Two Wireless Routers in Tandem
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From: Jake on 25 Sep 2005 12:47 Is this the right forum? Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have my main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless environment. House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. So, I thought, since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook one up for the basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and connect the other wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One wireless router is a Linksys, the other is netgear. Thanks in advance. --Jim
From: GTS on 25 Sep 2005 14:23 Yes. The two devices should use different channels from the choices of 1,6, or 11 and you should configure the second WRouter for use as a Wireless Access Point. See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html . -- "Jake" <bmcsretired(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:9wAZe.164$K91.61(a)twister.nyroc.rr.com... > Is this the right forum? > > Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have my > main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless environment. > House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. So, I thought, > since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook one up for the > basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and connect the other > wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One wireless router is a > Linksys, the other is netgear. > > Thanks in advance. > > --Jim > > >
From: Spike9458 on 25 Sep 2005 16:14 Thanks ... will post back once I get it done ... might be a day or two. --Jim "GTS" <x> wrote in message news:OPWt64fwFHA.612(a)TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Yes. The two devices should use different channels from the choices of > 1,6, or 11 and you should configure the second WRouter for use as a > Wireless Access Point. See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html . > -- > > "Jake" <bmcsretired(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:9wAZe.164$K91.61(a)twister.nyroc.rr.com... >> Is this the right forum? >> >> Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have my >> main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless environment. >> House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. So, I thought, >> since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook one up for the >> basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and connect the other >> wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One wireless router is a >> Linksys, the other is netgear. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> --Jim >> >> >> > >
From: Spike9458 on 28 Sep 2005 10:01 Okay, I guess I'm an idiot ... certainly not well versed in routers and wireless stuff ... but I'm not finding it easy to figure out what I'm supposed to do according to the ezlan.net link you provided. I setup my basic wireless system ... then what, plug the second router into the first one, or do I need a second NIC installed on my computer? Trial and error is my way of figuring stuff out, but this is way over my head. --Jim "GTS" <x> wrote in message news:OPWt64fwFHA.612(a)TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Yes. The two devices should use different channels from the choices of > 1,6, or 11 and you should configure the second WRouter for use as a > Wireless Access Point. See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html . > -- > > "Jake" <bmcsretired(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:9wAZe.164$K91.61(a)twister.nyroc.rr.com... >> Is this the right forum? >> >> Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have my >> main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless environment. >> House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. So, I thought, >> since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook one up for the >> basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and connect the other >> wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One wireless router is a >> Linksys, the other is netgear. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> --Jim >> >> >> > >
From: GTS on 28 Sep 2005 11:51 You need to make an initial wired connection to the secondary router to configure it. Then, for ongoing use, it connects to your other router. NOTE: The connection from the other router should be to a LAN port, not the uplink port. Does that help? -- "Spike9458" <bmcsretired(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:14-dnXWiVMyuP6feRVn-pA(a)adelphia.com... > Okay, I guess I'm an idiot ... certainly not well versed in routers and > wireless stuff ... but I'm not finding it easy to figure out what I'm > supposed to do according to the ezlan.net link you provided. I setup my > basic wireless system ... then what, plug the second router into the first > one, or do I need a second NIC installed on my computer? > > Trial and error is my way of figuring stuff out, but this is way over my > head. > > --Jim > > "GTS" <x> wrote in message news:OPWt64fwFHA.612(a)TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> Yes. The two devices should use different channels from the choices of >> 1,6, or 11 and you should configure the second WRouter for use as a >> Wireless Access Point. See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html . >> -- >> >> "Jake" <bmcsretired(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:9wAZe.164$K91.61(a)twister.nyroc.rr.com... >>> Is this the right forum? >>> >>> Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have >>> my main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless >>> environment. House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. >>> So, I thought, since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook >>> one up for the basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and >>> connect the other wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One >>> wireless router is a Linksys, the other is netgear. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> --Jim >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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