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Router to router question

I have a wired Linksys router intalled near the wiring closet in my house (on a second floor) with two CAT 5 lines going to two different computers in an office. The office is quite some distance away and on the lower level from the wiring closet. The CAT 5 lines are routed through the walls. I need to install an additional computer in this office. Can I attach a Netgear wireless/wired router to the CAT 5 line at the wall junction coming from the Linksys router and then distribute one wired line to my desktop and either use wireless or wired to the other computer? I just don't know if one router can talk to another router and still provide unique connections to the 2 different computers. I would want both to each have access to the internet without either of the computers being online. Your help is appreciated. Thanks.

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Ok...let me tell you what is driving me to do this. There is a very special sale today on a Netgear B/G wireless router and PCMCIA wireless card for $20 (after rebates). This is normally a $120 package. The reason I can't go wireless from the get go is that the wireless router would be loccated too far away from the office and my experience is that we would get very low signal strength. I already have CAT 5 home runs from the wiring closet and my current router to the two individual connecting points in my office. I simply thought that if I connected the Netgear router to the wall outlet in my office, I would be able to then add one more computer to my network. I am a little confused by the two answers I got. Trickys77 seems to think that this will work. However, Grblades I think is implying that the only way it will work is if there is an "UPLINK" port on the Netgear router. Any clarification would be helpful. Thanks.

grblades

It will work but it is a bit of overkill as it is more advanced hardware than you need. However if you can get it for $20 then go for it.

trickys77

Were bascially saying the same thing.

If the netgear router in the office has a uplink socket, plug this into the wall socket leading to the closet router using a standard cat5, however if it doesn't have a uplink then you will need a cross over cable instead, which you can plug into any port.

This will apply wireless or otherwise.

The basic answer is yes it will work, although you will have to a have play with the setup when you get it, but this should not be too much of an issue.

Hope this helps,

R