So here's the deal. We have a switch unit and a broadband phone internet. However, we want to have access to a wireless connection.
In the past, we have done this and ALL of our IP's changed (as we have network printers, camera system etc).

Is it possible to plug in a wireless router to the switch or something and allow devices to connect to that wireless router (aka - bridging)?


We have tried doing a hotspot on a laptop which was connected to the internet via ethernet. This however did not work as no internet data seems to be going through any connected devices.Where are you? Inside North America?
First, who is your provider? If you want to go from a 3G broadband to a wireless, you are already making a poor choice. You need to contact your provider about the feasibility of this. Each scenario can be different.
Using a mobile phone as a hot spot gives fair to good performance. However, adding a hub or switch or router raises the level of complexity.
Is this for AT&T., Sprint, T-Mobile or VERIZON?
Is your mobile device an Android or a Apple device?
Did you talk to the provider?
Do you have a bandwidth and usage limit?
Have you ever had more than three devices on the hot spot all at one time?
Please respond and get answers from others who use the same stuff you have.

(Myself, I have iPhones on AT&T business and will not recommend it. It works, but not as good as I could wish)

Geek-9pm - No, its not a mobile broadband. We have desktop internet phones, the phone runs via the internet. Something stupid like that anyway's. But all of that doesn't really matter.

The set up is all based on a LinkSys router (none wireless) which gives static IP's to each devices connected to it. From the router, there's the switch to allow MULTIPLE Ethernet plugins.
However, this setup does not provide us with ANY wireless connection, just pure wired. Now, we would like to have a wireless connection to allow smartphones to be connected to it.

My question is - How can I bridge a wireless router to the existing router (or switch) to provide us with a wireless connection?

1 of my colleagues tried to place a netgear wireless router to the switch 1 time and it over-writ every IP, meaning all the network printers did not work, phones not working and just the HOLE internet not working.OK. Not a mobile hot spot.
So you get internet via a wire or cable. They provide RED anemone router with not wireless.

Now I wee what you want. Here is the way I do it. But there are variations. You get a good wireless router. Fortieth the Hub or Switch. I mean it will no0t be part of the wireless, unless you want to have a LAN party.

You can come out of the existing router and conned it to a new wireless router. (Or an older wireless router of good quality.) You must disable DHCP on the new device. Do not use WAN of new router. That new device must not have the same base IP as the first router. Put it a little bit higher in the same subset.
If first router is 192.168.1.1, then make the next router 192.168.1.20 or whatever. Something within the mask (subset). That means if the mask is 255.255.255.0 then only the last number set vary.
Your switch, if you need it, could go on the first router.

The general rules is: One device only doles DHCP. Next router has to have a a higher IP address. Inside the range given by the mask.

Please post back if you need more help or if what I said makes no sense.


All you need to do is plug a "Wireless Access Point" into the switch and set the access point its own IP and disable the Access Point's DHCP server. This will give you a wireless network that will connect into your wired network with no issues such as CHANGING IP address.