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Wired/wireless mix question

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Gawd
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I have a wired Linksys router that is connected to my DSL and to an old Linksys 16 port switch (via the uplink port on the router) that works just great for my home network.

I have recently acquired a wireless router+switch that I would like to add to the mix, but when I plug it directly into the switch, I get nothing. I would like to use both the wired and wireless capabilities of this second router (two computers plugged into it, and 1 notebook connected wirelessly). I have disabled DHCP, but it still wreaks havoc on my network.

Might it be having problems with the older 16 port switch? Should it connect directly to one of the open ports, or to the uplink port on the switch, and if so, does it require a crossover cable? If I actually manage to get it connected, will the IP address from the wired router be propagated to the notebook via the wireless router, or do I need to have IT being the DHCP server?

Sorry for the long question....if there is a guide that explains this, I'd love to read it.
 
First off, what port on the wireless router did u use when you hooked it up to the switch? Did you use the WAN port? If so, I guess it's possible it's trying to re-NAT the traffic coming in. That's weird.

It should work if you ignore the WAN port and hook it up using just ports 1-4. However, if it were me, I would just use it to replace my wired router. It would save a lot of headaches, and with that 16-port switch, I doubt ur in a crunch for the extra ports.

EDIT: When you say u got nothing, do you mean that you were not able to like say surf the net? or do you mean you did not even get lights on the front showing a connection?

When I replied, I took it to mean the first.
 
Actually, I'd prefer to keep the original router because doing it this way will put the wireless router in a more favourable physical position for the laptop, and I need 2 wired ports at that location as well.

With the wireless router installed to either the uplink port or a normal port on the switch, I couldn't surf the net or see any network computers. The wireless router has 4 standard ports and a WAN port, but I ignored the WAN and assumed that there was no difference between the 4 normal ports. Maybe there is...
 
arent you used supposed to plug into a certain pot on linksys router/switch if you connetinig another router/swithc?
 
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