router to router?

Scuff

Does anyone know if I can hook a wireless 4 port router off of one of the ports from another standard router?

profdlp

Funny you should mention that, I was just gabbing with someone on that very subject. It is definitely possible, at least with some brands. You might have to set a static IP on the second one, though.

The person I was talking with had done it with two Linksys routers, but couldn't get a Linksys to get along with a D-link (at least not yet).

Give it a try.

dodo

you mean like taking a LAN port off the first router to the WAN port of the second? that should be possible by setting it as a static ip on the second router.

if instead you would just be using the 2nd as a hub (LAN-LAN), you have to go in and turn off the DHCP on the second router before hooking them up. ive used this method with success. hypothetically the first router should still assign IPs to the wireless clients on the second router (mine did).

btw, i used dlink-dlink routers.

~dodo

bothered

On my Linksys you use the 4th Lan port as an uplink to the next router. The book says you can connect 235 PCs if you daisychain enough routers.

FormFactor

What you can do is just use the wireless for dhcp, and just turn dhcp off on the standard router, and just give the standard router an IP address. At that point the standard router will act as a switch only.

At least thats how my home lan is set up.

Linksys routers BTW.

Park_7677

Recently another person asked how to do this. This solution worked for him. I do have a wired router hooked to a wireless router, which is what you want I take it. If that above link doesnt help you, post back and we'll get it working for you some other way.

jthorp

ok, so I have a wireless linksys router hooked into a wired linksys router. I followed the steps outlined by other users. I hooked up the wireless router to the wired router, changed it to a static IP and diabled DHCP. This, I gather, turns the wireless router into a hub which allows for wireless users to be able to use it. Do I have to set the same static IP on each computer TCP/IP settings (The IP address I get under "Properties" is different from the IP address I set in the router)? Or is there something else that I'm missing? Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

jthorp

and what port do I put the cord into. I assume the internet slot (an input, no?)

Park_7677

jthorp wrote:

ok, so I have a wireless linksys router hooked into a wired linksys router. I followed the steps outlined by other users. I hooked up the wireless router to the wired router, changed it to a static IP and diabled DHCP. This, I gather, turns the wireless router into a hub which allows for wireless users to be able to use it. Do I have to set the same static IP on each computer TCP/IP settings (The IP address I get under "Properties" is different from the IP address I set in the router)? Or is there something else that I'm missing? Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

and what port do I put the cord into. I assume the internet slot (an input, no?)

What all that does is only use the switch part of the wireless router. The wired one will still give out IPs to any computer hooked to the wireless router, so no need to set them all static (unless you want to).

Just plug the cable from the wired router into one of the switch ports on the wireless router (not the Internet / WAN port if you can help it). Plugging it into the Internet port will cause the router's to actually route to each other, which is not needed since your network is small and it would add latency to the network.

Good luck

EMT

You will need a crossover cable to connect the routers if neither has the auto MDI[-X] feature.