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Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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Name: qposner
Date: February 27, 2008 at 12:43:11 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?
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Comment:

I am moving into a new house that has a wired netwrok with cat-5 to all rooms from a USTec hub in the master closet. I would like to keep add a wireless router to this setup. Can I just plug it into one of the ports in a room or do I need to install the router in a different location in the network? Thanks!

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Response Number 1

Name: buckethead (by coleg)
Date: February 27, 2008 at 13:09:20 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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Why don't you just replace the hub with your wireless router, assuming that you have ports on the wireless router, routers/switches are much better than hubs.
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Response Number 2

Name: qposner
Date: February 27, 2008 at 13:36:30 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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I thought of that, but am concerned the wireless signal won't reach the far corners of the house.

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Response Number 3

Name: buckethead (by coleg)
Date: February 27, 2008 at 13:42:58 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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I would be somewhat surprised if it didn't, depending on what type of wireless router it is, I know that most will be picked up a 100 meters or more from a location. If not, yes you could connect it coming off of the hub to another room in the house and it should work. As long as it's WAN port isn't getting an IP on the same subnet as it is passing out on the LAN side of it. If that makes sense the way that I stated it.
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Response Number 4

Name: qposner
Date: February 27, 2008 at 13:47:27 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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It does. Thanks, bucket.

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Response Number 5

Name: lloydli
Date: February 27, 2008 at 20:30:39 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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insert the router above the hub, every ports will being same subnet.

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Response Number 6

Name: lloydli
Date: February 27, 2008 at 20:31:45 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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I mean keeping wired and wirless work together

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Response Number 7

Name: picohat
Date: February 28, 2008 at 05:20:00 Pacific
Subject: How add wefi to home network?

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I would assume that USTec hub acts as router as well, then it make sense for you to connect wireless router to this "hub". In this case, you can just configure that wireless router as access point only to expand your wired network with wireless access.

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