Router / Wi-Fi Issue

Hi all,

Here's a strange one for you that's been going on for a few weeks...

Here's my setup:

Zyxel P-660H-D1 ADSL router which connects to my ISP. (192.168.10.1). This device acts as a DHCP server for my network.

Connected to the router (via a GB switch) I have a Linksys WAG325N Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway - 192.168.10.3. This device has my ADSL settings in it, but it's not used to connect to the ISP. The DHCP setting is set to DHCP Relay and the DHCP Server IP is set to 192.168.10.1.

Every now and again (usualy after a few days) my router decides to stop routing....from a wireless connected device I can ping .3 (the WAG325N) but not the router (.1). From a wired PC in the switch I can't ping the router either.

Router LEDs are all still lit as if it's connected via the ADSL and client LEDs are also lit up.

The Zyxel router has already been replaced becuase I thought this was the faulty device. The WAG325N was previously used as the main router / WiFI AP and worked perfectly for weeks on end without any issues (and also during the time the Zyxel router was away for diags / replacement).

So this leads me to think there is something wrong with the setup.

Any idea's?

*Bump* (Sorry!)

Anybody got any ideas on this - it happened again last night - a reboot of both devices cured it (as usual)...

For more info - I have NAT enabled on the Linksys device....should that be set to disabled and will I need to put a static rout into it?

And on other odd thing - even though I have DHCP Relay configured to point to the Zyxel (102.168.10.1) on the Linksys, it still asks for a starting address and pool size...not sure why it would need that!

[Jonnymeg]

OK, the first thing that springs to mind is to ask why you feel the need to use two routers?
Why not do away with the Zyxel and reduce the scope for issues?

Originally Posted by Jonnymeg

OK, the first thing that springs to mind is to ask why you feel the need to use two routers?
Why not do away with the Zyxel and reduce the scope for issues?

I'm planning to put in a hardware firewall so I need a seperate wi-fi AP and router.

[Graham M]

Does the router not have an inbuilt firewall?

Originally Posted by Graham M

Does the router not have an inbuilt firewall?

The router has a firewall but it's disabled at present.