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I have a "main" router that connects to the internet, and then a wireless router that connects to that. The main router's DHCP is disabled, and a computer hooked to that has a DHCP server running serving up 10.0... addresses with mask 255.0.0.0. The wireless router does not allow that subnet, but only 255.255.255.x choices.
I have four wireless client devices that connected to the wireless router. Two are somehow able to get 10.0... addresses from the DHCP server computer, in addition to the 192.168... addresses they get from the wireless router's built-in DHCP server. I can ping the 10.0... addresses from the DHCP server computer successfully.
However, the other two clients are somehow not able to get 10.0.... addresses from the DHCP server computer, but only the 192.168.... addresses from the wireless router's built-in DHCP. They can access the internet but not anything on the 10.0 network.
Why is there a difference among the clients, and how can I get the latter two clients to get 10.0.... addresses so I can reach them from the main network like I can with the other two?
1Are you able to print out an ipconfig/ifconfig? I'm interested to knowing how your wired computer can get two different IP address, unless they have both nic and wireless card in them. – shinjijai – 2014-01-14T18:24:18.813
@shinjijai, that's a good question, and now that I look at it, they must not have been wired, even though it said 'LAN' instead of 'Wireless' in the router's DHCP clients table. Reason: one's an iPad, the other an Android device... So: I'm not sure how to get the info you requested but thanks nonetheless because I should now update the question... – Kev – 2014-01-14T19:25:28.343