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post #1 of 4
8/23/04 at 2:13am
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Hey,

I ordered a Aspire2012 recently with wireless lan. Currently I have a Linksys 4-port router, and was wondering if I can connect a wireless router to that. How would I do it?

I heard that I would connect the wireless router to a numbered port, and connect the other end to the UPLINK of the wireless router. Then stack it on top.

Has anyone done this before? Is it possible? I mean, it seems like as if you can stack the routers, because of the legs and the "indentation" where you can put the legs. Also, what about connecting to the router? Which one would show?

Please walk me through this if it's possible.

Thanks.
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post #2 of 4
8/23/04 at 2:31am
i use a wired router with a wireless access point, both linksys. i set it up this way because i figured that i could always upgrade the wireless part without having to change the router. you just connect the access point to any of the ethernet ports on the router. you can then set up encryption and mac address filtering on the wireless. you also do not have to use the same brand access point to connect to the router.
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post #3 of 4
8/23/04 at 12:40pm
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Originally Posted by jhwee
Hey,
Has anyone done this before? Is it possible? I mean, it seems like as if you can stack the routers, because of the legs and the "indentation" where you can put the legs.
Well they're slightly different, but I have my Linksys Cable Modem and my Linksys Wireless Router stacked on top of each other. All the Linksys stuff seems to be designed to do that.
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post #4 of 4
8/23/04 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by jhwee
Hey,

I ordered a Aspire2012 recently with wireless lan. Currently I have a Linksys 4-port router, and was wondering if I can connect a wireless router to that. How would I do it?

I heard that I would connect the wireless router to a numbered port, and connect the other end to the UPLINK of the wireless router. Then stack it on top.

Has anyone done this before? Is it possible? I mean, it seems like as if you can stack the routers, because of the legs and the "indentation" where you can put the legs. Also, what about connecting to the router? Which one would show?

Please walk me through this if it's possible.

Thanks.
You have the connection part correct. If the wireless router has an uplink port, then you can connect that port to a numbered port of your wired router with a straight cable. But if the wireless router does not have auto uplink ports then you will need a crossover cable. Do not connect the two routers using the WAN port.

Secondly, you will need to turn off DHCP on the wireless router. This ensures that all computers get their IPs from the wired router. Configure the wireless router so that it has the same subnet as the wired router. Also set the IP of the wireless router to one that does not conflict with the ranges of the wired router. For example, if the wired router has IP of 192.168.1.1, with a DHCP range of 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.150, then you can set the IP of the wireless router to anything outside of that range. Turn off any filters or port forwardings on the wireless router.

By doing this, the wireless router has effectively become a switch with an access point.
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