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Originally Posted by johnwill
That's about the most confusing two posts I've seen!
I have no idea what is connected to what, I think you need to start debugging this logically!
I'm assuming you have the broadband modem, then a switch to split the modem output to the two WAN ports of the routers, correct?
Are both routers wireless routers? What capability are you using here?
Can you draw a diagram of how all of this is wired up?
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Hi John! Actually, I am confused as you are!
You are correct about how the two routers were connected to the broadband modem:
Broadband modem
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Switch/Hub (5 public IP's provided by ISP)
______|_____________
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Cable router
_____Wireless Router
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Main LAN
______Wireless Equipments
One router is wireless (TP-Link) and the other a cable router (Linksys). The cable router connects to our main LAN using one of the public IP's provided by our ISP. The wireless router also uses another public IP different from the cable router. This is used only for wireless equipments and is not connected in the main LAN (cabled).
The puzzling thing about this is that, when I try to access the cable router setup via the browser (192.168.1.1) of an affected computer (means there is no internet connection and the unit is of course connected on the Main LAN), I get the wireless router (TP-Link) instead! And when I do a network 'repair', it suddenly switches back to the cable router, I can access the router setup (Linksys) via 192.168.1.1 in my browser, and I have an internet connection again!
I disconnected the wireless router from the setup, and rebooted everything, modem, switch/hub, routers, etc. I also rebooted the affected computer and did a 'repair' again to flush out the network settings that might still linger. Still this happens, the LAN-connected computer just suddenly switches, or try's to connect to the wireless router, even though there is no way that should happen. The OS of the affected computer is winXP and they dont have wireless connection capability. This problem doesn't happen with win vista computers.
I don't really have a clue on what's going on.. is this a virus on the affected computer? Or am I missing something here?
Please help. Thanks!