OK, I agree that I need to turn off DHCP on the "slave" router and give
it a different ID from the "master". But now you are suggesting that I
go from the WAN port on the wired/wireless "slave" to an "in" port on
the router. While that sounds logical, I am wondering if the electronics
on the WAN port can deal hand off to the "in" port the router? Isn't the
WAN port set up to deal with some kind of specialized connections
"handshake" from the ISP's "modem"? (I am asking this out of ignorance.)
Mike
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Most wireless routers can be set up to act as an Access point only and
do no routing.
This would be the preferred setting along with security WPA TKIP
Along with the caveats that Tom and others mentioned it is not that
difficult.
Plug router in from port on hub to wan on router. Get into router view
web, set security and then turn it into access point only. (Turns off
DHCP)
Stewart
At 12:58 PM 2/7/2009, you wrote:
I have an office with an 8-port Ethernet router on a broadband cable
connection. I have been requested the ability to provide some wireless
capability temporarily (for outside auditors). I have a spare 4-port
wired/wireless Linksys broadband router, and I was wondering if I
could "daisy-chain" the latter to the former by using a cross-over
cable between one of the Ethernet ports on each unit. I know that I
can daisy chain Ethernet hubs this way, but have not ever tried to do
it with wireless (802.11a/b/g/n) connections.
My other thought is to plug the wired/wireless into the broadband
connection and then patch the 8-port hub into that.
Before I start chasing "the impossible dream", I was wondering if
anyone had tried it or had any thoughts.
Mike
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