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need setup help with Motorola VT2442 through D-Link Dir-655

The problem is that anything you place behind the Motorola is on a different subnet then what is behind the D-Link. Most people think because the hardware reside in the same house and has cables connected to one another, it is all on the same local network. This is not the case with 2 or more routers.

Each router has it’s own local area network. So what is connected behind the D-Link is local to each other and what is behind the Motorola is local to each other. But the components behind the D-Link are not local to the Motorola and so on. Now there are ways to make this happen with static routes in each router however this is a bit more advanced so you may want to pass.

I can also tell you from experience with the Slingbox, it does not like to be on a separate LAN from the clients. It only operates on a 24bit class C subnet which means it would not work properly with static routes while everything would.

My recommendation to keep it simple and also give you room for expansion would be to purchase a 5 or 8 port switch. A switch is not that expensive. You would connect port 4 from your D-Link to port 1 on the switch. You would then connect the Slingbox, the Motorola’s Internet port, and any other component you choose to into the other ports on the switch. That way everything is on the same local area network behind your D-Link. Nothing would plug into the LAN ports of the Motorola.

I recommend this if you only need a 100Mbps LAN connection.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127086

or this if your looking for a Gigabit LAN connection.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127082

There are also many other brands and 5 port models to choose from for about the same moeny. I only picked this as an example because I have two of the 2nd one and they provide me great bandwidth for large simultaneous file transfers and high def streaming media across my LAN.

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