Dan, It won't issue dupe ips as the "gateway" router will assign an ip address to the router(I think your referring to as "linksysb") then "linksysb" assigns ips to the devices behind it...... But then that router "routes" the traffic where it needs to go, hence the name router........
The wan is the "wide area network" basically goes to the net or whatever(even another router)..... The uplink is to use if you just want to pass thru that router, the documentation on the Linksys site makes it sound like it then becomes a hub. And as Lee said then you can't use the port next to the uplink port as they are wired together, so if it is a 4 port router you'll have 3 ports to connect to devices. You could connect hubs off the 24 port router to get more outlets or another 24 port switch if your going to need even more ports in the future. John On Jan 19, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > 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> | 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>
