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Name: Authority
Date: April 23, 2008 at 19:12:51 Pacific
OS: Win Xp
CPU/Ram: 756 MB
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I was wondering i have a Netgear router super-g wireless router. I wanted to link that to my friends his is a Belkin wireless not sure of the model at the moment but is it possible with out Ethernet cable?



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Response Number 1
Name: Curt R
Date: April 24, 2008 at 06:28:43 Pacific
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Sure it's possible. The easiest solution would be to choose which one's going to "host" and make the other a client. Give the "client" an external IP in the same subnet as the "host" LAN with the "host" as the gateway and disable firewall and more importantly, DHCP.

ex:

"Host router"
LAN Settings:
IP: 192.168.0.1
SM: 255.255.255.0

"Client router"
WAN Settings:
IP: 192.168.0.2
SM: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1

I hope you're not doing this to game, wireless totally sucks for gaming.


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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer
Date: April 24, 2008 at 08:41:56 Pacific
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"but is it possible with out Ethernet cable?"

I believe the question refers to connecting the two wirelessly.

Not all routers support wireless bridging. Certainly the low end Belkin doesn't. I don't see any referance to wireless bridging in the netgear specs

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Rou...

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Response Number 3
Name: sanjib84
Date: April 24, 2008 at 23:33:57 Pacific
Reply:

yes if u want to do that, it can be done by Ethernet cable. Mr Curt R gave u the solution and i think thats the best way... but u dont mention how far ur friend's router is, it is for that every router has limitation of its broadcast distance.

i am always cool.


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Response Number 4
Name: networkey
Date: April 26, 2008 at 08:03:18 Pacific
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To link routers wirelessly, the router must have "Wireless Bridging" mode capability. Check the manual if your router supports that.
If you're going to connect them through wire, max distance between the two routers would be 100meters


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Response Number 5
Name: networkey
Date: April 26, 2008 at 08:13:11 Pacific
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If the router doesn't have bridging mode capability, you can purchase a wireless bridge that you will hardwire to the second router. Then you will disable the DHCP server of the second router, and also the ip address of the routers and the wireless bridge must be on the same subnet. The SSID or wireless network name of the first router(host router) must be the same with the wireless bridge.


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