Connecting Wireless Router to Wired Router

@EvrWonder (3571)
Canada
January 11, 2009 3:11pm CST
I have a huge task at hand. A computer running XP Home. Currently it is connected with a wired router to high speed ADSL. The task is to set up a wireless router, running out from the wired router. So far, I know that I can simply clone the mac address from the wired router to the wireless router so to eliminate having to call the ISP to register yet another mac address. Question: Is this the WAN or LAN mac address I will be cloning? There is nothing else on the network but the one computer. They just want it to be wireless. Second question is setting up a secure connection. I understand that WEP is the way to go? How to I make an encrypted pass phrase? Both routers are Linksys. Any and all explanations would be very much appreciated.
1 response
@lakers247 (139)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Im really not sure about this, but i think you can simply attach the wireless router to the modem and call your isp and let the modem by configured and yeah wep is the way to go. For me, after i replaced my old router with a newer one, i simply called my isp and they let me keep my old passphrase. I hope this helped in any way.
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
15 Jan 09
Hi lakers247, thank you for your response. I want to connect the wireless router to the wired router that is connected to the modem. IE: Want to keep a wired connection as well as have wireless ability. I appreciate your response. Thanks again.