My skills haven't encompassed this to make me confident, hoping for some expert guidance.
Scenario...
I have recently put a wireless router into my ControlLogix rig (a D-Link G604).
I can connect wirelessly with my training laptops, no problems, it works excellently.
When I'm working at home, and when I'm helping others on this forum, I use my home desktop PC. I currently connect via ethernet cable from the PC to a port on the D-Link router, and it works fine.
The home desktop PC has a wireless router, a Huawei EchoLife HG532 provided by my ISP.
I'd like to link the desktop PC, via the wireless, to the D-Link so that I can free-up the cable and port on the routers.
1. I assume they have to be on the same RF channel. Do I have to force this, or can the 2 routers be set so that they can discover each other ?
2. Someone advised me they have to have the same SSID to be conjoined to the same network, is this correct ?
3. What settings do I have to make in the routers to allow this bridged connection.
There's so many ideas been thrown at me by people who think they know how to set this up, I'm now confused.
Would really appreciate help to get this working....
TIA
daba
Scenario...
I have recently put a wireless router into my ControlLogix rig (a D-Link G604).
I can connect wirelessly with my training laptops, no problems, it works excellently.
When I'm working at home, and when I'm helping others on this forum, I use my home desktop PC. I currently connect via ethernet cable from the PC to a port on the D-Link router, and it works fine.
The home desktop PC has a wireless router, a Huawei EchoLife HG532 provided by my ISP.
I'd like to link the desktop PC, via the wireless, to the D-Link so that I can free-up the cable and port on the routers.
1. I assume they have to be on the same RF channel. Do I have to force this, or can the 2 routers be set so that they can discover each other ?
2. Someone advised me they have to have the same SSID to be conjoined to the same network, is this correct ?
3. What settings do I have to make in the routers to allow this bridged connection.
There's so many ideas been thrown at me by people who think they know how to set this up, I'm now confused.
Would really appreciate help to get this working....
TIA
daba