Will this work???

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ShellNZ

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#66830 24-Aug-2010 14:17

I am looking at upgrading my WAG160N to WAG320N.

Im hoping its much more stable (also of course has the 2.4GHz or 5GHz).

I will be plugging in the 320 here by my main pc as I also need to use the gbit ethernet ports to plug in other computers.

Upstairs the sparky has now rigged it up so I can put a switch/router and get the internet in 2 rooms.

Can I put the WAG160N upstairs, without hooking up the adsl and it will work as a router/switch?? to feed upstairs?

BTW - hate modem PLUS router setup so not going there :)

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#372215 24-Aug-2010 15:40

Yes, turn off DHCP on the second router, turn off uPNP, assign it a static IP assignment outside the range that the replacement router will issue but still in the same subnet so you can manage it and you will be fine.

As they are both N devices, and the 160 only does 2.4GHz you may have interference issues if you are trying to use both wireless at the same time since 802.11N is pretty much taking up the whole band from my brief tests of it.

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#372691 25-Aug-2010 14:33

Alrighty.....thanks richms for above.

Whilst at shop today I decided to get a switch to make it "cleaner" and more "proper".

Hooked up new Linksys WAG320N (which btw I love already) then ran the RJ45 from ethernet port in Linksys to the port sparky told me to, ethernet port in wall (which feeds up to hub).
Hooked RJ45 from hub to switch then more RJ45's from switch to both masterbdrm & downstairs room. Orange lights.....theres no mention of orange lights in tiny instruction leaflet.

Brought switch downstairs and hooked up directly to router, green lights, but had to reboot laptop for net to work.

Took switch back up and hooked it back up, then went into masterbdrm and rebooted lappy, net works!! still orange light.

Has me baffled. Hook lappy directly into router and no need to reboot for it to find LAN, just connects.

Is this a switch thang? need to reboot laptop/desktop for it to find LAN again? Even if I pull lappy out of masterbdrm then put back in 5secs later it wont reconnect. I will have a play with laptop now incase its some kind of setting.

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#372724 25-Aug-2010 15:39

Updated lan adapter on laptop, all good now as far as instantly connecting when hooking into RJ45 port.

Still orange lights tho....leaflet mentions yellow when blinking (receiving/sending data) and green (shows its connected).

Will go investigate some more

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#372787 25-Aug-2010 17:52

On a couple of things I have, orange means 100 meg, green for gigabit connection.

Could it be that the sparky has done a halfassed job of the installation? do other things get gigabit when on that connection?

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#372794 25-Aug-2010 18:18

I also just read that orange meant 100meg, green gigabit.

I assume if I have a gigabit adapter in PC/laptop, gigabit router and gigabit switch it should be gigabit? or does it depend on what cabling is running thru house? Does using a cat5e cable from hub to switch differ from cat6?

Edit: Plugged laptop directly into switch with a cable that states its gigabit ethernet, AND with the yellow RJ45 cable that came with gigabit router. Both ways the switch light comes up green. But the gigabit ethernet cable thats going from hub to switch is orange.

Maybe Im just better off forgetting the whole thing, its just that I want to make sure sparky has (yet again) done a decent job and I have purchased gigabit perpherals for a reason.

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#372798 25-Aug-2010 18:23

It should be, but if you have used a crossover cable in error, or your sparky has stuffed up the wiring because they like to share a cable between phone and data on one plate, you will only get 100 meg speeds. cat5e is all you need for gigabit.

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#373002 26-Aug-2010 09:48

Hmmmm, not using a crossover cable, definately gigabit RJ45 cables Im using to plug into walls. How to tell if the sparky has cabled it so phone & data are sharing?

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ShellNZ

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#373073 26-Aug-2010 12:10

Laptop > Master bedroom = 10Mbps
Laptop > Downstairs bedroom = 100Mbps
Laptop > hub = 100Mbps
Laptop > switch = 1Gbit
Laptop > router = 1Gbit
Laptop wireless = 150Mbps

Im better off running around outside with wireless on than what I am wired to bedrooms, grrrr

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#373124 26-Aug-2010 14:06

Umm, carrying on from your other thread, seems to me like the sparkie stuffed your wiring up. Just to clarify, the switch you have mounted at the hub, this is a 100Mb/s one is it not or a GigE one.

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#373159 26-Aug-2010 15:34

IME, if an electrician installed data wiring, its stuffed up. Often they will cock up the colours and make the installs crossover because they use A colours at one end and B at the other end. Will work fine on 100 meg stuff but not on gigabit.

The 10 connection could be they have messed up the pairing and it passed the $10 blinking light checker they got which is continuity which is all electricians understand.

And if you are running thru a 100 meg switch, then you only get 100 meg speeds. Gigabit ones are not too dear for a small one these days - $100 should see you get an 8 port if you shop around.

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#373188 26-Aug-2010 16:15

ShellNZ: Hmmmm, not using a crossover cable, definately gigabit RJ45 cables Im using to plug into walls. How to tell if the sparky has cabled it so phone & data are sharing?

Pull off the wall socket and see how many wires appear in the back of the flushbox, if it is only one wire and it then connects to both the phone and data jacks, you are pretty much screwed.

ShellNZ

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#373227 26-Aug-2010 17:16

Im screwed :(

Should probably close this thread as its all on over here...

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=64393&page_no=6#373215