Can I hook a desktop computer to a wireless router that is already connected to other pcs w/o unhooking anythi

Question

Need to hook up desktop computer to wireless router without unhooking the router that is already running other computers?

Answer 1

Please be more specific. Are you trying to communicate that you actually are dealing with *two* routers? One that is wireless, and one that other computers are already plugged into? If so, you did not state that completely clearly. I will assume that is what you meant, though.

The first router that everything is already plugged into is probably acting as the DHCP service for your system. So -- the first thing I would do is plug that wireless router in (the new one not in use yet), and connect it to any computer (using a wire -- not wireless).

Then, open your internet browser and type in the router's IP address so that you can edit its settings. You may have to research this. Linksys routers, for example, generally can be found at the address 192.168.1.1.

On that first page (on linksys routers) you need to change two things.

First, you need to change the IP address of the router. It needs to be an IP address that in the range of your *other* router's DHCP settings. For example, the other router might be set to give out IP addresses between 192.168.0.100 through 192.168.0.120 (you will have to check your DHCP settings in your other router by logging into it using the same method if you do not already know this). For example, if you know that your DHCP range includes the IP addresses I just mentioned, and you know that the IP address 192.168.0.20 is not being used yet, then you can set your default IP address to be 192.168.0.20.

Secondly, you need to set it so that the new router does not use DHCP itself (since your *other* router will be handling all that).

After you have changed those settings, hit Save Changes.

Now, take the new router to wherever the old router is still plugged in and plug it in as well (power). Then, run a wire from the old router to any of the standard ports on the new router. This might require that you free up *one* of the slots on your old router if one is not free already. But, you can probably plug whatever you unplug into the *new* router anyway.

Now, the new router will act as nothing more than a switch (instead of a router) while letting the old router do all of the 'routing' functions.

Now, you can plug a computer into the new router using any of the available slots or you can connect it wirelessly if you wish (you did not specify that, either).

I hope that is in the ballpark of what you were looking for.

Good luck, :)
Riven

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Just connect wirelessly to the router. If you're talking about ethernet connections, then you would need to make sure you have an open port in your router.

Answer 4

If there is an empty ethernet port & your pc has an ethernet port --> cable up. If not go get a wireless card for the pc.

Answer 5

if there are empty network cable slots at the back of the router, then plug it right in! or else you need a bigger router
cheers

Answer 6

as long as it has a wireless reciever it should connect....