[Xylo133]

Lots of Info, with a simple question.

I have a cable modem connected (wired) to a 4 port router. That 4 port router (all wired) connects to my main computer, PS2, my Cisco router and phone for work (one connection), and a network switch in another room.

The network switch (in living room) connects to an Xbox 360, PS3, and a wired plug in a new addition. It has one available port in the living room.

I want to make the wired plug in our new addition wireless.

Can I just add a wireless router to the wired plug?
Can I just get a wireless access point (or is that the same thing as a router) and accomplish the same thing for that one connection?
Will I need to use the uplink port on my switch for that access or not?

[ScottGem]

You can get either an Access point or a router, they are not the same though. The Access point just connects wireless devices into your network. It doesn't do any of the functions of the router. The problem is that, stand alone Access points are harder to find and generally costs as much or more than a router. So it may pay for you to purchase the router and either replace your wired router or disable the routing features of the wireless router (DHCP sprecifically).

[Xylo133]

OK.

I bought a Linksys WRT54G wireless router and I want to connect it as an access point only. The Linksys operates on 192.168.1.1 and my main router operates on 192.168.0.1.

Following links I've found online, they say I should plug a computer into a LAN port on the linksys router and disable DHCP, I can do that fine. Then they say I should change the IP of the linksys to my main router's subnet. When I change the IP of the linksys to 192.168.0.25 which is within my other routers subnet, I can no longer access the linksys router at the new address.

It accepts the settings and instructs me to refresh/renew - which I don't know how to do, so I restart the computer, but them I can't get access back to the linksys router.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[ScottGem]

Linksys tech support is great. I would callthem and have them walk you through the process. Sounds like you are doing things right.

[drummerboy28]

Lots of Info, with a simple question.

I have a cable modem connected (wired) to a 4 port router. That 4 port router (all wired) connects to my main computer, PS2, my Cisco router and phone for work (one connection), and a network switch in another room.

The network switch (in living room) connects to an Xbox 360, PS3, and a wired plug in a new addition. It has one available port in the living room.

I want to make the wired plug in our new addition wireless.

Can I just add a wireless router to the wired plug?
Can I just get a wireless access point (or is that the same thing as a router) and accomplish the same thing for that one connection?
Will I need to use the uplink port on my switch for that access or not?

Just get the wireless router for your computer and you will have to get the ports for the router for where ever you would like to get connection .XBox comes with a wireless port for wireless internet,so does ps2&3.

[Xylo133]

I called linksys, got someone from India. He did a great job setting up my router AS A ROUTER. But that's not what I need. I need my router on the same network as my wired network. He claims it now acts like an access point (which I doubt) because it's still giving out it's own IP addresses.

The wireless router is still 192.168.1.1 and my main network in 192.168.0.1. The wireless router still thinks it's the end link to the internet so I can't share files or anything with other computers on my network

My setup is like this:

Netgear RP614 wired router (192.168.0.1) ---> Linksys Switch (EZXS55W) ----> Linksys WRT64G Wireless Router (192.168.1.1) ---> Wireless laptop.

The PS2 is wired to my main router, the PS3 and xbox are wired to the switch. I don't want to make them wireless, I just want to make my wireless router an access point on my same network. The wireless router is wired to the switch via a wall jack in another room.

[ScottGem]

The you didn't explain it correctly. I did the something very similar to you, a adding a WRT54Gs as an access point. The Linksys tech walked me righ through the process.

[retsoksirhc]

I've got this setup at home. An old linksys router plugged into my modem, and a 54G linksys router acting as an access point.

Reset the wireless router to its default configuration. Plug a computer directly into it. Log in, and turn the DHCP server off. Change the LOCAL IP for the router (not the wireless IP) to something that's on the same network as your first router (I'd go with 192.168.0.254). Once you change it, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AGAIN WITHOUT MOVING THINGS AROUND. The reason is because your computer got an IP from DHCP while it was still turned on, so now the computer is on the 192.168.1.0/24 network while the router has changed to the 192.168.0.0/24 network. Unplug everything. Hook the wireless router somewhere into the existing network, using one of the wired ports on the wireless touer, and not the Internet port. This will let the wireless side talk to the wired side without having the same functions as a router. You'll have to plug the computer back into the old network, and let it get a new IP address (or just plug it into the old network and do an ipconfig /renew at the command prompt) to get it back on the same network as the wireless router again. You should then be able to go to the wireless router's new address to configure anything else you want on it.

Note: To connect the wireless router to the old network, either the wireless router, or the port you're connecting it to has to be uplink (or auto-MDI/MDI-X) capable, or you can use a crossover cable to connect it.