setting up a lan

[raygunpk]

me and 5 other buddies are tryin to set up a lan
we have 2 linksys routers, each with 4 ports, but there are six of us
last time we attempted this it was a mess and only 4 computers were able to play.

is there any way to connect router to router? or will i have to buy a 6+ port ?

thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

Just buy a switch. I'm not sure if router to router works, I've never tried.

 

[Atheus]

Connecting the routers should work. Are you using one to connect to the net? if not then both will act as very expensive switches.

 

[orion23]

What routers are you using?

All you have to do is disable DHCP in 1 of the routers so that it can be connected in a "chain" setup.
Then connect a cable from any of the 4 ports from the main router (the 1 that has DHCP enabled and is connected to the modem / internet) to the WAN port of the second router (the one with DHCP disabled)

 

[raygunpk]

would i have to set static ip's after disabling dhcp?

 

[tweekah]

You'll be only using the switch within the router that you disabled DHCP server on. The router with the DHCP server on should assign ips automatically including clients in the other "router".

 

[raygunpk]

would i need a special type of cable? or would the regular cat5 utp cables work?

 

[xboxundone]

regular cat5 cables will work.