I am connecting my DSL Router to a wireless router, what type of cable should i be using between the 2 routers

Question

can anyone tell me what the wire color code should be? Ex. standard network cable is White orange, Orange, White green, Blue, White Blue, Blue, Green, White brown, Brown

Ok i can use the standard, but when i use another standard to the pc, i can't get connect to the internet? Please advise

Answer 1

this depends on your setup. if you are connection one of the lan ports of the dsl router to the wan port of the wireless router, then you want to use a straight through cable (standard). you will then have to setup the wireless router to obtain a ip from the dsl router dynamically, before the internet will work for the wireless clients.

if you have the lan port of the dsl router connected one of the lan ports of the wireless router, then you will need a crossover cable, this has the transmit and receive signals reversed:
standard end | | crossover end
----------------- -----------------
white/orange | | white/green
orange | | green
white/green | | white/orange
blue | | blue
white/blue | | white/blue
green | | orange
white/brown | | white/brown
brown | | brown

please see the following links for more information on crossover cables:
http://www.netspec.com/helpdesk/wiredoc.html
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm

Answer 2

Its called a Cat 5 cable which delivers Ethernet connectivity between the DSL modem and your wireless router. Color does not matter!

Places to buy:
Radio Shack
Best Buy
Circuit City

Answer 3

White orange, Orange, White green, Blue, White Blue, Green, White brown, Brown

Answer 4

Your default router setting is set to the router your computer is closest to (wireless), right? And you've set two different networks up between the DSL router, wireless router and computer(s)? IE: 192.168.1.0 network between the DSL router and wireless router, 192.168.2.0 for your home network (inside IP for wireless router and computers).

Answer 5

You want a standard network cable.

Answer 6

i use blue