Mike Sloane wrote:
I have an office with an 8-port Ethernet router on a broadband cable
connection. I have been requested the ability to provide some wireless
capability temporarily (for outside auditors). I have a spare 4-port
wired/wireless Linksys broadband router, and I was wondering if I
could "daisy-chain" the latter to the former by using a cross-over
cable between one of the Ethernet ports on each unit. I know that I
can daisy chain Ethernet hubs this way, but have not ever tried to do
it with wireless (802.11a/b/g/n) connections.
My other thought is to plug the wired/wireless into the broadband
connection and then patch the 8-port hub into that.
Before I start chasing "the impossible dream", I was wondering if
anyone had tried it or had any thoughts.
Maybe you've already done whatever you are going
to do but I was
browsing through the pdf user manual for my D-Link
router and saw their
instructions for connection to another router. It
seems to back up what
others said here.
D-Lnk DIR-615 User Manual
If you are connecting the D-Link router to another
router to use as a
wireless access point and/or switch, you will have
to do the following before connecting the router
to your network:
⢠Disable UPnPâ¢
⢠Disable DHCP
⢠Change the LAN IP address to an available
address on your network. The
LAN ports on the router cannot
accept a DHCP address from your other router.
To connect to another router, please follow the
steps below:
1. Plug the power into the router. Connect one of
your computers to the
router (LAN port) using an Ethernet cable.
Make sure your IP address on the computer is
192.168.0.xxx (where xxx is
between 2 and 254). Please see the
Networking.Basics section for more information. If
you need to change
the settings, write down your existing settings
before making any changes. In most cases, your
computer should be set to
receive an IP address automatically in
which case you will not have to do anything to
your computer.
2. Open a web browser and enter http://192.168.0.1
and press Enter. When
the login window appears, set the user
name to Admin and leave the password box empty.
Click Log.In to continue.
3. Click on Advanced and then click
Advanced.Network. Uncheck the Enable
UPnP checkbox. Click Save.Settings
to continue.
4. Click Setup and then click Network.Settings.
Uncheck the Enable DHCP
Server server checkbox. Click Save.
Settings to continue.
5. Under Router Settings, enter an available IP
address and the subnet
mask of your network. Click Save.Settings to
save your settings. Use this new IP address to
access the configuration
utility of the router in the future. Close the
browser and change your computerâs IP settings
back to the original
values as in Step 1.
Connect to Another Router
Secton - Installaton
6. Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the router
and reconnect your
computer to your network.
7. Connect an Ethernet cable in one of the LAN
ports of the router and
connect it to your other router. Do not plug
anything into the Internet port of the D-Link router.
8. You may now use the other 3 LAN ports to
connect other Ethernet
devices and computers. To configure your wireless
network, open a web browser and enter the IP
address you assigned to the
router. Refer to the Configuration and
Wireless Security sections for more information on
setting up your
wireless network.
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