Please show me how to

[john ranger]

Connect my 22 Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Router to my EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch.

I know it can be done but have no idea how. Can't seem to find the answer anywhere. Thank you

[mbossman2]

connect one of these devices (device A) to your broadband modem using the WAN port. then connect the other device (device B) to device A using a LAN port to LAN port connection. Only 1 WAN port should be in use on the network at any given time.

on device B, go into the configuration and disable DHCP (so there is only 1 DHCP server on the network)

[glc]

I recommend you use the wireless router as the primary and only router on your network. If you need more ports, use a switch, not a second router.

mbossman2's suggestion is partially correct. You also have to change the second router's internal IP address to one that is within the first router's subnet but not within its DHCP scope.

Exactly what are you trying to do and why?

[john ranger]

Originally Posted by glc I recommend you use the wireless router as the primary and only router on your network. If you need more ports, use a switch, not a second router. mbossman2's suggestion is partially correct. You also have to change the second router's internal IP address to one that is within the first router's subnet but not within its DHCP scope. Exactly what are you trying to do and why?

Exactly what are you trying to do and why?


Well My main router is upstairs the hard wire. I have a hard wire going downstairs and hooked up to another computer. I have a laptop that only has a wireless card so I need to hook it up to the wireless unit.

That's why

[glc]

Replace the main router with the wireless router - that's the simplest way.

[mbossman2]

Originally Posted by glc I recommend you use the wireless router as the primary and only router on your network. If you need more ports, use a switch, not a second router. mbossman2's suggestion is partially correct. You also have to change the second router's internal IP address to one that is within the first router's subnet but not within its DHCP scope. Exactly what are you trying to do and why?

george,

I have always wondered about that.

Why the static IP on the 2nd router when it is just acting as a switch? the IP address is immaterial to most basic switches (in an L3 switch an IP address is a requirment) and in this role, all the "router" is doing is passing packets based upon MAC addresses.

[glc]

Not exactly. It is an IP device and as such, it has to be in the correct subnet using an address that won't collide with the DHCP function of the main router, or worse, duplicate an address. Also, it can't be accessed from the network to configure it or work as a WAP unless you do this. Remember, we are dealing with consumer grade equipment here - not the big iron you deal with in your job. I've had to reconfigure wireless routers to do exactly this many times - I do NOT like doing it and it does not always work well, but this method generally succeeds. Again, this is not the RIGHT way to expand a network.