Re: [PLUG] Home Networking Questions/Solutions

[cms <cshanahan@comcast.net>]

On Thursday 07 October 2004 23:30, Art Clemons wrote:
> > There isn't enough space for a wireless router in the electric panel and
> > I would have nowhere to put the antenna--at least, nowhere that I'd get a
> > good signal to the third floor of the house.
>
> Rather than worrying about using the wireless router where your modem
> is, why not put the wireless router where another computer is, where
> hopefully you'll have better signal strength on the 3rd floor.  You
> apparently already have one router, and it's normally possible to
> daisychain routers, so just unplug the ethernet cable feeding a 2nd or
> third computer, plug that cable in as the input to the wireless router
> and then connect the formerly plugged in computer with a short jumper to
> one of the available extra ethernet ports on the wireless router.

That's exactly what I wanted to do.

> I also would be extremely remiss if I didn't point out that wireless
> protocols have extreme security flaws, so be sure to lock down all of
> your computers on the network.

Yup. That part I know. Its the hardware/configuration I need help with.

Thank you.

Chris/CMS

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