2006-07-25 02:09:25 · 4 answers · asked by Robert P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Unless you really need to expand the physical connections to routers on your network, you are better off just replacing the broadband router with the wireless one.
If you are using a typical home networking router from Linksys, Netgear, Belkin, etc. then you should have a 4 port wireless router. This would allow for 4 physical connections to the router, and 254 wireless connections.
Just take out the old router, plug your main computer directly to your Cable/DSL modem, and follow the instructions for the new wireless router.
If you need more that 4 physical connections, then I would suggest getting and 8 port or more wireless router.
The problem you will run into with attaching one router to another is the potential of router A assigning a dynamic IP address to the front end of router B. You may run into problems resetting the network if power fails.
2006-07-25 02:20:40 · answer #1 · answered by wyntre_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can just connect the uplink port of the wireless to any of the ports on the existing. you just want to make sure the gateway address is the address of the existing router. its also a good idea to give the new router a static ip on the existing router, that way if it releases the ip it wont mess anything up in its settings.
2006-07-25 02:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by dzr0001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You plug it into the router, that what we did with ours. But yours might differ depending on which router and wireless router you have.
2006-07-25 02:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depend on your network configuration.
2006-07-25 02:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by ncx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋