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Piggybacking Routers???

post #1 of 8
8/16/04 at 11:52am
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I just picked up a Belkin 802.11G wireless router. I thought I would add it to my existing wireless network so that I could share BB with my building using my old router. My original router is a Linksys 802.11B. I removed all the security on the Linksys so that anyone can use it. This is hardwired to my new Belkin router which uses WEP encryption (good enuf for what I have to protect).
When I got online to play BF1942-DC, I noticed gameplay paused quite a bit as if I had a terrible ping rate like it was pinging at >600 (It was a local server and my ping rate was 30). I'm wondering if I wired the two routers together correctly to perform as good as they can. If this is the best performance I can get out of piggybacking routers, I'm going to ditch the idea of sharing BB.
Anyway here's my network description:
--> DSL Intenet to DSL Modem
--> DSL Modem to WAN port of Linksys 802.11B
--> Linksys 802.11B Port 1 to Belkin 802.11G WAN port.
--> My computers are using the wireless Belkin network.

I'm a noob with Networking so I'm just now learning how data gets transferred through the network.
Thx for any ideas
Cjh
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post #2 of 8
8/16/04 at 12:03pm
i would go from modem to belkin wan, then belkin last port to linksys wan, because 802.11g is faster than 802.11b and your probably bottlenecking it. btw you coulda just bought a B/G router
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post #3 of 8
8/16/04 at 12:16pm
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The Belkin is a B/G router.
My idea was to offer a free AP to the internet to anyone that's close enough to connect and still have my own secure wireless network. The more I think about, I think I undermined the security I thought I was adding. The Linksys uses cables to connect to the Belkin so my network isn't secure at all as long as you use the secureless Linksys to access the Belkin router.
Anyway, I think you're right about the bottleneck, I have to go through two routers to get to the modem. I thought that since they were cabled together, I wouldn't notice any degradation in speed.
Back to the Drawingboards.
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post #4 of 8
8/16/04 at 12:31pm
i think you are right about the security issues on your new network. as far as getting the linksys to work better, try resetting the linksys and then make sure dhcp is disabled on it. set the lan ip address to the belkin's subnet - if the belkin ip addy is 192.168.1.1, set the linksys as 192.168.1.254. i did something similar on a wireless setup at a friend's house. to extend the range of his wireless network, i got another wireless router and powerline ethernet bridges to plug into the existing wireless router. i did not have to worry about security though.
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post #5 of 8
8/16/04 at 3:42pm
Ok, can someone answer this question? I have a Linksys WRT54GS Wireless Router and a Linksys BEFSR41 wired router. Can I piggy back those so I can hook up more computers??? Both are 4 port wired hubs, and one has wireless.
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post #6 of 8
8/17/04 at 12:12pm
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I decided to ditch the idea of sharing BB. I unplugged the Linksys b router and my signal more than doubled from about 18mb/s to 48-54. Apparently there was interference on the Belkin G from the Linksys B router.
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post #7 of 8
8/17/04 at 12:23pm
try running one router on a channel other than 6...?
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post #8 of 8
8/17/04 at 12:57pm
Does either have router have a port marked "Uplink"? If so, connect the uplink on one to a "regular" port on the other.
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