On Mar 5, 3:18 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On 5 Mar 2007 10:40:04 -0800, "gkamiene...@hotmail.com"
> <gkamiene...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> <1173120004.032017.27...@8g2000cwh.googlegroups.co m>:
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> >> > >I am considering extending the wired part of my network. I currently
> >> > >have a Linksys 802.11b wireless router with 4-port switch and rather
> >> > >than extending with a wired 5-port switch, I am considering spending
> >> > >just a little bit more for an 802.11g Wireless router with 4-port
> >> > >switch and disabling the wireless functionality of my current wireless
> >> > >router and simply patching it in as a 4-port switch. Netgear 801.11g
> >> > >routers are as low as $39 almost everywhere now, while the wired 5-
> >> > >port switch will probably cost me $20 in either a Linksys or Netgear
> >> > >flavor.
> >> > I suggest Buffalo instead of Linksys for the new router, making it
> >> > possible to run DD-WRT should you ever need/want to do so. $38 at
> >> > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162173>
> >It just occurred to me that there are 2 ways I can hook this up and 1
> >may provide better wireless connectivity than another. 1, I can
> >connect my modem to my current wireless-disabled 802.11b router and
> >use a patch cord from one of its ports to the newer 802.11g router, or
>
> That will work fine _if_ you configure the 802.11g router as a wireless
> access point, as described in the How To wiki below. (Be sure to turn
> off the 802.11b wireless.)
>
> >2., I can connect the modem directly to the new 801.11g router and
> >then connect a patch cord to the old wireless-disabled 802.11b router
> >being used as a switch.
>
> That will work fine if you turn off the DHCP server in the 802.11b
> router and just use the LAN ports.
>
> > What it comes down to is should my active
> >router be hanging off of the modem or off of the switch?
>
> Either configuration will work, but I would strongly favor #1 since
> you'd be using newer router firmware.
>
> --
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While things are working o.k. I wonder what would happen if I
reversed the routers and used the newer router as the gateway? That
way I could get NTP to work on the 801.11g router and reverse which
router supplies DHCP.