Tom,
My cable modem comes in the far corner of my house. My house is a
one-story Florida house and is kind of large. Most of my wireless
work would be done in the very far end of the house from where the
cable modem comes in. I suspected that the performance might be
compromised a bit. I was running wires for a surround sound system so
I figured I'd run some Cat-5E for the wireless router. I guess that's
how I ended up with two.
I'm told it's very possible to have two routers like this. I'm just
stumped right now on the steps to get them working. Right now, I'm
using the Linksys back in my office and have bypassed the SMC. I'm
trying to figure out what to do when I move it downstream or whatever
from the SMC. Someone said I need to disable DHCP on the wireless
router but I'm not sure how I get my laptop with the wireless card to
get a IP address or DHCP reservation or whatever. Do I use the
Linksys like I am now, let the laptop negotiate a hookup to the
wireless and then move it?
Thx,
Chris I.
"Tom Scales" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<H-2dnYNTtv-B-6TdRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Why have both? Just replace the SMC with the Linksys.
>
> Tom
> "CSI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > Hello,
> >
> > A follow-up question: I tried to hook the wireless Linksys WRT54G into
> > my wired SMC barricade. I didn't have a lot of time tonight to do it
> > but it didn't work. Question: Do I have to plug the new Linksys into
> > my PC in place of the wired SMC unit to configure it? Then, move it
> > to it's new location downstream of the barricade? Or, do I just plug
> > it into the SMC without plugging it directly into my PC first. Do I
> > need to enable DHCP on the Linksys first so my PC on the other end of
> > the house with a wireless PCI card can get an IP address or
> > reservation or whatever? Then disable DHCP on the wireless unit?
> >
> > Sorry if these are really dumb question. I'd buy you all a beer if
> > that were possible....
> >
> > Thx,
> > Chris I.
> > Clearwater, FL
> >
> > daults(spy)@comcsat.net wrote in message
> news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> > > On 18 Feb 2004 11:51:48 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (CSI) wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi all,
> > > >
> > > >I am installing a network at home. I'll have my cable modem plugged
> > > >into a wired router (probably a little SMC unit). I'll put a network
> > > >card in my desktop PC that's sitting right there. I've run a Cat 5E
> > > >cable to the middle of my house where I'd like to install a wireless
> > > >access point. I'm not confident that I'll have speedy coverage
> > > >everywhere if I keep the WAP in the far corner of my house.
> > > >
> > > >Here's my question: I have access to a Linksys wireless router. Can I
> > > >use that as the access point and just disable the routing and other
> > > >features that my wired router will be providing? Would I plug the Cat
> > > >5 into one of the LAN ports on my wired router and into the WAN port
> > > >on the wireless router? Any other tips or suggestions to make this
> > > >work better?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks for any help you can give me. I've poked around the past
> > > >postings and I think I can do this but I just wanted to ask one more
> > > >time.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks again,
> > > >Chris I.
> > > >Clearwater, FL
> > >
> > > Hi Chris,
> > > I just setup a network kind of like the one you what to and it
> > > works great. The only difference is I connected the 2 routers from
> > > LAN port to LAN port instead of using the WAN port. My D-Link DI-524
> > > has Auto MDI/MDIX LAN Ports so I was able to use the cable I had for
> > > my wired Laptop upstairs for the wireless router. I had to change the
> > > DiLink's IP Address and Disabled the DHCP Server to stop a conflict
> > > with my wired router.
> > >
> > > Steve
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