Filesharing from behind second router

[orsenfelt]

Ok, This could be something incredibly simple or incredibly impossible but I'm sick of trundling through it to be honest so a fresh mind might help.

I currently have my home network set up like so ;

Internet
\/
Router 1
\/ | \/
Router 2 | Family PC's
\/
My PC / My Server / WiFi Devices.

Now, until now I have had no real need for my server to be available to the Family PC's. It's used mainly for work stuff/site testing/etc/etc (Hence why it's behind a second router for security)

Now however a media center has been brought into the equation and I'd like it to be able to access the media on my server, without having to take it from behind the second router. All it needs is filesharing access, however as of right now nothing infront of Router 2 can even ping behind it.

Is what I wanna do even possible? and if I can't get that going, is there any software I can run on the server that'll allow external access to the media and have it streamed out, something I can just set up some port forwarding for?

Ta,
Orsen

[ipha]

I know there is a way to do this, but I've never needed to do it myself.

Look through the router config for a way to bridge the two connections(it may be called something different), I can't tell you more without knowing model numbers and/or looking at it myself.

[yngndrw]

If both LANs are on different subnets, I believe adding a "static route" will fix this.

I'm not sure as to why you need both routers for security, can Router 1 not serve two subnets ?

[Specter]

yngndrw is right. You have to have a route added from the end device to know how to get to the second router. Now I'm assuming you already have a route setup between router one and two, else router two wouldn't be able to get online. This setup is entirely dependent on the device supporting routes so good luck. If you need more help just ask.