Connecting two wireless routers

[Echo]

I have two wireless routers, WRT54G v. 2 and BEFW11S4 v. 4. I'll call
them A and B respectively. Router A is connected to the a modem which
connects to the internet and one computer, running windows XP, is
hardwired to it. Router B is in a different room connecting two
computers, one running linux connecting wirelessly and the other
windows XP hardwired. A wireless game adapter is plugged into router
B's internet port and connects to router A. My problem is that I
cannot see the computers on my network from the computer connected to
router B, nor can I share printers or files. I've heard about WDS but,
correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think that will work in my case since
router B is an older different model than the first and plus, I don't
want to cut my connection speed in half. Any support would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Ok, the problem is in the fact that the second one is a router.

A router is a bridge between two networks. A router by its very nature has
its own builtin firewall on the WAN connector, and a builtin HUB on the other
connectors to connect to your local computers. What you have to do is this:

If it has an uplink port, connect your cable from it to a 10/100 port on the
other router. If not (and I think that most dont have this port), then you
will probably need to get a crossover cable, and connect your two routers
together from one 10/100 LAN port on one router to a similar 10/100 LAN port
on the other. Sometimes the router will not need this crossover cable, and
instead you can use a regular cat5/6 cable. You will loose the use of one
port on each router, but thats the nature of this situation. Keep the first
routers' WAN connector plugged into your DSL modem.

Basically, what you are doing is linking the two HUBS together to make a
bigger hub.

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/a/homenetguide.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/wired.mspx#2

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkhardware/f/routervsswitch.htm

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/...ork-Diagrams/Wired-Router-Network-Diagram.htm

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have two wireless routers, WRT54G v. 2 and BEFW11S4 v. 4. I'll call
them A and B respectively. Router A is connected to the a modem which
connects to the internet and one computer, running windows XP, is
hardwired to it. Router B is in a different room connecting two
computers, one running linux connecting wirelessly and the other
windows XP hardwired. A wireless game adapter is plugged into router
B's internet port and connects to router A. My problem is that I
cannot see the computers on my network from the computer connected to
router B, nor can I share printers or files. I've heard about WDS but,
correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think that will work in my case since
router B is an older different model than the first and plus, I don't
want to cut my connection speed in half. Any support would be greatly
appreciated.

Configure Router B to work as a network switch, bypassing its routing
capabilities:

1. Disconnect the wireless game adapter from Router B.

2. From the hardwired XP computer, log into Router B's built-in web
server (probably at an address like http://192.168.1.1), disable its
DHCP server, and set its LAN IP address to a value outside of Router
A's DHCP pool. For example, if Router A assigns 192.168.1.100 through
192.168.1.150, set Router B to 192.168.1.151.

3. Connect the wireless game adapter to a LAN port on Router B, not to
the Internet port.
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[Echo]

I found an answer on another forum about the same as yours and it works
fine now. Thanks for your help though.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I found an answer on another forum about the same as yours and it works
fine now. Thanks for your help though.

You're welcome though.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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