Locating a wireless router???

[Pete C.]

My main internet connection and modem is located in my finished basement. I have run hard wires from a BEFSR41 V.2 router to 3 locations. One to my computer in the basement, one to the wifes computer on the first floor, and one to the daughters room on the second floor. The two upstairs terminate in wall jacks, the one to my computer is just a patch cord from the router to my computer.

My question is, can I hook a wireless router into the system at one of these locations to place it more central in the house, or do I need to run a cable from the basement cable modem up to the desired location for the wireless router and then run a wire back downstairs from the RJ45 connections on the wireless router to my BEFSR41 V.2 in the basement. Which will still connect to all the hard wires as it does now???

 

[simple_gifts]

Look at the documentation regarding the uplink port. You should be able to simply connect the basement router to the wireless router using the uplink port on the basement router. The wireless router simply becomes a switch only, downstream from your internet connection DONT use the INTERNET(WAN) port on the wireless; Be mindful that port 1 and the uplink port are shared. If one is in use for a function, the other is not operational

 

[CivicFan]

If I understand correctly, you are asking whether you can connect a router (the wireless one) to another router (the one hooked to the modem).

The answer is yes, of course. I have done that in the past to get a better signal on the porch when I hooked a wireless router to my other wireless router (through a long cable).

 

[bdai]

Yes, but disable the DHCP server on the wireless router so that all computers share the BEFSR41 DHCP server. Otherwise, you'll have problems getting computers to see each other. Also, make sure the IP address of the wireless router does not conflict with the wired router.

 

[Pete C.]

Thanx guys!!

 

[The_Jeff]

bdai is spot on, if DHCP is turned on this will cause bizzarro behavior. Best if you can set it up to not do this before you plug it into the LAN.

 

[tmorris1]

You don't really need a wireless router, you could get by with a wireless access point. I don't know the cost difference, but they are basically a wireless connection that plugs into a wired router.