On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Mike Sloane wrote:
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.)
The WAN port on most routers is just an ethernet connection, the same as
the LAN ports. The modem (DSL, cable, etc.) makes the connection from
ethernet to DSL or cable or whatever. You may encounter some routers which
have some type of modem (cable or DSL) built-in.
Now, you can hook up the WAN port from one router to the LAN port of
another, but, in that case, you're setting up 2 separate networks. Let's
say router A has its WAN connection to your internet connection. You have
some computers (call them A1, A2, A3, etc.) connected to router A's LAN
ports. Router B has its WAN port connected to a LAN port on router A,
and some computers connected it to (wirelessly or wired) and we'll call
them B1, B2, B3, etc. First of all, both A and B need to have their LANs
set up with different IP ranges... if A is already using the 192.168.1.x
range, then we should set up B to use something else, like 192.168.2.x.
To use a different IP range, you need to change both the router's own IP
address (on the LAN side) and change the IP addresses it hands out via
DHCP. Once that's done, all computers can get to the internet, and B1 can
get to A1, A2, etc. (same for B2, B3, etc.) but none of the A computers
can access any of the B computers (with limited exceptions if you set up
"port forwarding").
I haven't dealt with "converting a router to an Access Point", as none
of my Linksys routers at home have that capability. So, I can't comment
on how that would work, if your routers have that option.
I still think my original suggestion is the simplest. If you were worried
about security, enabling encryption (WPA is better than WEP, but I use
WEP at home) is a good idea. Just give the auditors the key, and when they
leave you can turn off wireless, or just change the key.
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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