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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 07:11 | |
shroom_monk
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I'm told this may be possible, but I just want to check here, and see what people think. Currently, we have a wired internet connection (broadband) for our internet. We are thinking of getting wireless, but want to keep the wired connection. Is it possible to get a wireless router and plug it into (say the ethernet of) the wired router? If so, what must be set up? If not, is there another way? Thanks!
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 07:36 | |
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zebeste |
I believe that a lot of wireless routers still have ethernet ports built in, so you could just replace your current router with one of these and have both wired and wireless
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 09:48 | |
JL235
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I completely agree with Zebeste, only I would say that most if not all wireless routers offer an ethernet connection too. They also usually have a setting to allow admin access only through ethernet so you have to be wired in order to change settings.
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 10:55 | |
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shroom_monk
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But is it possible to attach the wireless router to the wired one? Because we still need to keep and use the wired router as it is - partly because it has USB.
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 11:10 | |
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zebeste |
So you're adament about keeping your current router. Routers are a level 3 networking device meant to connect to a WAN (internet), but they can usually be used as bridges to, so it probably would work in your situation. However, if you want to keep your current router, you might want to consider just using a wireless bridge (slightly less complex to set up than a router, at least in my Cisco courses years ago), or even a wireless hub (even easier to set up), instead of a second router. EDIT: hubs and bridges are usually cheaper too
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 15:59 | |
Scherererer
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if you plug an ethernet cable into the wired router and the other end into the uplink port on the wireless router, and then MAKE SURE that you disable DHCP on it, then you should be golden.
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 16:01 | |
Mog
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The way you do this is set your wireless router to a static ip, and point the Default Gateway to your actual wired router... then you plug the internet port on the wireless(not any of the LAN ports) into a free LAN port on the wired. There may actually be a way for it to just negotiate with the router. I had a Linksys WRT54 hardwired into a Netgear WGR615 and they seemed to just pick up and go. The main thing is, keep them on the same subnet and make sure the GATEWAY on the wireless is set to your hard-wired. -=-=- I am Busy Mongoose - My Website Dev PC: AMD 8150-FX, 16gb Ram, GeForce GTX 680 2gb Current Project: Pyroxene
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| Sat, 02 Feb 2008, 19:24 | |
power mousey
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I hope you get it all sorted and fiqured out Shroom. My brother has gone compeltely Wifi with his 2 laptops and has 2 cell phones on a discount package that includes a better and more inexpensive package as compared to having just a phone and Broadband thru the phone company. He doesn't have Broadband(DSL) anymore and neither the regular phone. He still has a desktop with DSL at his place of work. Now, my brother and a few friends want me to go Broadband or DSL. Even my mom has DSL now and on her old Dell. |
| Sun, 03 Feb 2008, 04:16 | |
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TheMadProff |
It should be completely possible to connect a wireless router to a wired one, using Ethernet, though you will have to be careful with IP assignment settings (DCHP etc). This would work quite well, but it would mean you have two boxes... What you could do, is replace your current router with a new one: You can still get routers with ADSL modems in them, which I presume is one of the reasons you need to keep your old router, because it has a modem in it. You could copy across all the setting to your new router, and bingo. If you need the USB connection, you could either get a USB to Ethernet adapter for your computer, or just get a wireless adapter for your computer, USB or PCMCIA. The only problem may be the cost of the adaptor. Example Router: https://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/DG834G.aspx Example combo: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834G-54Mbps-Wireless-Firewall/dp/B0000TZ8Z8 -=-=- ''It works, but I'm not sure why it works...'' |
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