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KRGUSA

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    Setup 2 routers one wireless and one wired
    « on: January 04, 2010, 05:09:37 AM »
    I HAVE A WHITE UTILITY BOX IN MY GARAGE THAT HAS THE NETGEAR-FVS318 ROUTER AND RCA-DCM425 MODEM.  THE BOX ALSO HAS CABLE TV LINES AND PHONE LINES.  I WANTING TO USE NETGEAR-WNDR3700 ROUTER AND MOTOROLA-SB6120 MODEM (REPLACING RCA-DCM425 MODEM) TO GO WIRELESS FOR LABTOP COMPUTER ,PS3 GAME AND WII GAME.  BUT I ALSO WANTED TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL WIRED SETUP FOR TWO DESKTOPS COMPUTERS.   I ALSO WANT TO KEEP THE NETGEAR –WNDR3700 ROUTER AND MOTOROLA-SB6120 MODEM IN MY OFFICE ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH KEEPING NETGEAR-FVS318 ROUTER IN THE WHITE UTILITY BOX IN THE GARAGE.  I DO HAVE A COAX AND CAT5 OUTLETS THAT TO THE WHITE UTILITY BOX IN THE GARAGE.
    CAN I FROM THE OFFICE ROOM HOOKUP MOTOROLA-SB6120 MODEM WAN ETHERNET RECEPTACLE TO THE NETGEAR-WNDR3700 ROUTER WAN ETHERNET RECEPTACLE? THEN CAN I PLUG INTO ONE OF THE 4 LOCAL ETHERNET RECEPTACLES ON THE NETGEAR-WNDR3700 ROUTER INTO THE CAT5 OUTLET IN THE OFFICE WALL WHICH GOES INTO THE WHITE UTILITY BOX IN THE GARAGE AND PLUG THE OTHER END INTO THE NETGEAR-FVS318 ROUTER WAN ETHERNET RECEPTACLE ( OR DOES IT GO INTO ONE OF THE LOCAL ETHERNET RECEPTACLES)?
    WOULD BE BEST TO SETUP WIRELESS ROUTER FIRST THEN ONCE IT IS UP AND RUNNING HOOKUP THE WIRED ROUTER?  WOULD I DISABLE THE DHCP ON WIRED? (OR WIRELESS)?
    THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE SETTINGS ON THE WIRED ROUTER?
    I HAVE INTERNET SERVICE WITH WWW.INSIGHTBB.COM CABLE COMPANY.

    KRGUSA

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      Adding wireless to wired home network
      « Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 05:20:16 AM »
      See attached diagram. I have internet with www.insightbb.com cable Company.

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      Allan

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      Re: Adding wireless to wired home network
      « Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 06:02:36 AM »
      Okay, I'm editing / deleting my comments now that I see the original post.
      « Last Edit: January 04, 2010, 08:13:57 AM by Allan »

      patio

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      Re: Setup 2 routers one wireless and one wired
      « Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 08:05:47 AM »
      I've merged your two Topics into one post...
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