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Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject:
uplinking routers |
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I have 6 desktop computers and 2 laptops. Also i have a cable BEFSR41
router and a BEFW11S4 v4 wireless router. i would like to connect all
of them to the internet at the same time but i cannot get the wireless
router to have an internet connection and i have no idea what to do. if
you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated. |
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James Knott
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Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject:
Re: uplinking routers |
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mee4soccer@aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | I have 6 desktop computers and 2 laptops. Also i have a cable BEFSR41
router and a BEFW11S4 v4 wireless router. i would like to connect all
of them to the internet at the same time but i cannot get the wireless
router to have an internet connection and i have no idea what to do. if
you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated.
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While it is possible to cascade routers, just use one to connect to the
internet and use a switch to add more connections. |
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glen herrmannsfeldt
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Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:
Re: uplinking routers |
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James Knott wrote:
| Quote: | mee4soccer@aol.com wrote:
I have 6 desktop computers and 2 laptops. Also i have a cable BEFSR41
router and a BEFW11S4 v4 wireless router. i would like to connect all
of them to the internet at the same time but i cannot get the wireless
router to have an internet connection and i have no idea what to do. if
you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated.
While it is possible to cascade routers, just use one to connect to the
internet and use a switch to add more connections.
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Some like to cascade to keep the wireless network separate
from the home network. That has security advantages, though
it is less convenient if you do want to access home machines.
-- glen |
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James Knott
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Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: uplinking routers |
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glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
| Quote: | Some like to cascade to keep the wireless network separate
from the home network. That has security advantages, though
it is less convenient if you do want to access home machines.
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I have a Linux based router, with 3 ethernet ports. One port is for the
local LAN, and the second for the WAN side. The third NIC is used only for
WiFi and is configured to be on the hostile side of the firewall. The only
way into my network, is via SSH or VPN. So, assuming someone manages to
break WEP, they'll then be up against my firewall. |
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Walter Roberson
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:10 am Post subject:
Re: uplinking routers |
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In article <1123349363.573413.286320@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<mee4soccer@aol.com> wrote:
:I have 6 desktop computers and 2 laptops. Also i have a cable BEFSR41
:router and a BEFW11S4 v4 wireless router. i would like to connect all
:of them to the internet at the same time but i cannot get the wireless
:router to have an internet connection and i have no idea what to do. if
:you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated.
Run a line from the BEFW11S4 *LAN* side to the BEFSR41.
Configure the BEFW11S4 to remove the default route that points
through the WAN, and instead have it point to the LAN. You can
deconfigure the WAN side and address it through it's LAN address.
That's pretty much all you have to do. The wireless side of the
BEFW11S4 is on the LAN, and the BEFW11S4 is happy to relay signals
as between the wired ports and unwired ports. Let the BEFSR41 router
handle all the NAT.
I have a fairly similar configuration.
--
"I will speculate that [...] applications [...] could actually see a
performance boost for most users by going dual-core [...] because it
is running the adware and spyware that [...] are otherwise slowing
down the single CPU that user has today" -- Herb Sutter |
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