Adding a router behind a switch

[ragebflame]

Hi,
I have recently moved into an apartment which has broadband pre installed. Basically what i want to do is use my router so that i will have wifi throughout the house. I am wondering how i should configure my router.

The plug in the wall is an rj45 so i have an rj11 cable running from that to the dsl input of the router. My laptop sees the router fine but it wont connect to the net. I believe it is a configuration issue with the router (which is an netopia 3347wg).

I am lost tbh, and its quite hard to explain in a post. I can try and explain further if ye dont get me .

regards,
Dan.

 

[Ididmyc600]

Hi
on the assumption that the socket in the wall is fed from a communal router, then to
go wireless you need a wireless access point, this is like a standard hub but has wireless capability.

have a look in your router config page and see if there is anything about "wireless bridging" if there is then this will work.

 

[ColdPreacher]

Or if the port in the wall is comming from a switch which was fed by a router, the router you have now can be used as a brdige. Simply shut off DHCP on your router and connect the wall port to your LAN port of the router, not the WAN port. If you can open a command prompt and type ipconfig, get the ip address then use that as your routers IP. If this works then you can set up wireless connection in your appartment

 

[compdata]

Here is a link to someone who had to do a similar thing with that same router
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17092445

I was going to suggest looking into using DD-WRT on the router, but it doesn't look like it is one of the sported varieties. Best Luck.

 

[DelJo63]

The plug in the wall is an rj45 so i have an rj11 cable running from that to the dsl input of the router

can't be. If the wallplate is RJ45, that is incompatible with RJ11. If your router has a DSL RJ11, then it's a modem and not a router.

Take the RJ45 from the wall and plug it into a LAN port on your router. Disable the DHCP
service in the router and it will act as an access point

 

[foreverzero89]

the rj11 will plug into a rj45, but it won't work. as the the rj 11 only has two pairs of wires, while the 45 has 4.

 

[DelJo63]

sheez; so what -- if it doesn't work then why mention it? not very helpful