Hi,
I already have a 5 port switch in the basement to connect all the wires
to the CAT5 outlets. I am trying to get away without having to buy a
second router (wired or wireless). If I put my current Belkin router in
the basement, the signal will not be strong enough for wireless clients
in the 1st floor. Is it still possible to come up with a configuration
with my existing hardware that works? Why doesn't connecting the WAN
port to the LAN port of the Belkin work?
Thanks,
Vasi

Robert Coe wrote:
>
> Since you only have one wired outlet in your office, you've gotta put a router
> in the basement and plug the wires to all your CAT5 outlets into it. That
> router doesn't have to be wireless, but can be. (It does have to have a DHCP
> server.) If you're lucky enough to be able to see the wireless signal in the
> rest of the house, then you're done. Otherwise, you need two routers: the one
> in the basement and the Belkin in your office. By default, you'll get two
> levels of NAT on devices connected to the Belkin, but that usually works, in
> my experience. If it doesn't, you can run the Belkin in "access point mode",
> where you use only the Belkin's LAN ports. This defeats its DHCP server, but
> you can still use the one in the basement router.