Can't access attached access points and bridges

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NavyLCDR
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Can't access attached access points and bridges

I have an R7000 as my main router with latest stock firmware, IP 192.168.1.1, netmask 255.255.255.0.  My DHCP pool starts at 192.168.1.10.  I have a Cisco E3000 with DD-WRT configured as a wireless client bridge on the 5ghz side set to IP address 192.168.1.2.  I have a Belkin N900 router set as a wireless access point (wired LAN to WAN from the R7000 to N900) set to IP address 192.168.1.3.

Problem:  I can't get to the web interface of either the E3000 or N900, even with a manual IP address assigned on my laptop connected directly to a LAN port on the routers!  I should be able to get to the web interfaces of any of the routers from anywhere on the network, I would think.  I can get to the web interface of my EPSON Workforce 7510 just fine.  Everything else is working the way it should.  I get ping replies from their IP addresses.

Anybody know why this happening and what I can do to fix it?  I know how to do port forwarding so I was thinking about turning off the R7000 and accessing the E3000 and N900 individually, turning on their internet remote admin functions set to distinct ports, and then forwarding those ports to their ip addresses on the R7000 - would that work?

But what is blocking their web interfaces to begin with, especially when I plug straight into their individual LAN ports?

Subhra
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I can't get to the web interface of either the E3000 or N900, even with a manual IP address assigned on my laptop connected directly to a LAN port on the routers!  

 

  1. Whenever you seem to describe a complex network topology please use diagram, rather than text.
  2. When connected dircetly to LAN ports of E3000 or N900, are being able to ping it??
NavyLCDR
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Hmmmmm.....

Hmmmmm.....

So, when I set up the access point and wireless bridge, the R7000 was already running and they connected to the R7000.

I rebooted the R7000, with the access point and wireless bridge left on, and now I can get into their web setup pages. Oh well - I violated my first rule of thumb, if something isn't working right, reboot it first.

Subhra
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Nice to hear that you made it

Nice to hear that you made it working yourself. Keep sharing your experience with R7000.