Is it possible to connect?

Yogoth · 04-15-2006, 04:59 AM

In my work i'm connected to a 2Mbps WAN with a crossover ethernet cable. The problem is that i have to spread the cable every time. To avoid a permanent cable instalment, i wanted to ask you if i can bring from my home and use to work my wirelles aDSL router instead. Can i connect my wirelles router to the WAN router and transmit the ethernet signal just the way i do with the phone signal in my home?
Thanks in advance.

**johnwill** · 04-15-2006, 02:13 PM

Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

04-15-2006, 04:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Yogoth Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 22 OS: WINXP	Is it possible to connect? In my work i'm connected to a 2Mbps WAN with a crossover ethernet cable. The problem is that i have to spread the cable every time. To avoid a permanent cable instalment, i wanted to ask you if i can bring from my home and use to work my wirelles aDSL router instead. Can i connect my wirelles router to the WAN router and transmit the ethernet signal just the way i do with the phone signal in my home? Thanks in advance.

04-15-2006, 02:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,721 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together. Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address. Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router. Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router. Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected! __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience