Question for all the computer guys here

[Venomblue22]

right now I have a linksys wireless router hooked up in the front house set up to broadcast wireless through out the house. This signal doesnt make it to the back garage so i ran cat five about 150-200 feet underground to the back garage, put in a switch and connected my PC, PS3 and a WII to the switch, but what about wireless, can i connect another wireless router here and broadcast wireless in the back garage? I am not worried about the signals clashing, the wireless in the house, is in the house and thats it, i got about 100 feet between the front house and back garage and about another 20 ft the next wireless router will be, will this work? Do i need to enable/disable anything? if need be i can try to make a diagram of what i am talking about
thanks for the help
chris

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[BlaqSnake]

That should work with no problem.

1. If you just want internet access, plug the Cat 5 into the WAN port on the garage Wifi router.

2. If you want to access files and computers back in the house, it will be a bit more complicated.

If you go with option 1, you may want to setup a different SSID and wireless channel for the garage.

 

[Slow99x]

That should work with no problem.

1. If you just want internet access, plug the Cat 5 into the WAN port on the garage Wifi router.

2. If you want to access files and computers back in the house, it will be a bit more complicated.

If you go with option 1, you may want to setup a different SSID and wireless channel for the garage.

+1 What he said

 

[Venomblue22]

Ok I have them on a differnt channel, differnt router IP,s different SSIDs. problem is when they are both connected at the same time, i cant get onto the old router (the modem is connected to the new router, then from the there to the back garage router

 

[wizdawg]

I have always had problems when using 2 routers. Even if I tried to shut off the DCHP, they still clash with each other. The correct piece of hardware you need is an wireless access point, not a router.

 

[ShelbyGuy]

get the manual out for the router

add a static route from the router deeper in the network to the one with the net connection

 

[Venomblue22]

figured it out, apparently its called cascading routers and there is a few good write ups on it and it works like a charm