So, we finally got broadband (cable modem via optimum online) this past weekend....after years of *sharing* 56K dialup. Talk about night and day!
In any case, our current setup is with the SMC 7004WBR (gateway/router/Wireless AP). We have 3 wired PCs (1 Win2K, 1 WinXP and 1 Win98) plus 2 wireless laptops. All works fine except that the SMC has a known bottleneck so we're not getting optimal throughput.
I have a Linksys Befsr41 router/switch sitting here and I'll be setting it up tonight to replace the SMC. I would like to avoid having to by a separate wireless AP if possible and was wondering whether anyone knows whether I could hook the old SMC up to the linksys and use it as a straight wireless AP alone? I will let the Linksys handle the wired clients via DHCP. Tech support at SMC seemed unsure, they felt that you couldn't hook one router to another, but this doesn't sound right to me.
What do you guys think? Any and all advice, suggestion, etc., would be appreciated!
Thanks!
fraz
In any case, our current setup is with the SMC 7004WBR (gateway/router/Wireless AP). We have 3 wired PCs (1 Win2K, 1 WinXP and 1 Win98) plus 2 wireless laptops. All works fine except that the SMC has a known bottleneck so we're not getting optimal throughput.
I have a Linksys Befsr41 router/switch sitting here and I'll be setting it up tonight to replace the SMC. I would like to avoid having to by a separate wireless AP if possible and was wondering whether anyone knows whether I could hook the old SMC up to the linksys and use it as a straight wireless AP alone? I will let the Linksys handle the wired clients via DHCP. Tech support at SMC seemed unsure, they felt that you couldn't hook one router to another, but this doesn't sound right to me.
What do you guys think? Any and all advice, suggestion, etc., would be appreciated!
Thanks!
fraz