daisy-chain routers?

Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
time. Thanks.

Shawn

Shawn

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> Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
> router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
> time. Thanks.

Yes, plug uplink to regular port. Disable things like DHCP on all but one
of the routers, or else you could get conflicts.

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Yes, it's possible. Just set the gateway of the second router to the IP
address of the first router. Everything else should be set up as DHCP, so
everything else should work automatically.

Sean

"Shawn" <> wrote in message news:...
> Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
> router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
> time. Thanks.
>
> Shawn
>

I second this suggestion. I forgot to mention that in my own reply.

Sean

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> Shawn <> wrote in news::
>
> > Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
> > router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
> > time. Thanks.
>
> Yes, plug uplink to regular port. Disable things like DHCP on all but one
> of the routers, or else you could get conflicts.
>
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"Shawn" <> wrote in message news:...
> Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
> router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
> time. Thanks.
>
> Shawn
>

You can have 2 routers but you will have to decide which one you want to be
your DHCP server, disable DHCP on the other routerand change the IP address
so that is on the same network (e.g..192.168.1.x) I reccomend assinging it
an address that is outside the range of the starting address of the DHCP
server.

If you already have a hard wired router then just get a wireless access
point and make it easy on yourself or just sell the hard wired router to a
friend that needs/wants one and just get the wireless one since you can
connect wired and wireless computers on it.


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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:02:45 GMT, "Steve" <> wrote:

>
>"Shawn" <> wrote in message news:...
>> Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
>> router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
>> time. Thanks.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>
>You can have 2 routers but you will have to decide which one you want to be
>your DHCP server,

Aren't they BOTH servers? One accesses the ISP...and the other
accesses the other router.

>disable DHCP on the other routerand change the IP address
>so that is on the same network (e.g..192.168.1.x) I reccomend assinging it
>an address that is outside the range of the starting address of the DHCP
>server.

I've never had to do this. Just hook them up...and they work fine.


Have a nice week...

Trent

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"Trent©" wrote:

> I've never had to do this. Just hook them up...and they work fine.

That's nice to know. Thanks to Trent and everyone else for the response.

Shawn

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news:...
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:02:45 GMT, "Steve" <> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Shawn" <> wrote in message news:...
> >> Is it possible to plug a router's uplink into the port of another
> >> router? I wish to use a wireless router and a wired router at the same
> >> time. Thanks.
> >>
> >> Shawn
> >>
> >
> >You can have 2 routers but you will have to decide which one you want to
be
> >your DHCP server,
>
> Aren't they BOTH servers? One accesses the ISP...and the other
> accesses the other router.
>
> >disable DHCP on the other routerand change the IP address
> >so that is on the same network (e.g..192.168.1.x) I reccomend assinging
it
> >an address that is outside the range of the starting address of the DHCP
> >server.
>
> I've never had to do this. Just hook them up...and they work fine.
>
>


You never had to do this.... hmmmm


Well I have this exact setup and this is what I had to do.. what brands are
yo working with?





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"Shawn" <> wrote in message news:...
> "Trent©" wrote:
>
> > I've never had to do this. Just hook them up...and they work fine.
>
> That's nice to know. Thanks to Trent and everyone else for the response.
>
> Shawn
>

Shawn,

I really would not follow that advice. Both routers will conflict with each
other.


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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:16:33 GMT, "Steve" <> wrote:


>> >You can have 2 routers but you will have to decide which one you want to
>be
>> >your DHCP server,
>>
>> Aren't they BOTH servers? One accesses the ISP...and the other
>> accesses the other router.
>>
>> >disable DHCP on the other routerand change the IP address
>> >so that is on the same network (e.g..192.168.1.x) I reccomend assinging
>it
>> >an address that is outside the range of the starting address of the DHCP
>> >server.
>>
>> I've never had to do this. Just hook them up...and they work fine.
>>
>>
>
>
>You never had to do this.... hmmmm
>
>
>Well I have this exact setup and this is what I had to do.. what brands are
>yo working with?

Mostly D-link, Linksys and Siemens.

Don't get me wrong...I'm by no means a networking expert. But, for my
workbench machines, all I do is connect a router to my main router in
another part of the building. All it really does is act as a hub,
AFAIK...since its not configured to connect to my ISP.

YMMV...and it sounds like it does.


Have a nice week...

Trent

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