Wireless Network Question

[airbusA346]

Hi,

I have a few questions regarding wireless networks.

I currently have a wireless router downstairs at home, but I am thinking of putting another wireless router upstairs, so I get a better signal and so I can plug the computer into the router via an ethernet cable.

The first question is, does it matter if the router is plugged into a different phone line, as long as I tell the routers to log into the same ISP user name, because the router downstairs is plugged into a different phone line to what is upstairs?

Also is there away to connect the two wireless router networks, so that all the computer can be seen on all the computers, even if they are connected to different wireless routers?

Thanks

 

[johnb35]

First off, I need to know if these are actual phone lines or ethernet jacks? Where is the dsl/cable modem at? Is it at a central location like a basement and then you have ethernet cables going to different rooms.

Phone lines use rj11 (smaller)jacks whereas ethernet ports use rj45 (larger) jacks.

I would need to know how your network is setup before I can help you. And if you aren't sure, ask whoever set it up to explain it on paper then come back here and write the same thing in a reply.

 

[airbusA346]

First off, I need to know if these are actual phone lines or ethernet jacks? Where is the dsl/cable modem at? Is it at a central location like a basement and then you have ethernet cables going to different rooms.

Phone lines use rj11 (smaller)jacks whereas ethernet ports use rj45 (larger) jacks.

I would need to know how your network is setup before I can help you. And if you aren't sure, ask whoever set it up to explain it on paper then come back here and write the same thing in a reply.

They are RJ11 wall sockets.

There is only one computer that is connected to the router with an ethernet cable at the moment, and it is right next to the router all the other computers are one floor above the router.

The phone line I am after using is an 'extension' which was professionally installed, and is connected to the main landline wall socket on the ground floor, but the main wireless router is connected to another landline on the ground floor.

The wireless network at the moment is a simple ADSL wireless router network, which is accessed using the Network Places 'feature' on Windows.

 

[johnb35]

The problem you have is that for a router to receive internet, it must be hooked up behind a modem. In your case you already have a router hooked up to a modem. Any additional routers you want to have hooked up must either be attached to the existing router or be capable of acting as a access point.(repeater mode) If you can't run an ethernet cable between the two routers then you may be foreced into using a range extender.