Ryan314 Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 Ok so my friend just asked me a question about two routers. and im not too sure what the answer is. direct quote "Im trying to run a network in my room, however there is already a network presently in my home, So what i am attempting to do since i dont have two very long network cables is take one network cable from my existing network drag it upstairs, plug it into the WAN slot of my new router and run a network in my room off of it. Will it work or is that pretty much impossible?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 yes that will work. just make sure that second router is on DHCP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 i believe you have to run that uplink cable to PORT 1 on the upstairs router , not the WAN port; running it into the WAN port will cause problems such as duplicate ip ranges being used by both routers....it is possible but it would seem easier to just use the 2nd router as a hub/switch on the subnet. -JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted July 14, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 K he says thanks.. hes gonna try it and then let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 junkieXL is correct.. unless they are two different brands.. like linksys and dlink.. otherwise both router would be 192.168.0.1 (dlink) as their hardware IPs.. now if you were to plug into the wan port from one to the other.. it would assign that second router an IP (192.168.1.100).. If you were to connect a computer to the second router.. that is where the problem is.. you have the WAN IP set to 192.168.0.100 and a client on that side of the network set to 192.168.0.100... By turning off DHCP and plugging into the port one on the router.. it becomes a "smart" switch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 This is actually what I do... I have a router in our office, and a cable going to the router in my room which branches off to my computers. It is possible to use the WAN port but it's simpler to just hook it up to port 1 of the second router. Plus you'll probably get better transfer speeds between computers if you don't use the WAN port... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 Ok i want to do this. I have a linksys wired router that i want to use. So when i go to turn off DHCP i get the following options: Static IP, PPPoE, and PPTP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted July 14, 2006 CID Share Posted July 14, 2006 what linksys router? This is the dhcp server.. for local addresses.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted July 17, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 I have no clue what router it is. he said it wasnt working so he gave up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeah Networking is a psain in the @$$ Y do u think they charge so much oset up netwok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeah Networking is a psain in the @$$ Y do u think they charge so much oset up netwok? I haven't had any troubles yet... except for the very first network I set up. Years ago... ad-hoc network... spent hours trying to get the stupid thing working. It ended up being a miswired cable. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 junkieXL is correct.. unless they are two different brands.. like linksys and dlink.. otherwise both router would be 192.168.0.1 (dlink) as their hardware IPs.. now if you were to plug into the wan port from one to the other.. it would assign that second router an IP (192.168.1.100).. If you were to connect a computer to the second router.. that is where the problem is.. you have the WAN IP set to 192.168.0.100 and a client on that side of the network set to 192.168.0.100... By turning off DHCP and plugging into the port one on the router.. it becomes a "smart" switch.. That sounds right. The only thing I might add is to statically assign the IP of the 2nd router to something on the LAN subnet. With DHCP disabled on it, this should prevent IP conflicts. Otherwise, this setup should work fine. You can also make the 2nd router a wireless access point (given that it's wireless) to extend your wireless network range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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