Chaining routers

[Amp]

ok, I've tried this before (didn't try real hard though) and had no luck.... but there's gotta be some way to chain 2 routers together to give a total of 8 ports instead of the 4 I'm stuck with on just one router. But I can't figure it out.

I thought one had to be set to be a gateway or something and the other had to be set at something else..... ?


connection coming in is DHCP and can't be changed to static, and I thhink that may be part of the problem. The router needs to be on DHCP to distribute connection to the systems..... and I don't thhink they'll run on DHCP coming in and DHCP going back out.



anyone know the answer to this puzzle?

[frankfortuna]

I'm not sure what equipment you're dealing with, but I'd say it is pretty unlikely that you would be able to cascade DHCP-only devices like that. You'll probably have to attach a switch to your router to aggregate more ports.

[AaronM]

Originally posted by frankfortuna
I'm not sure what equipment you're dealing with, but I'd say it is pretty unlikely that you would be able to cascade DHCP-only devices like that. You'll probably have to attach a switch to your router to aggregate more ports.

Wrong.

AMP...Hit me up on ICQ and I will walk you through it.

I know the routers you are using and it is a snap.

[Amp]

it is possible. You lose one port on each router, but it gave me the extra ports I need.


Aaron is the man.


Mahalo nui

[Jace]

i have done this tons of times...works great

did ya get it amp?

[Amp]

yeah we got it. It was kind of a process, but it worked

[Jer]

I like when the problems are solved.

[Amp]

Originally posted by Jer
I like when the problems are solved.

me too