Adding wireless router to wired home network

I have a home network consisting of two PC's which share a satellite internet connection via a wired BEFSX41 router.   The PC's and router/satellite modem are in three separate rooms connected by Cat5e cable.
Now I want to add a new laptop (third PC) to my network using a WRT54G router and a WPC54G notebook adapter.  I just ran the WRT54G wizard and it makes no sense for my configuration.
Should I connect the WRT54G's internet port to a spare port on the wired router, then power up wired, wireless routers and the modem in sequence?   Then run the program at the final step of the wizard one of my original PC's? Any help will be appreciated.

Cleck this link out. The only thing I would do is make sure you connect the cable from a numberd port to ort number 1 on the wireless router and set up the SSID and wireless security. Make sure you have the latest firmware on the wireless router because in this configuration you will not be able to access its user interface.
http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3733&lid=3726837401B...
Message Edited by Ikester on 07-09-2007 11:44 AM
Richard Aichner (Ikester)

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KEITH BEDDOE - WIRELESS ROUTER TO REPLACE HOME HUB...

Dear Keith - I am new to this site and don't normally subscribe to this type of thing and from reading the forum, you may be the man I need!
Have had my Home Hub 3 for a year now (not on infinity) and have had enough. I have spent endless hours on phone to BT, switched channels, WPA/WPA2 etc - but this router just will not work consistently with all our devices. (If I take the devices to work, or anyone else's house who doesn't have Home Hub 3, they work fine), further, everything else worked fine on my old Home Hub 2 but the signal strength wasn't enough to make it round my house, thus I changed to Home Hub 3. The devices are all set up to Home Hub 3, but I constantly have to reset it because it keeps losing touch with devices. If I reset then everything is fine but then some devices (normally HP, Blackberry, Kindle and Nintendo DS) will start dropping signal.
I have now decided to invest in another wireless router, I have searched the forum but am unsure if any of the suggested products are suitable, so, can you suggest something?
I connect the router via the phone line (is this ADSL) and wireless everything. We have quite a large house, so it needs to cover a good range, and easy to set up because I am a complete novice at all this. These are the items we run on it (there's alot, we are a big family) .....
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I just want a router that will sit prettily on the table and do it's stuff and that I don't have to keep resetting to get a signal from it....
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As Bullitt says, there are quite a few choices, but the TP-Link TD-W8960N 300MBPS Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router is a popular choice.
It does have external aerials, so coverage should be fairly good. Bear in mind that all wifi routers have the same power output, so router placement and aerial quality are important.
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PS Please could you leave the subject of this thread as WIRELESS ROUTER TO REPLACE HOME HUB 3
without my name at the front, as otherwise I will miss it. It was another forum member who alerted me to this thread.
As long as my name is in the main text of your message, my automatic software will notify me.
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There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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As your linksys router is configured and its working on 2 other computers perfectly fine, so you dont have to run the CD again on your new computer. Is your new computer is a Wireless computer, So on your New computer, in the system tray, Right click on Two computer Icon and select "Connect to a Network".. selecte your Wireless network... type in your security key and click on Connect. After this try going online.
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Can I add a second wired / wireless router in my home by connecting to another FiOS coax outlet?

Can I add a second router in my home by connecting to another FiOS coax outlet?
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Apple TV Gen 2.. Terribly Slow Streaming From Wired Home Network via itunes Windows 7. Please Help

Hello all, I just signed up for this as i hope to get more results from here than i did waiting 4 hours for a call from apple today.
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Ok.. in order to help other users i will post this..
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hi - i have one wireless router downstairs and i want to install another one upstairs to get better connectivity. I have wired Ethernet jacks around the house and I can connect the wireless router to those. If I do this will I be able to roam around my house; I want to make sure I have one wireless network, not two.
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You can as long as they are connected via a wire (using Linksys firmware). In a nut shell you are going to connect the two routers together, router 1 will have IP 192.168.1.1, router 2 will have IP 192.168.2.1. You will turn off DHCP on one of the routers so only one router will be passing out addresses to your devices. You can have the same SSID on both routers but should have different channels like 1&6 (or 6&11 or 1&11) to avoid 'co-channel' interference.
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Well thank you for my promotion to deity status!!!
Unfortunatley my REAL boss at my REAL job probably doesn't read these forums!!!!
And I wish everyone that was having this problem with 160Nv2 firmware could get some kind of compensation from Linksys, but again, unfortunately, I have no control over that, not being a Linksys employee...I had a Cisco CCNA once, but it expired.....and that is as close as I will ever probably come....
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You only need to have a computer wired to the router for initial setup and maintenance of the router. This includes:
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You don't run the setup disk at all. Actually, you don't want a router you only want a wireless access point.
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