Adding wireless

Here's the situation...

There is a wired broadband router, with some spare UTP ports (in the
192.168.1.xxx range)

I want to connect to this wirelessly.

Changing the router is not an option

I was thinking, get a wireless router, and connect the WAN part of it to the
wired router's LAN side.
Set the WAN IP (of the new router) to be in the range if 192.168.1.xxx and
the LAN side to be, say 192.168.6.xxx

Then I could configure a wireless PC to connect to the new wireless AP, and
get an internet connection via the wired router?

Does this sound possible, or am I missing something here?

I though of getting the ME101 Ethernet bridge and connecting it to the wired
router, but this only supports infrastructure mode, so this won't work
unless I have an access point..

Sparks...

"Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Here's the situation...
>
> There is a wired broadband router, with some spare UTP ports (in the
> 192.168.1.xxx range)
>
> I want to connect to this wirelessly.
>
> Changing the router is not an option
>
> I was thinking, get a wireless router, and connect the WAN part of it to
the
> wired router's LAN side.
> Set the WAN IP (of the new router) to be in the range if 192.168.1.xxx and
> the LAN side to be, say 192.168.6.xxx
>
> Then I could configure a wireless PC to connect to the new wireless AP,
and
> get an internet connection via the wired router?
>
> Does this sound possible, or am I missing something here?
>
> I though of getting the ME101 Ethernet bridge and connecting it to the
wired
> router, but this only supports infrastructure mode, so this won't work
> unless I have an access point..

I've no wireless experience so I may be talking nonsense, but...

If changing your existing router is not an option (why?), why can't you just
plug in an "wireless access point"? This acts as a wireless server for
clients such as notebooks and other clients such as ME101s. Wireless routers
are two devices in one, a router combined with a WAP. Since you already have
a router, just buy a WAP.

I think most people with routers would buy a combined device and sell the
old router because the price of a combined unit is about the same as a WAP
on its own.

The cheapest WAP that Ebuyer sells is at http://tinyurl.com/vv84 and costs
under £40. Like any WAP, you'd connect this to your router with an ethernet
cable. However, I think I'd go for http://tinyurl.com/rg69 which can act as
a WAP, a bridge or a repeater, comes from a major brand, and seems
well-liked.

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Richard Boyce
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> If changing your existing router is not an option (why?)

Because it isn't mine, if you know where I am comming from here

> , why can't you just
> plug in an "wireless access point"? This acts as a wireless server for
> clients such as notebooks and other clients such as ME101s. Wireless
routers
> are two devices in one, a router combined with a WAP. Since you already
have
> a router, just buy a WAP.

I am not sure how many IP addresses are avalable on the wired router, and
cant log into it to configure it.

> I think most people with routers would buy a combined device and sell the
> old router because the price of a combined unit is about the same as a WAP
> on its own.
>
> The cheapest WAP that Ebuyer sells is at http://tinyurl.com/vv84 and costs
> under £40. Like any WAP, you'd connect this to your router with an
ethernet
> cable. However, I think I'd go for http://tinyurl.com/rg69 which can act
as
> a WAP, a bridge or a repeater, comes from a major brand, and seems
> well-liked.

"Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > If changing your existing router is not an option (why?)
>
> Because it isn't mine, if you know where I am comming from here

Ok, so just as some ISPs say you can only connect one device in their T&Cs
(while everyone and his uncle uses routers to connect whole networks), you
want to do the same sort of thing, splitting a single IP address into
several without bothering any overbearing, sorry I meant overworked
administrators.

Don't see why you couldn't daisychain a router as you suggested. Though I
suggest you turn off its Routing Information Protocol system. As I
understand it, this is one of those automatic ease-of-use features that
allow routers to inform each other about which addresses are handled by the
router. I'm a bit out of my depth here, but I suspect that could be a
needless giveaway...

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Richard Boyce
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