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Post 1 made on Saturday April 10, 2004 at 11:35
Bill Kounellas
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OK, here is my dilemma, before I got my iPronto, I had an 8-port Linksys router for my hard-wired network (being fed by a cable modem). Once I got my iPronto, I went out and purchased a Uniden 802.11b Wireless Access Point (also included 4 ports for hard wired networking via Cat5). I took one of the unused ports from my Linksys and ran it into the WAN input port of my Uniden Wireless router. My iPronto worked fine and was able to get on the internet and all was well.
My problem now is that anything going into my Linksys can not be seen by what is in my Uniden. For instance my PC was hardwired into one of the ports on the Linksys so whenever I tried to do an upload/download to the iPronto, it would never see find my iPronto. Once I unplugged the Ethernet connection from my PC to the Linksys and plugged it into the Uniden, I was able to upload/download iPronto "icf" files into my iPronto. So how do I get both of these Routers to be seen on the same network?

My current setup is a cable modem going to my Linksys then one of the outputs on the Linksys goes to the WAN input of the Uniden Wireless Router. Do I need another device between my cable modem and these (2) routers, maybe a hub? I have 9 devices on my home network so I need both of these Routers unless somebody makes a wireless access point router with 12 or 16 hardwired ports.
Thanks for the help, Bill
Bill Kounellas
Post 2 made on Sunday April 11, 2004 at 11:05
Barry Gordon
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Your problem may bbe related to the fact that you are running two routers. that in effect makes two networks. I have a similar setup but after the main linksys firewall/router I only use hubs or switches, generally switches. My Linksys WAP is plugged directly into the main Linsys router, but so is a linksys switch plus some hubs further down stream. No problems.
OP | Post 3 made on Sunday April 11, 2004 at 22:58
Bill Kounellas
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Barry,
I just went out and purchased an 8 port switch. I ran my cable modem into the Wireless Router then ran an Enet cable from the Wireless Router to the 8 port switch. All works fine, thanks for the help. Now what do I do with my old Linksys 8 Port router?
Thanks, Bill
Bill Kounellas
Post 4 made on Sunday April 11, 2004 at 23:59
Daniel Tonks
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eBay! ;-)

Just for future searchers, the point of a router is to isolate the network on ONE side (your LAN) from everything on the OTHER side (the WAN).

So, while cascading routers will typically work for internet access, computers on one side of a cascaded router won't be able to see anything connected to the "main" router. Some routers do have the option of forwarding everything through (often called DMZ), but that typically will only work on one port.


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