Two wireless routers on same lan?

I have a wireless G Linksys WRT54G router in my house. The signal
doesn't penetrate everywhere, so I'm thinking of getting another
wireless router (say a NetGear WGR614) and making a wired connection
with an ethernet cable from one of the ethernet ports on the Linksys
to the WAN connection on the NetGear. Then I should have two wireless
lans in my house and I think that together I should get good
coverage.

Will this work? I just want to run it by this group in case there's
something obviously wrong with my plan.

"Hamad bin Turki al Salami" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless G Linksys WRT54G router in my house. The signal
> doesn't penetrate everywhere, so I'm thinking of getting another
> wireless router (say a NetGear WGR614) and making a wired connection
> with an ethernet cable from one of the ethernet ports on the Linksys
> to the WAN connection on the NetGear. Then I should have two wireless
> lans in my house and I think that together I should get good
> coverage.
>
> Will this work? I just want to run it by this group in case there's
> something obviously wrong with my plan.


What you want is a "wireless access point".

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

Travis M. wrote:
> "Hamad bin Turki al Salami" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> I have a wireless G Linksys WRT54G router in my house. The signal
>> doesn't penetrate everywhere, so I'm thinking of getting another
>> wireless router (say a NetGear WGR614) and making a wired connection
>> with an ethernet cable from one of the ethernet ports on the Linksys
>> to the WAN connection on the NetGear. Then I should have two wireless
>> lans in my house and I think that together I should get good
>> coverage.
>>
>> Will this work? I just want to run it by this group in case there's
>> something obviously wrong with my plan.
>
>
> What you want is a "wireless access point".
>

Isn't a wireless router like the NetGear WGR614 a wireless access point,
together with an ethernet hub? I could actually use the extra ethernet
ports, so I'd rather have them than just a wireless access point.

Is there a different kind of wireless access point than what's contained
in a wireless router like the WGR614?

Of course, it would be nice to be able to "roam" between the areas
covered by the two routers, so I'd like for them to both be providing
the same interface, if I can do that. But that's not essential.
Generally, I sit in one place, so I don't mind if I have to reconnect
if I move to a new area of the house occasionally.

"Hamad bin Turki al Salami" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Travis M. wrote:
>> "Hamad bin Turki al Salami" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>>> I have a wireless G Linksys WRT54G router in my house. The signal
>>> doesn't penetrate everywhere, so I'm thinking of getting another
>>> wireless router (say a NetGear WGR614) and making a wired connection
>>> with an ethernet cable from one of the ethernet ports on the Linksys
>>> to the WAN connection on the NetGear. Then I should have two wireless
>>> lans in my house and I think that together I should get good
>>> coverage.
>>>
>>> Will this work? I just want to run it by this group in case there's
>>> something obviously wrong with my plan.
>>
>>
>> What you want is a "wireless access point".
>>
>
> Isn't a wireless router like the NetGear WGR614 a wireless access point,
> together with an ethernet hub? I could actually use the extra ethernet
> ports, so I'd rather have them than just a wireless access point.
>
> Is there a different kind of wireless access point than what's contained
> in a wireless router like the WGR614?
>
> Of course, it would be nice to be able to "roam" between the areas
> covered by the two routers, so I'd like for them to both be providing
> the same interface, if I can do that. But that's not essential.
> Generally, I sit in one place, so I don't mind if I have to reconnect
> if I move to a new area of the house occasionally.

Yes, it is. Sort of. Set up the second router without DHCP and connect a
port on the first router to a LAN port on the second, not the WAN port.

And yes, wireless access points are available separately.