Re: Need a recommendation ....

The cable internet service comes into the house upstairs into a wireless router that connects (via Cat 6) the three desktop computers downstairs to the internet. The printer is also downstairs. I guess I can connect the second wireless router to one of the Ethernet wall acks downstairs and then a desktop and the network printer to the that router. That should also improve the wireless signal. Does that make sense? Will it work?

"Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13ketibj701cu4a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
i bet what you didn't say was that you don't have a spare cable runs between the first and second floor for the printer. so you do have enough lan ports in the router for the three wired comptuers and one wired printer but you just don't have the necessary cable between the first and second floor to dedicate to the printer. two possible solutions: 1) rewire one of the cables between the first and second floor to make a single full duplex/8 wire/4 pair jack into two half duplex/4 wire/2 pair jacks. 2) use a network switch on the first floor to plug one of the current computers into along with the printer and then get a cable to go between the switch and the wall jack.

"Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13kesrpc2cm513d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
you are saying that you have a wireless router that has only three network jacks for the lan? i never heard of any model like that. something is missing from this story. what model router does he have?

"WSZsr" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:47473b88$0$26053$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My son has three desktops (wired) and two laptops (wireless) on his network at home plus a networkable printer (with an Ethernet connection but no available jack). Due to the lack of network jacks his printer is connected to one of his desktops and shared which means that desktop has to be on 24/7. His router is on the second floor and the wireless signal downstairs is a bit weak.

I am looking for the simplest possible setup that will allow the printer to be connected to the network - not shared on a desktop plus a stronger wireless signal downstairs. He has two wireless routers ( one G and one B). He is willing to add any networking devices required.


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thx

WSZsr







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