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Authored by: maksim2042 on Oct 09, '06 02:22:21PM

You have over-complicated your network, and as a result you are proposing adding even more complications :-)

You have 2 routers, with 2 separate but probably colliding address spaces.

What you need to do is disable router functionality on one of the boxes (either wired or wireless), and slave the second box to the first - or replace your wireless router with a dumb access point.

Actually, since wireless routers probably have a few wired ports as well, you can get away without a second router altogether. If you run out of wired ports, get a hub or a switch.

This way you have a single address space, all of your devices can see each other, etc. And, you have fewer devices to maintain.

The only caveat is security. If you don't use authentication on your wireless network, you should consider it "hostile" because you never know who comes to steal your traffic. So lock up your wireless access - and you should be fine.



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