The wall outlet is really just an ethernet cable coming from another router on the network. The network already has a Linksys router as a gateway between the LAN and the Internet and that Linksys is already assigning IP numbers to all of the computers on the LAN. I don't want to confuse the LAN by having two routers competing to assign IP numbers. That's why I want the second Linksys to be "dumb" or "pass- through." Turning off DHCP function on the second router seems to accomplish this.
As for which port to use to connect the LAN to the second Linksys, I don't know enough about the difference between the WAN port and the other ports to know whether it makes any difference which one I use. Your comment about the Uplink port is interesting -- are you saying that attaching the network through that port automatically turns off that router's DHCP function and makes it "dumb"? The actual network configuration is this: Internet Service Provider --> Linksys router (gateway, assigns local IP #s) --> 24-port Netgear router (switch) --> individual computers, printers, etc. The Ethernet cable that I'm attaching to the 2nd Linksys is one of those coming out of the 24-port router. Actually I probably will need several of these two-to-four-port simple routers in the future that serve only to extend the network and needn't provide any other services. Does anyone know of a good, inexpensive option to accomplish this? > Dan, > > Why not just connect an ethernet cable from wall outlet to WAN port > and connect the 2 computers to any port other then the uplink port, > and then they're on the network.... and your done....... I'm not > sure what else your trying to achieve by making the router "dumb"? > > Though if you want to, you could connect the ethernet from the wall > to the uplink(though you won't be able to use the port next to the > "uplink" port) and then the next upstream router will assign ip > address' to the 2 pcs in that room.... essentially making it a > "dumb" router. > > John > > > 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> > > > > | 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> > | 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>
