technical issues, you may need to logon at a logon page,

    do these things and get back to me, with your results


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  • Tester101

    The Setup:

    • wired D-link (EBR-2310) router connected to my cable modem.
    • Wireless NetGear N300 (WNR2000v3) router connected to a LAN port on the wired router.

    What I'm trying to do:

    I'm trying to setup the wireless router to be a separate network, that only accesses the internet through the wired router.

    What I've done so far.

    I setup the wireless router's WAN port to get an address from ISP (which should be coming from my wired router running DHCP), and the LAN as a subnet (192.168.1). Wired router's LAN is 192.168.0.

    The problem:

    I'm not able to connect to the internet from the wireless router. At one point my wired router showed that it was handing out an IP to the wireless router, but that is not happening anymore.

    The question:

    Is what I'm trying to do possible? Am I not thinking about this properly? Do I need to buy a better wired router, with 2 WAN ports? How can I configure these routers to work together?


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  • Ярослав Рахматуллин 
    ,--------.
|     wan+------- (ISP)
| Wired  |
|   lan  |
`---++++-'  ,------.
       `----+wan   |
            | Wifi |
            |  lan |
            `--++++'
               ||||
    1. Connect like shown above.
    2. Configure the Wifi router to receive the WAN address via dhcp.
    3. Profit
  • TheCompWiz

    Although I'm not 100% sure on the options inside each router specifically, on the surface yes, this seems very feasible.

    Make sure the WAN port on the 2nd router is connected to the LAN port on the 1st router.

    Most routers allow some basic firewall rules to be applied. In the 2nd router simply add a firewall rule to reject all traffic to the subnet on the 1st router... (excluding the ip of the IP of the 1st router itself). Once that's done... you'll be able to connect to the internet but not the private network.

    There are much more elegant ways of doing this, but with home-grade equipment and factory-stock firmware... your options are limited.

  • Mondrianaire

    For the sake of sanity, and the accepted answer, I will take a stab at describing your setup, the problem, and what troubleshooting steps to take if another user is in this situation.

    The setup

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    • Clients connected to wireless router cannot reach the internet.

    Troubleshooting steps

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  • Tester101

    Finally got it working.

    Physical Connections:

    I connected one of the LAN ports on the wired router, to the WAN port of the wireless router.

    Configuration

    I set up the wireless router to obtain an address from the ISP, so it would be assigned an address from the wired routers address pool. Next I set the wireless routers internal IP address to 192.168.1.1. Next I turned on DHCP on the wireless router, so it would hand out addresses to devices connecting to the 192.168.1.x network. Finally I waited, and waited.

    Poor communication is bad for networking

    Turns out the problem I was having was that the routers were not sharing information fast enough, and there was no way (that I could find) to force them to speak to each other. The wired router knew where the 192.168.0.x and the external (Internet) networks were, and the wireless router knew where the 192.168.1.x network was. But neither of them wanted to tell the other what they knew. Once they became friends and started talking, the problem resolved itself and everything worked fine.