adding linksys router to wired network

My situation is I am trying to connect a wireless linksys router to a
switch just for laptops to access. When I first did it I didnt turn
off dhcp but people keep losing network connection. I did some
research and found info that said connect to wireless router thru
ethernet cable and configure it with a .0.1 IP then disable DHCP and
plug the cable into a numbered port not the WAN. Did that but a day
later everyone lost connection. Am i wrong in thinking that the
wireless cant mess up the existing network? I would appreciate any
help in resolving this issue.

arty998@aol.com wrote in news:1171907606.344292.169760
@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

> My situation is I am trying to connect a wireless linksys router to a
> switch just for laptops to access. When I first did it I didnt turn
> off dhcp but people keep losing network connection.

Do you have another DHCP server ?

Also, what exactly does 'people keep losing network connection.' mean ?
Without more info, that statement means next to nothing. Does it mean
wireless clients lose connection to the rtr ? Does it means internet stops
working for everyone, but you can communicate within your LAN ? Etc.

> I did some
> research and found info that said connect to wireless router thru
> ethernet cable and configure it with a .0.1 IP then disable DHCP and
> plug the cable into a numbered port not the WAN.

Correct, the wireless router is connected to the wired switch using a LAN
port on each. A crossover cable may or may not be necessary depending on
the devices connected. The WAN port will be connected to nothing.

The IP of the router LAN should be whatever your IP subnet is used on the
network.

> Did that but a day
> later everyone lost connection. Am i wrong in thinking that the
> wireless cant mess up the existing network? I would appreciate any
> help in resolving this issue.

A properly configured WAP should happily co-exist with a wired network.

On Feb 20, 3:27 pm, DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h....@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t>
wrote:
> arty...@aol.com wrote in news:1171907606.344292.169760
> @t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:
>
> > My situation is I am trying to connect a wireless linksys router to a
> > switch just for laptops to access. When I first did it I didnt turn
> > off dhcp but people keep losing network connection.
>
> Do you have another DHCP server ?
>
> Also, what exactly does 'people keep losing network connection.' mean ?
> Without more info, that statement means next to nothing. Does it mean
> wireless clients lose connection to the rtr ? Does it means internet stops
> working for everyone, but you can communicate within your LAN ? Etc.
>
> > I did some
> > research and found info that said connect to wireless router thru
> > ethernet cable and configure it with a .0.1 IP then disable DHCP and
> > plug the cable into a numbered port not the WAN.
>
> Correct, the wireless router is connected to the wired switch using a LAN
> port on each. A crossover cable may or may not be necessary depending on
> the devices connected. The WAN port will be connected to nothing.
>
> The IP of the router LAN should be whatever your IP subnet is used on the
> network.
>
> > Did that but a day
> > later everyone lost connection. Am i wrong in thinking that the
> > wireless cant mess up the existing network? I would appreciate any
> > help in resolving this issue.
>
> A properly configured WAP should happily co-exist with a wired network.

When I say lost connection I mean couldnt connect to the internet. I
just switched everyone over to static IP's and kept the router without
DHCP. I am starting to think its a provider problem because using
static IP's the internet connection stayed up for two days but lost
connection this morning. Only one computer kept an internet
connection. After reseting the switch everyone started to come up.
Plus whenever anyone connects wirelessly they get the correct IP range
know since I disabled DHCP and keep the eth cable plugged into a
numbered port.