Network help.

[Verb]

Quick question for those computer gods...

If I have a regular lan router, can i hook up a wireless router through the regular router? so basically I have 2 routers working at the same time?

 

[Verb]

i am lost

 

[BOBST]

Hey hifi
since you are up at this crazy time of night, do I need to have two window's up to cut and paste?

 

[timec]

like HFS says - just depends if you really need/want both routers to act as routers.

this link describes some of the options/problems/solutions in managing file-print sharing


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[BOBST]

ya I know....was tired all day and now I'm fucking bright eyed and bushy tailed ......the way I do it for perb posts is to cut and paste into MS word....that way I can edit and check my spalling before I post on perb


HFS

Thank's I'll get it one of these day's!!

 

[timec]

HOLY SHIT....sounds like we agree with each other on this one .....all kidding aside I do appreciate your alternate and usually well thought out POV

usually? waddya mean

BTW - thanks for sending me off on a bug info hunt the last while --- you and your critter thread - we should not speak of such things

 

[hitrack]

For those that use Internet Explorer this cool little thing will check the spelling in any text box you type in.

iespell

 

[Bull]

like HFS says - just depends if you really need/want both routers to act as routers.

this link describes some of the options/problems/solutions in managing file-print sharing


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The image timec posted is exactly how I have my Lan set up to work with two routers, one wireless and one not. As the article in his link points out, the key is that each router has to have different IP addresses and ranges.

 

[Verb]

Thanx guyz....It works perfectly now

 

[RobBC]

Just out of curiosity, is the wired router even necessary? I mean if the WAP can act as a router, why add complexity with another router on top of things? Obviously since you said it's working you shouldn't mess with it, but I'm curious as to what advantage there could possibly be to having a second router in the picture....

RobBC

 

[Verb]

well...my wireless router was givin my computer some problems. it would take a few clicks or a few refresh clicks in order to load a web page and it annoyed the shit out of me. but the wireless worked fine....it was just the ports on the wireless that was gettin messed up. anyways, it is working great now.

 

[Bull]

My wired router also has a print server. I use it not only to connect the non-wireless computers but to give the wireless ones access to printers without having to turn on sny other computer (which would be necessary if the printers were just being shared on the network).