[OT] Home Network, Two Routers

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:19:09PM -0500, William Muriithi wrote:
> Just connect the Ethernet cable to the second router WAN port.

That would be bad.  Then you can only do routing via NAT, and you won't
be able to talk to the wireless devices on the second router.

> You will need to assign the WAN port an IP. I believe for management
> purpose only. Then, disable the DHCP feature. At that point, the
> second router looks more or less like a switch. The IPs will be issued
> by the main router. Since all IP are from the same DHCP scope, - read,
> same network - all host in your house will be in position to reach
> each other

Much better to forget the wan port on the second AP even exists.

> > I want the different computers to all "see" each other.
> >
> > Is this possible?
> Yeap, its possible

But not if you use the WAN port on the second AP.  That would hide the
computers on the second device from the first one.

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Len Sorensen
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