Routers/ modems(2 routers/modems) question

a-10tankkiller · 03-02-2008, 03:53 PM

I'm getting booted out of my upstairs office to the basement and I'm wondering is it ok to have a modem and router upstairs with a another set in the basement with me? Or am I best off just running wire back and forth from one location? I have a spare router so I would just need a 2nd modem at this point if it would work, or some 50-100 ft. lengths of cat6. I'm not a fan of wireless for my business as I'm trading commdities, and I would need to buy wireless cards for the other 2 computers I'd have hooked up.
Thanks for any input.

renovation · 03-02-2008, 06:03 PM

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I'm not a fan of wireless for my business as I'm trading commdities

i feel a whole lot safer hard wire.

DarkFury · 03-02-2008, 06:47 PM

Why not just run some weatherproof CAT6 outside your house from upstairs down to the basement? You can have up to a 300ft run... and save the headaches.

Otherwise, I would just move the router and modem from upstairs to the basement. I don't think you can run 2 modems from the same service without incurring additional charges from your ISP.

ShawnLee · 03-02-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFury

Why not just run some weatherproof CAT6 outside your house from upstairs down to the basement? You can have up to a 300ft run... and save the headaches.

Otherwise, I would just move the router and modem from upstairs to the basement. I don't think you can run 2 modems from the same service without incurring additional charges from your ISP.

Completely agree here. If you're not comfortable having wiring outdoors or don't want to do the work, then you'd have to live with wiring being indoors.

If you still want a router downstairs, it's not like you can't hook one router into another router. The second modem just does't work with the equation.

a-10tankkiller · 03-03-2008, 02:48 PM

Another question, the wife wants to have wireless access for her work computer, so if I have my work computers hard wired and a computer upstairs hardwired will having a wireless connection available for my wife leave me open to security problems? I know the chances are remote in suburbia, but I am paranoid.

Thanks again

DarkFury · 03-03-2008, 02:57 PM

Just enable the WPA-PSK (or higher) security (this is encryption security... you can use WEP security if her hardware doesn't support WPA-PSK). You should be fine.

On top of that, enable "MAC filtering" on your wireless router and then ONLY her wireless device can access the router. Other devices will be ignored.

Jeffbx · 03-04-2008, 06:50 AM

Just be sure you're only using one router. If you already have a router, then you need a wireless access point, not a wireless router. 2 routers on one network will conflict with each other.

DarkFury · 03-04-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffbx

Just be sure you're only using one router. If you already have a router, then you need a wireless access point, not a wireless router. 2 routers on one network will conflict with each other.

You can configure a router to act as an access point by disabling the DHCP.

But yeah... I'd prefer having only one router in a network as well.

a-10tankkiller · 03-04-2008, 07:13 AM

Thank you all, I think I have a plan. I'll have the router in the basement, run a cord through the ceiling to the chimney stack, up to the attic and the down to the room for the upstairs comp. Then setup the wireless connection on the router for the wife, and maybe even for the kids XBox 360.
Thanks again!

DarkFury · 03-04-2008, 07:18 AM

Also remember... you can always run a switch in the room upstairs to act as a hub for your upstairs wired computers as well.

You don't have to be "wireless only" ... unless you want to be wireless.

03-02-2008, 03:53 PM	#1
a-10tankkiller Lieutenant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 223	Routers/ modems(2 routers/modems) question I'm getting booted out of my upstairs office to the basement and I'm wondering is it ok to have a modem and router upstairs with a another set in the basement with me? Or am I best off just running wire back and forth from one location? I have a spare router so I would just need a 2nd modem at this point if it would work, or some 50-100 ft. lengths of cat6. I'm not a fan of wireless for my business as I'm trading commdities, and I would need to buy wireless cards for the other 2 computers I'd have hooked up. Thanks for any input.

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03-03-2008, 02:48 PM	#5
a-10tankkiller Lieutenant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 223	Another question, the wife wants to have wireless access for her work computer, so if I have my work computers hard wired and a computer upstairs hardwired will having a wireless connection available for my wife leave me open to security problems? I know the chances are remote in suburbia, but I am paranoid. Thanks again

03-03-2008, 02:57 PM	#6
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Just enable the WPA-PSK (or higher) security (this is encryption security... you can use WEP security if her hardware doesn't support WPA-PSK). You should be fine. On top of that, enable "MAC filtering" on your wireless router and then ONLY her wireless device can access the router. Other devices will be ignored.

03-04-2008, 06:50 AM	#7
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	Just be sure you're only using one router. If you already have a router, then you need a wireless access point, not a wireless router. 2 routers on one network will conflict with each other.

03-04-2008, 07:13 AM	#9
a-10tankkiller Lieutenant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 223	Thank you all, I think I have a plan. I'll have the router in the basement, run a cord through the ceiling to the chimney stack, up to the attic and the down to the room for the upstairs comp. Then setup the wireless connection on the router for the wife, and maybe even for the kids XBox 360. Thanks again!

03-04-2008, 07:18 AM	#10
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Also remember... you can always run a switch in the room upstairs to act as a hub for your upstairs wired computers as well. You don't have to be "wireless only" ... unless you want to be wireless.

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