On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 01:24 +0400, Michele Mor wrote: > I have a spare wireless router (Netgear) but having checked its > specifications, it does not support wireless bridging. > > My question: can I somehow use my spare router to get the wireless > signal from the main router and then use the signal from the spare > router to connect devices from the garden? > Or can I connect the spare router to the network cable and then 1. > connect another cable from the spare router to the TV and 2. use the > signal from the spare router to connect devices from the garden? > > Do I need a cross-over cable from the main router to the spare > router?
no need for cross-over, the ports are auto-sensing. The wireless and wired ethernet ports on routers are usually bridged (but not always). So an ethernet cable from the LAN port of your main router connected to a LAN port of the spare Netgear would get the signal out there BUT you need to ensure the Netgear doesn't have the same LAN IP address as the main router, and turn off its DHCP server - otherwise it'll give out addresses and default gateways that cause issues. You only want your main router in charge of addresses. Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
