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Im curious if there is a way to set this up

OK, incoming ADSL line goes into a linksys router.

linksys router has both wired and wireless connections.

now can i use one of the wired ports to connect a 2nd linksys wireless router?

This is so that if i scan the area, would this work, and would i be able to see basically 2 networks?

Reason is i want to throttle the wireless network, give full access to the bandwidth on some wireless devices, and limited bandwidth to others.

Maybe im over thinking things, but if there is a better way to be selective, that would be great.

TIA

and i already checked thru the advanced settings on the router, the only thing it lets me do is allow time of day access.

Yes... however... unless the router you want to throttle is actually capable of throttling, it's not going to do anything.

Basically to do this... on the second router, don't use the uplink port and turn off dhcp.

You could also get real complicated and start subnetting everything

Can your linksys router (at least one) install custom firmware?

If so, just flash it. Set bandwidth limit on that specific IP allocated to the second router and done.

Nevertheless, why do you want 2 routers connected anyhow? I can understand if you want to bridge them together. But given the capability of custom firmwares, you can just set up limitation on one and have everyone connected to that single router and bam.

never even knew about custom firmwares, im just using the updated ones provided by linksys for the wireless-g router.

basically what i want to do is throttle the bandwidth accessable via certain wireless devices. eg, i want wireless laptop A to have full access to the bandwidth, while i want wireless laptop B to be stuck in the stone age of 33.6Kbps speeds

Check if your router is DDWRT compatible and if yes flash it. There should be b/w throttling and a whole slew of other settings you can configure. Better than wasting money buying a 2nd router.

Which router are you using?

What router is it? See if it supports QoS, you should be able to throttle bandwidth by MAC address or ip.
If you have a WRT54G, put the DDWRT firmware on it, and it'll open up a world of possibilities.

If you can flash it to DDWRT that would be MUCH easier. So check that 1st.

if not like said above set the 2nd router to have DHCP client to "off"

it is in fact a linksys WRT43G... ill look into the DDWRT firmware. i havent updated its firmware since 2008, but then i havent needed to throttle the b/w until now.

or if you can use tomato, use it... i prefer tomato vs DDWRT
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

If that's the case, just get either DDWRT or tomato, both of them have some sort of b/w throttling capability and access priority setting.

No need for second router.

The WRT43G doesn't work with DD-WRT, but if you were willing to get a second router for this setup, just replace your current router with a DD-WRT compatible router.

Their router compatibility database is here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

I recommend a WRT54G because they're plentiful, and should be relatively cheap.

Or pickup an asus router. A lot of them are ddwrt compatible and they're cheap.

i second this motion, user friendly all in one and makes it great to limit the bandwidth on my pron server for downloads and still be able to play games on my other. :thumbsup: