I have two desktop PC's in the house connected to a wired netgear router which has been serving well for a few years now. I am about to buy a laptop and wish to make use of its wireless capabilities. I have a wireless router which I would like to install in the house only for use with the laptop and leave the other two PC's running using the netgear wired router.
Is this possible or will there be conflicts?
Thanks
2007-01-02 12:20:56 · 10 answers · asked by Stavylix 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
certainly...basically you want to use the wireless router as an access point. you will have to run a segment of CAT 5 to it and disable the DHCP server (you only want 1 DHCP server on a network to prevent duplicate IP addressing).
2007-01-02 12:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really must use a wired and wireless router, connect the wireless router to the wired router between its LAN ports. You may want to disable the DHCP and internet connecting service and the built-in firewall of the wireless. Its not a MUST, but interesting to play around with.
2007-01-02 12:30:45 · answer #2 · answered by king_calculus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to connect the two routers, but unless you need the extra ports, I wouldn't bother. Just replace the wired router with the wireless router -- most wireless routers also have wired Ethernet ports.
2007-01-02 12:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by MarnenLK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but i think you can only have one router connected at one time, but the answer to that problem is buy a wireless router that has ports on the back so that you are able to connect the pc's with wires and still use the laptop wireless. i have 2pc's wired to wireless router and 2 laptops at same time
2007-01-02 12:26:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why go thru all that BS? Just replace the original router with a wireless! Most wireless routers have wired lan ports!
2007-01-02 12:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DOes your Wireless router has ethernet port? usually ethernet port is located at the back check it out and if it has why not just use your wireless router for both wired for you desktop and wireless for your laptop. Using one router will consume less electricity compared to using 2 routers and using one router is easy to configure compared to 2 router if you want your desktop to "talk" to your laptop or vise versa.
2007-01-02 16:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by daimous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly possible.
Though the configuration may be a little more complex as the new router will have to be setup with a different IP then the typical default of 192.168.1.1, which is likely what your existing router is set to.
The other option is to setup the new router on a completely different subnet and nat it to the existing network. But I wouldn't recommend that route unless you really knew what you were doing and had a valid reason to do so.
2007-01-02 12:45:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you might have some problems with that, but why not just switch to the wireless since most allow both at the same time. Plus, your can send files from one computer to any other through your network while you can't with two routers.
2007-01-02 12:30:51 · answer #8 · answered by siyangqiu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would personally scrap them both and simply get a router that accepts both wired and wireless clients... less of a headache that way. LinkSys had a couple models, and they are relatively inexpensive. Good luck!
2007-01-02 12:36:59 · answer #9 · answered by kymshelton@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is possible. This is how it was in my house for a while! No conflicts either.
2007-01-02 12:29:09 · answer #10 · answered by Professor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋