How do I link a netgear wireless router to a sonicwall TZ 200
We recently installed a Sonicwall TZ 200 as our router for our small business. I want to attach a netgear (our old router) to another computer on the TZ 200 network to act as a swith for 2 other computers not currently networked and as a repeater to amplify the wireless signal.
1. Is that possible?
2. Do I just plug the router in to the wall and then connect the other computers to it? Or are there settings that will need to be addressed. (ie. ip conflicts ect.)
1. Is that possible?
2. Do I just plug the router in to the wall and then connect the other computers to it? Or are there settings that will need to be addressed. (ie. ip conflicts ect.)
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I do something similar as I have a summer house with a single cable back to my main router - in the summer house I have a netgear wirless adsl router. I don't need the ADSL part in there so I just use it as a switch with wireless access - just because I didn't want to spend money on a new switch :)
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Please bare with me a little while longer. I have been extremely busy and I haven't had a chance to implement any of this. I'm sure the answer is there I just haven't had a chance to do it yet.
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As I am still a novice, I don't want to tackle this right now. I still have some learning to do and I need to have the time to do it without anyone interputing me. Besides our network that I set up 30 days ago has not had any down time and I don't want to do anything to cause downtime. In short I'm scared. It seems stupid cause I should be able to do it but I won't until I have to. I do appreciate your help and will award the points as I see fit to each of you. I will print out the responses for when I am ready to tackle this. Which will be over the next few weeks. Thanks again
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I haven't implemented but based on the response I believe these are good suggestions.
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I realize a switch would be easier but I was hoping to also boost my wireless signal since these computers are on other side of office. This one office has 3 computers in it that a switch would work just fine if I didn't want to increase my wireless range.