Need Help: Networking Two Independent Networks via Wireless
I'm trying to link two independent networks together. Each having their own WAN connection and DHCP server. How exactly would I go about doing this?
Here's the current configuration.
Network A (Netgear R7000 w/ DD-WRT) Router IP: 192.168.0.1 Subnet: 255.255.252.0 IP range: 192.168.0.1-192.168.3.254 DHCP assignments limited to range 192.168.0.x. IP ranges 192.168.2.1-192.168.3.254 manually assigned. 192.168.1.x range clear.
Network B (Netgear WNDR-3400v2 w/ DD-WRT) Router IP: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 IP range: 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254 DHCP server assigns 192.168.1.x.
Network A establishes a link to Network B via wireless link on a router (Linksys WRT-54G w/ DD-WRT) running as a wireless client bridge hard wired to Network A.
Purpose: I live in a gated complex with just a few houses. Each have their own sets of security cameras with their own vantage point. There's currently port forwards in place to access each sets of cameras and are called upon with a dynamic dns. When the cameras within our LAN are viewed, frame rate is smooth and image quality high. When accessing neighbor's cameras, image quality drops and frame rate is choppy due to the bottleneck through WAN. When neighbor's cameras are viewed, I want the connection seamlessly routed through the wireless link just as if it were within my own LAN without reconfiguration of anyone's viewer. I can't simply just switch networks since I want all the cameras viewable side by side in a montage and signal strength is too weak for the most part so the wireless bridge would be placed in obscure area with highest signal strength to neighbors AP.
How would I properly configure this setup for seamless access to Network B's LAN clients from Network A? Do I need to create static routes? How and on which router or both?
Posted Jul 14, 2014, 11:13 PM UTC
Yes, you need static routes. You have a device X that is on both networks. It has an IP address on both networks. Clients on network A send all off-net traffic to their default gateway. Accordingly enter a static route to network B via X's IP address on network A. Clients on network B send all off-net traffic to their default gateway. Accordingly enter a static route to network A via X's IP address on network B.
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