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Fixing a network issue.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: Chiyachan on September 28, 2011, 02:32:31 PM ---So put a switch downstairs next to the Thomsom and have my cable up to the Sitecom, but have other computer connected to Switch downstairs.
I'll give that a go at some point soon.
Still recommending an item like this? http://novatech.co.uk/products/networking/switches/2-8portswitches/fs108uk.html
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Yep. You could also have your other computer connected to the Sitecom, and it should work fine, if that works better for you. So long as the switch is between your network and the Thompson router, it should work fine.
And yes - I have this one in my home network, and it's worked very well for me.
Also, I'm not sure how you have your network set up at the moment, but make sure your sitecom is just acting like a wireless access point rather than a router (ie. it isn't assigning IP addresses to devices connected to it). Everything needs to be on the same network, if at all possible.
Freedom Kira:
Basic rule is: don't chain routers; use only one. But chain as many switches together as you want.
TorturdChaos:
If you can find a way to put the second router into a switch only mode, and get all its commands from the first router - that works. I have done that a couple times with Linksys WRT54G / GS / or GL routers with DDWRT firmware on them.
But if you have routers chained together and still acting like routers - each router is gong to want to use a different subnets. So one will be on something like 192.168.1.x and the other one 192.168.2.x. Things connected to different routers won't want to talk to different subnets.
We have our network setup like that in one of our stores so customers can access WiFi, but not our server or computer. Its setup like so:
Cable Modem /w WiFi Router -> Linksys Router -> Cisco Switch.
People connected to the WiFi cannot talk to any computer connect to the Switch (which gets all its commands from the Linksys Router).
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