Bridging the wired and wifi networks (xe75)
Here is the current setup:
[cable modem] --- [Cisco Firewall] --- [XE75] --- [ethernet switch]
On the main floor of my house it's all wifi. Everything connects to the XE75 fine.
In the basement everything is ethernet - Static IPs because I need them to be - and an ethernet line runs up to a switch on the main floor, and that switch connects to an open ethernet port on the XE75.
I assume that the XE75 autodetects the ethernet switch, and it can route the wired to ethernet, etc. But I can't get anything to connect and don't see anywhere to set stuff up.
In the past I've just connected the ethernet to a separate port on the firewall, and routed between the ethernet and wifi networks there (they each had their own subnet). That presents it's own set of complications, and is why I want to connect the ethernet network right to the XE75. I want to be able to route between my wireless and wired networks with ease.
So, I assume that the XE75 puts both the wireless and wired networks on the same subnet? Is that correct? In the past I had:
wireless at 192.168.68.x and
wired at 192.168.16.x
SO I assume I should take all my ethernet devices (not that many, but critically my NAS) and re-ip it to 192.168.68.x?
What about keeping my static IPs? Will it essentially build a table of discovered MACs and IPs so that when a new wireless device pops up (WiFi is dynamic IPs) it will avoid IP collisions? Or is it a crapshoot, and I just have to hope that there are no collisions between a DHCP'ed out wifi IP and an existing static Ethernet IP?
Thanks!