Re: Questions about running multiple Routers in my home

Thank you for the info.... About the compatible IP address, I can log in
to the wireless router and see how and where to set the IP but have no
clue as to what to set it to. Can I just pick a number? Like
191.168.100.1?

Thanx again,
Homer J

One more question, can I assume that the wireless router will merely
pass along any requests for an IP address to the Linksys DHCP, then the
Linksys DHCP will generate an IP address and again the wireless router
will pass the address off to the wireless client?

Sorry, I don't usually work a lot with networks but I learn fast -
thanx...


On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:58:37 -0400, "Doug Sherman [MVP]"
<nodspamherman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, this is a common configuration - especially because wireless routers
are often cheaper than full featured access points. Basically what you do
is disable the DHCP function on the wireless router and assign it a
compatible non-conflicting IP on the network. Then connect an ethernet
cable to a LAN port on the Linksys and a LAN port on the wireless router.
Do not connect anything to the WAN/Internet port on the wireless router.
How you configure these settings is product specific.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Homer S." <Mr.Plow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:28vre2hctf504h7japa2jkjaq7pqo5mkc6@xxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

I have an existing network in my house that uses a Linksys wired
Cable/DSL Firewall Router to connect to the Internet through a Motorola
Surfboard cable modem - SB5100. I recently purchased a laptop for my
wife, that has a built-in wireless a/b/g NIC. I would like to use the
wireless feature so she can be on-line anywhere in the house. I'd also
like to do this while leaving my existing router/network alone. Is it
possible to connect a second wireless router to my existing network and
basically set it up as a wireless access point for my wife's laptop - I
guess it would have to act like a switch???

Any help would be greatly appreciated. My knowledge of PC's and the O/S
is good - I build and repair PC's regularly. I just don't do a lot of
networking stuff.

Thanx,
HJS

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