routers

I have a cable modem going into a 4-port router. I need
more ports. I have tried pluging one router into the
other, but it does not work. Do I have to buy an 8-port
router? Is there some trick in running one router off of
another? I could not find this topic by searching, but I
am sure someone has had this problem before. This seems to
be more a router-to-router configuration problem than a MS
software problem. Please advise.
Thank you in advance - Jarod

get a cheap hub , you can still use DHCP from the router

i have a router connected to a hub ..connected to another hub ...connected
to a 2nd router ..then to my computer :>


"Jarod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:073301c3b809$395e3e80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a cable modem going into a 4-port router. I need
> more ports. I have tried pluging one router into the
> other, but it does not work. Do I have to buy an 8-port
> router? Is there some trick in running one router off of
> another? I could not find this topic by searching, but I
> am sure someone has had this problem before. This seems to
> be more a router-to-router configuration problem than a MS
> software problem. Please advise.
> Thank you in advance - Jarod

In article <073301c3b809$395e3e80$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jarod"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a cable modem going into a 4-port router. I need
>more ports. I have tried pluging one router into the
>other, but it does not work. Do I have to buy an 8-port
>router? Is there some trick in running one router off of
>another? I could not find this topic by searching, but I
>am sure someone has had this problem before. This seems to
>be more a router-to-router configuration problem than a MS
>software problem. Please advise.
>Thank you in advance - Jarod

Use the second router as a network switch only, not as a router:

1. Connect the uplink port of one router to a regular LAN port of the
other router. Don't connect to the second router's WAN port.

2. Disable the second router's DHCP server.
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That is the solution. I knew it had to be something simple
that I was overlooking.
Thank you
Jarod
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Use the second router as a network switch only, not as a
router:
>
>1. Connect the uplink port of one router to a regular LAN
port of the
>other router. Don't connect to the second router's WAN
port.
>
>2. Disable the second router's DHCP server.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

or just use a hub....cheaper than a router , since the router will be mostly
disabled...


"Jarod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:037201c3b861$25255d10$(E-Mail Removed)...
> That is the solution. I knew it had to be something simple
> that I was overlooking.
> Thank you
> Jarod
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >Use the second router as a network switch only, not as a
> router:
> >
> >1. Connect the uplink port of one router to a regular LAN
> port of the
> >other router. Don't connect to the second router's WAN
> port.
> >
> >2. Disable the second router's DHCP server.
> >--
> >Best Wishes,
> >Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

You may try running a hub or switch off of the router. A
router uses an IP address, that is probably why you can't
chain 2 of them together, but a hub or switch doesn't.
You should be able to run a hub or switch off of a port on
the router and plug devices into the hub or switch.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a cable modem going into a 4-port router. I need
>more ports. I have tried pluging one router into the
>other, but it does not work. Do I have to buy an 8-port
>router? Is there some trick in running one router off of
>another? I could not find this topic by searching, but I
>am sure someone has had this problem before. This seems
to
>be more a router-to-router configuration problem than a
MS
>software problem. Please advise.
>Thank you in advance - Jarod
>.
>