Is this possible?

I'm moving into a new student house next week and the way the internet is set up is that there is a wired router connected to the phone line, which has 5 ethernet cables going from the router to each of the 5 bedrooms so that everyone has their own wired connection to the internet. Now this is good, but we want to be able to have a wireless connection as well, for example, when we're sitting in the living room or kitchen etc.

Is it possible to use one of the ethernet cables, connect it to my Belkin Pre N Wireless router, from which the wireless network can also be set up in addition to the other 4 ethernet cables hardwired to the other 4 rooms? If so, how would I go about doing this?

Doesn't happen to be in Fallowfield does it? (I was a student in Manchester, not sure if that's where you're also studying!).

Most routers allow you to uplink to an existing modem or another modem/router - so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I don't know how to do this, but I know it's possible with most routers (if not all). Perhaps someone here knows a bit more about networking than I do

There should be a setting that allows you to use the router as a wireless access point as opposed to a router. Do you still have your user's manual? It will tell you the specifics on how to do this.

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Wouldn't it be easier, actually, to use the Wireless router as the main router, and then connect the wired router to the wireless one?

That's the way I would do it...

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You can do it either way:

1. Plug a wireless router into your network cable and share out the connection
2. Unhook the 5 port router and replace it with a wireless router
   1. the possible problem is that it sounds like DSL so you may need the username and password

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The Belkin Pre N router doesn't have a manual, only how to set it up as a network in the first place.

If I want to use it as an access point, will I be able to do this via the configuration page of the router? Or does it have to be a physical switch on the outside of the router? Because the Belkin Pre N doesn't have a switch. Also, how would I get onto the router configuration page online? If I enter 192.168.x.x, then surely it would go to the configuration page of the wired router? How would I get into the Belkin one? I wish it was just as easy as plug in and go, heh.

And Ian, my home is just outside of Manchester, but I'm at uni in Sheffield

You'd take the network cable coming from one of the ports on the wired router and plug that into the back of your wireless router's internet port, your WR (wireless router) will grab an IP, you log into the WR (assuming it has a network jack on it somewhere) and configure it for wireless. You may have to change it's subnet around a little so it doesn't interfere with the wired router.

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James beat me to it...I was going to find the specifics using my old Belkin if I can find it.

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I'm afraid you've been hacked. The FTP server at 127.0.0.1 has all your personal files. See for yourself; just log in with your normal id.

Right, we've had some setbacks, we're without internet for a couple of weeks at least, but when we do get it, I'll post any problems/questions I have on the issue here.