Question: My network has two routers on it how would a computer on the first router acess another computer on the second?
My network has two routers on it how would a computer on the first router acess another computer on the second router, because I have a file on my Computer which is on the first router and I want to send my file to the other Computer on the second router and I want to do it via the network how will I o it? Any suggestions?
Answer:
Answer by Juz
If we treat the router connected to your broadband modem as your first router, then you need to connect your 2nd router as a hub only. To do this, you should connect your first router to your second router via the LAN ports, not the WAN port.
For example, if your routers have 1 WAN port and 4 LAN ports (as most do), then run a cable out of port 4 on your first router, to port 4 on your second router.
Most people tend to run a cable from a LAN port on their first router to the WAN port on the second…which means you’d have to configure the second router to do all sorts of complex bridging, etc.
If you connect it up the way i’ve said, then any PC connected to either router will only get its IP address from the first router, the second router will be acting as a simple network hub. By the way, you could actually remove the second router and replace it with a hub/switch, something like the $ 25 Edimax ES-550M.
http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=309&pl1_id=4&pl2_id=24
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