I have a wireless router for my son's laptop and now my other son has a computer and wants internet but the wireless connection sucks when he trys to play his games. So My question is can I Hook up a wireless router and a wired router to one cable modem? Will one interfere with the other. This just seems like one big headache!
2007-06-04 12:17:50 · 4 answers · asked by lilchic 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
YOU NEED A PATCH CABLE LONG ENOUGH TO REACH SONS COMPUTER FROM DSL MODEM. ALSO SONS COMPUTER NEEDS TO HAVE ETHERNET CONNECTOR.
NEWER COMPUTERS HAVE THIS BUILT IN. CONNECT PATCH CABLE TO BOTH AND RUN NETWORK WIZARD SO SONS COMPUTER WILL RECOGNIZE THE NETWORK. SHOULD BE ALL THAT IS NEEDED.
2007-06-08 11:48:03 · answer #1 · answered by BBH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Most routers with 4 ports have one labeled 'uplink' or some such. The allows you to link routers. Have the wired on first in the chain and I think that will work.
2007-06-04 19:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cirric is correct use the uplink but watch your ip address. also you can use one computer as a server and link the wireless to the server and that will work also..
Modem to router to computer to wireless the computer will have to have 2 network cards though
2007-06-04 19:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer lies in how many ports your cable/dsl modem has. That would be ONE, so you can have ONE router. Just get one that has 1-4 wired ports and you are gold.
2007-06-04 19:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋