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Re: [PLUG] Home Networking Questions/Solutions
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On Tuesday 05 October 2004 19:16, John Sladek wrote:
> I think your drawing looks fine. You could pick up a Linksys wireless
> router and put it in whe you show the wireless access point. You would
> pretty much be running two different lans....
Will this be an issue if I using DHCP? In other words, will the wireless
access point be able to get multiple IP addresses from the wired router, to
assign to whatever machines connect to it? I would imagine this is a feature
of most wireless routers/access points.?.?
> I initially owned a standard linsys router and then I upgraded to a linksys
> wireless router. I daisey chained the two routers and everything worked. I
> admit there was an issue with access to a couple shared printers on a
> windows box that I didn't initially consider.
Thankfully I am not using any other devices, such as printers and USB storage,
so I need only worry about connections for two computers, a PC and a laptop.
TIA
Chris/CMS
> > BASEMENT ________ ___________
> > ---CABLE LINE --- -----> | cable | ---> | wired router |
> >
> > | modem | | DHCP
> >
> > ----------
> > ---------------
> >
> >
> > cat5
> >
> > Basement PC ____|
> >
> >
> > Basement PC ____|
> >
> >
> >
> > First Floor PC ____|
> >
> >
> > cat5
> >
> > _________|____
> > Can I put a wireless access point | wireless access |
> > here and still get IP addresses | point |
> > to the second floor PC and the ------------------
> > laptop? How? |
> >
> > wireless
> > Second Floor PC ____|
> >
> >
> > wireless
> > Laptop ____|
>
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