Quick Wireless Setup Question....

[meccaboy858]

So here's the scenerio:

I have a friend that lives across the street from another friend. They both have their basic local networks setup (cable modem, router, and a few computers). Now they want to find a way so that they can connect to each other wirelessly. I suggested that they used a WAP on one network and a wireless bridge and switch at the other network. But is there another possible way to work this? I think they want to keep both their routers, but I've always been under the impression that you can't use two routers on the same network? Thanks ahead of time.

 

[Fiveohhh]

You could have friend one use gateway/router xxx.xxx.xxx.1 and friend 2 use gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.2

 

[ktwebb]

Workgroup bridge on one side of the link, uplinked to a LAN port on the router on that side. Each router would need to have a different IP address but be on the same subnet. Then as suggested each side would use it's own router address in the gateway. You'll want to make sure the AP's are on non overlapping channels, have different SSID's, and use static IP's instead of DHCP on both sides.

 

[meccaboy858]

Originally posted by: ktwebb
Workgroup bridge on one side of the link, uplinked to a LAN port on the router on that side. Each router would need to have a different IP address but be on the same subnet. Then as suggested each side would use it's own router address in the gateway. You'll want to make sure the AP's are on non overlapping channels, have different SSID's, and use static IP's instead of DHCP on both sides.

Another question, no matter how its done, is there is only going to be 1 internet connection at most at one time (meaning 1 cable modem in use max)?

 

[Fiveohhh]

Originally posted by: meccaboy858

Originally posted by: ktwebb
Workgroup bridge on one side of the link, uplinked to a LAN port on the router on that side. Each router would need to have a different IP address but be on the same subnet. Then as suggested each side would use it's own router address in the gateway. You'll want to make sure the AP's are on non overlapping channels, have different SSID's, and use static IP's instead of DHCP on both sides.

Another question, no matter how its done, is there is only going to be 1 internet connection at most at one time (meaning 1 cable modem in use max)?

No they could both be in use, the network on one side of the street goes out his router and the other goes out their router...