*two* routers on the same two pcs

[coolzero16]

Ok, here is what I'm trying to do

Upstairs i have a cable modem that is connected to the netgear 624+ and one desktop pc. Downstairs I have a desktop with a wireless netgear nic (311T) and a laptop with built in wireless that can receive signal no problem from upstairs. What I'm trying to do is add a second router via LAN for the desktop and laptop downstairs to swap files between. Anyone know how to get this to work?

What I tried doing was letting the wireless stuff be all DHCP and then on desktop thats connected to Router2 and the laptop thats connected to Router 2 (only one lappy in this setup just for clarity) I used my own ip addresses, but that did not work. Anyone know a good article/tutorial on this kind of thing or have you tried it yourselves or are you just super smart and know how to do it?

 

[Tsaico]

Why use two? Why not just use the wireles router as your only? I have a wireless router as my only one and I can share between my workstations just fine. Nothing special needed.

 

[Wik]

I think you are confused what a router is used for. I am guessing you just want a wired connection between your computers downstairs for faster transfer speeds? If so, just connect them with a crossover wire or a simple switch. You can still use the router as a switch if that is all you have. Either turn off DHCP on it, or set the address pool as a different subnet as your Wifi upstairs.

 

[Brazen]

yeah, you don't need a second router. Just use your your wireless router as your internet router, and connect all the computers into it.

so it would look like this:

Wireless Router ---------------- cable modem ------------- pron
| | |
| | ----Computer 1
| |
| ----Computer 2
|
-------Laptop

If you are wanting more speed between Computer 2 and Laptop, just use a crossover cable between the NICs, or replace your Router2 with just a plain old hub, or connect Computer 2 and Laptop in the LAN ports on Router2 and disable DHCP on Router2 (so it basically just acts like a plain old hub). Man, that is getting sloppy though isn't it.

Probably the best thing to do is get a wireless bridge, and have it connect wirelessly to Wireless Router and wired to Computer2 and Laptop. So it would look like this:

Wireless Router ---------------- cable modem ------------- pron
| |
| ----Computer 1
|
|
Wireless Bridge
| |
| -------Computer2
|
-------Laptop

OR, adding in a gigabit switch behind the bridge, for more speed (not sure of any wireless bridgess with built in gig switches):

Wireless Router ---------------- cable modem ------------- pron
| |
| ----Computer 1
|
|
Wireless Bridge
|
Gigabit Switch
| |
| -------Computer2
|
-------Laptop