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Can I go Router to Router? As in:



Modem
|
Router
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|---------|----------|
Comp. Comp. Router
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|
|---------|----------|
Comp. Comp. Comp.

The second router is plugged into the first. When I've tried this
using a D-Link DI-704P as the first router and an Inexq router as the
second I cannot setup the second router. The computer on the second
router did have internet access, but the mouse was no longer
recognized. That occured on two different computers.


Any ideas?



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You can but the configuration is a hassle in the programming of the routers.
I would recommend going from a router to a switch or a hub.

"Brian" <NOSPAM@This.Addresswrote in message
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In article <rjqjuvsr6vl3h0nl955hev6qe5f2b9u6gb@4ax.com, Brian
<NOSPAM@This.Addresswrote:Does the mouse work if you disconnect the computers from the router?
If so, check for resource conflicts involving their network adapters.

What do you mean by "cannot setup the second router"? How are you
trying to do it, and what exactly happens when you do it? Since you
say that the computer on the second router has Internet access, I'd
say that the second router is working fine.

Using two routers in this way prevents computers connected to the
first router from accessing computers connected to the second router.
However, computers connected to the second router CAN access computers
connected to the first router.

If it would be OK to have all of the computers on both routers access
all of the other computers, you can simplify your network setup by
bypassing the second router's routing capabilities and using it as a
network switch only:

1. Connect the first router to an uplink LAN port on the second
router, not to the second router's WAN (Internet) port.

2. Disable the second router's built-in DHCP server.
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