Home Network :: Getting Router B (DD-WRT) See Computers On Router A?
Dec 8, 2011
I have a somewhat unique setup with my 2 routers. Below is a layout of how it's setup, and I basically want computers and printers to see each other on the 2 different routers. The reason for the 2nd router is so I can have certain devices connecting to a US VPN Service for my Apple TV, and XBOX in order to watch Netflix and Hulu, since I'm stationed in the UK for the DoD.
Router A = Main router with VDSL connection (BT Home HUB 3.0)
Router B = WAN: PPTP router for VPN Service flashed with DD-WRT (WRT160N)
Router A connects to Router B by a CAT 5 from Router A LAN port to Router B WAN/Internet port (This is the only wired connection)
Router A = 192.168.1.249
Router B = 192.168.2.1
Router A has most of my desktops/media server/printer running on it wirelessly, and router B has my Apple TV, XBOX, and Desktop.
Since I have movies and music on my Desktop on Router A, I would like that data shared to my Apple TV on Router B. The only way I can get this to work right now is by constantly switching networks.Same goes with printing. Printer is connected wirelessly to Router A, and if I want to print with my laptop connected to Router B, it won't.
So is there a way I can make my Router B (DD-WRT) see computers on Router A? Router B has to have a PPTP WAN connection. Is this as simple as connecting another CAT 5 between the LAN ports of each router or is there some advanced routing I can do somewhere?
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