Daisy chain from wireless router to another ?


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    Daisy chain from wireless router to another ?


    I have a BT HH downstairs but all my computer bits are upstairs, 99% of the time I use the laptop and it's wireless connection. I also hook the Xbox 360 up into the laptop with a cable and use the bridge feature so I can get online with the 360 (and avoid having to buy the extra hardware).
    However, I also have a 2nd computer up here, it doesn't have a wireless card in there but I'm all for re-using old parts if I can make use of it. I have a 2nd router here, a wireless netgear one that came with my old Virgin set up.
    I was just thinking is it possible to hook the PC into the netgear, then the netgear into the laptop and use it's wireless connection like I do with the 360 ?
    Or could the netgear connect directly to the BT HH via it's own wireless magic ?

    Many thanks for any help with this !

    Netgear = DG834G v5
    Last edited by RobPhoboS; 26 Sep 2011 at 19:11.
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    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #2

    Hi RobPhoboS, welcome to 7F :)

    You should be able to. This link discusses doing the same thing only from a wireless to a wired router: Q & A Board - Smart Computing

    Here is a netgear FAQ: Using WPN824, WGR614, or WGT624 Routers as an Access Point

    This one discusses BT and netgear, the bt has to be the primary: Connecting a Netgear Router to another Router - NETGEAR Forums

    Use your usual search engine (I use google) and copy/paste:
    Daisy chain BT HH with netgear I came up with about 9,500 hits.
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    Hi Anak,

    Yep I'll obviously flick through google as well, just thought it was worth asking.
    Thinking about it another way...
    I could just hook another network cable into the laptop and use the same kind of bridging function I think.

    I also didn't realise that you can get USB wireless adaptors soo cheaply, so that may also suffice thinking about it.

    And just another thing I thought of.
    I could hook both up to the netgear, which will be handy as it'll give me a network between the two, then I *think* I can grant internet access to the other PC.
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    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #4

    That is great!

    My interest is that my DW has a Literati wireless reader, and our machine is wired.
    I need to get a something like a USB adapter, and I think I may have to get a card for the machine also for all that to work.

    I have my SatelliteTV, DVD recorder, and Main TV daisy chained, you just have to watch the inputs and outputs.
    Check the Extra Conditions and Potential Issues in that second link I offered.
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    Thread Starter
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    Many thanks, in the day tomorrow I'll give the above methods a whirl and see what happens.
    Hopefully something will work
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    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #6

    We are in for a bit of rain tomorrow, I think i will check on my situation also.

    Cheers,
    Anak
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