okay, i can certainly understand that, heck on my honeydo list i have put a
spare wap/router in the gazebo and hang the hammock this weekend so i can
work in there now that spring is here.. mid to upper 80's... yahoo!

if you already have one/two/three/etc just use different start ip's/ssid's
and plug em router part to router part (not the wan) (if you want seemless
roaming/same ssid it a LOT more complex)

for your downstairs thing it was just use a wap (or wap/router, along with
your 8 port thing (before the 8 and a wap/router would work for sure), it
will work fine.....

bottom line, you can do it easily and simply, probably without running
another cable

as an aside, i have one of the powerline network things by the cable modem,
and use the other around the house for wired, or on a spare wap router if i
want wireless too....



"Don Harvey" <moark1@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> The main reason is that I wanted to utilize the extra wireless 4 port
> router that I already have. I would like to be able to use the laptop on
> my back patio this spring and summer. I work at home and get tired of
> being stuck in this basement office when the weather is nice.
>
>
> "Peter Pan" <pponvistaNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.Info> wrote in message
> news:L7ednVC7-ec2UGzUnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>
>> "Don Harvey" <moark1@swbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:PpjIl.15245$%54.13011@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>I don't know if I can do this so thought I would ask first. I have a
>>>Linksys 4 port wireless on the 2nd floor. Since the wireless signal was
>>>weak in my basement office, I ran cable down and connected a 8 port
>>>switch.
>>>
>>> Now I need wireless connection for a laptop on the main floor. I was
>>> thinking about running a cable back up from the 8 port basement switch
>>> and connecting a wireless access point on the main floor.
>>>
>>> I have another Linksys 4 port router and wondering if this can be use as
>>> a wireless access on the main floor before buying just the Linksys
>>> WAP54g.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>>
>>
>> why don't you just use WRT54gs (WAP/Routers) instead of just wap's,
>> routers, and switches? (cheaper, and wap and router are in the same box,
>> you can even get em cheap at walmart)
>> you can daisy chain as many wrt's together as you want (supposedly, i've
>> only done 5, but can't see why you can't do more)
>> and you wouldn't need to run another cable
>>
>> do you have any specific reason you want to use seperate wap's and
>> routers?
>
>