Router Mixing

[brock]

Hi, I'm a little new at this so please bear with me -- i work in a small office building with an existing network setup, very basic:

(cable modem) -> (linksys router) -> (clients)

we just purchased a few new laptops with integrated wireless (802.11g) and would like to take advantage of it. we have a netgear WGR614 wireless router (not access point) that we want to add to the network.

can someone explain the considerations i need to take when adding another router? since the IP addresses the wireless router will assign will have a different mask, will it be possible for wired clients on the linksys router to see wired/wireless clients through the netgear router (and vice versa?).

i appreciate any help...

 

[skyking]

turn off dhcp on the wireless router, and connect it to the other router via a regular port. if you do not use the uplink or wan port, it will act as a switch and WAP. That will allow all devices to be on the same network, and avoid many problems by created by having routers/dhcp/NAT chained together.

 

[r0guenj]

how do you deal with the ap part of the setup then. do you set up the ap before you disable its dhcp functions (or, is there anyway to control the ap functions (ssid broadcast/transmit power/etc) once it is set up on the network as an access point)

 

[JackMDS]

Link: How do I use a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point?

 

[r0guenj]

cool thanks for the link, i was looking for something like that........

couldn't get this dlink 614+ to work correctly as a router so i have to resort to using it as an access point....