I did this and it worked. The only difference is I did not assign Linksys B any IP number -- I just left it blank. I had to disconnect Linksys B from the network before it would let me get to its configuration menu (because typing 192.168.1.1 into my browser took me to the config menu of Linksys A if Linksys B was on that same network). Once I did that and turned off DHCP, it worked just as you said. The network is connected through Port 1 (not Uplink or WAN) and the other two computers are in ports 2 and 3.
I made one other change in the config, although I'm not sure if it made any difference. One of the configuration pages allowed me to define Linksys B as either a "Gateway" (default setting) or "Router." I chose "Router," since that sounded more like what I'm trying to accomplish. Both computers now appear on the network and all seems to work well. By the way, just to experiment, I also tried plugging the network Ethernet cable into the Uplink port on Linksys B and that also seemed to work. Thanks. > I think what you want to do is this. Go to the setup page of > Linksys B and turn off DHCP. Give it an ip address. If your Linksys > A ' ip is 192.168.1.1 make the last number of the digits a 2. So > you would give Linksys b 192.168.1.2. Remember that address so you > can get to its configuration page if needed after you're set up. > Now plug one of the 4 or 5 ethernet ports from Linksys A in to one > of the Linksys B's 4 or 5 ports. Avoid plugging it in to any other > port on Linksys B (like wan, internet, possibly your uplink port as > well.) This takes up a port on B, but gets done what I think you > are wanting to do. This should turn your B router in to just a pass > through. No crossover is needed. > > Brian O'Neal > > > On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > > I have two computers in a room that has only one Ethernet > connection to my LAN. I want both computers to be connected to the > LAN. I also happen to have have an unused Linksys cable/DSL router, > which I'll call Linksys B. > > If I plug in the Linksys B router, run the Ethernet cable to one of > its ports and run Ethernet cables from two other of the Linksys B > ports to the two computers in the room, will they be able to access > the network? > > Does it matter which Linksys B ports I use for either the cable > from the network to the router, or for the two cables to the two > computers? The Linksys has 6 ports: one labeled "WAN," one labeled > "UPLINK" and four unlabeled ports. > > Does it matter that the LAN that is being connected to is currently > being provided NAT services by an identical Linksys router, which > I'll call Linksys A. > > Do I have to access the Linksys' web interface -- on either A or B > -- to change any configuration settings? (Such as turning off NAT > on Linksys B?) > > Essentially, I want Linksys B to serve as a "dumb" router on the > network to give me more Ethernet access points in that one room. > > Thanks. > > Dan > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060118/ccb92418/attachment.html
