Using wifi and LAN simultaneously

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
I am setting up 2 ip cameras through a switch and a laptop connected to the switch as well which runs nvr software to record. So there is no router involved , however there is a wifi hotspot which is plugged into the wall. I was wondering if it is possible for the laptop to stay connected to the lan via the ethernet port but also have the laptop connect to wifi hotspot to get internet?
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
The only solution given is using a virtual machine and unfortunatley the guys laptop only has 2gb of ram, of which I will be using for the software. Also, the person mentioned bridging the 2 networks together however only one network device can be active at a time(wifi card or lan port) then if I were to use a wireless router instead of switch, then would I be able to merge the two wireless signals over a bridge?

Idea #2, is there any way to have the wifi hotspot(no ports just tiny wireless) tie into a router hence merging the two networks that way?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Tom Tancredi

Tom Tancredi

Judicious
May 9, 2013
4,999
0
32,960
No not normally because your confusing Windows which way to 'connect' LAN or Wireless. DO you manage / own the Wifi Hotspot? If so why not connect the switch to the Wifi router and then you can access both the IP cameras and Internet at the same time (your all on the same network).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
yes my friend owns the wifi hotspot. I have not purchased the router yet, but if i do hook the switch into the wifi router, How do I get the router to connect to the wifi hotspot ? Do I have to bridge it via dd-wrt?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Tom Tancredi

Tom Tancredi

Judicious
May 9, 2013
4,999
0
32,960
You said the IP Cameras were on a switch (Not router). So simply connecting the switch to the router is just using a crossover cable and done. If your using a router for the IP cameras as well then you would need to disable the DHCP, Routing, etc. but that is a waste of a router because your dumbing it down.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
yes they are connected to a switch but I am saying I could purchase a router if it can be bridged to work with the wifi hotspot. The ip cameras run through switch and so does laptop so laptop cannot connect to wifi since attached to switch. Now if I plug the switch into a cheap router could that be bridged to use the wifi hotspots internet connection hence the computer could get internet that way but still stay on same LAN as ip cameras to use nvr software?

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
Yea but doesnt that now bring me back to the idea of whether or not I can bridge a wifi hotspot and a router. When plugging the switch to the router , how does the router know how to communicate with the wifi hotspot? Can I just put the router in repeater mode ?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Tom Tancredi

Tom Tancredi

Judicious
May 9, 2013
4,999
0
32,960


*FACEPALM*

The switch CABLED TO THE Hotspot connects the two together (probably need a cross over cable) and if your ON the HotSpot (unless you have wireless isolation turned on) then you see ALL devices on 'the network' which is anything physically plugged into the switch (ip cameras) and any physical plugged in OR wireless devices connected to the hotspot .

If your still not understanding this or comprehending this is possible, I would HIGHLY suggest hiring out to GeekSquad / Local IT Tech to resolve it, because it is more complicated then you may be familiar with.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
Okay maybe I should have been more specific , there is no ports on the hotspot hence the switch cannot be plugged into it. or this would be a hell of a lot easier and there would be no reason for me posting this lol. Why do geek squad if I can figure this out myself but I do not think we are on the same but maybe I should have indicated there are no ports this hotspot hence the reason I suggested is it possible to create a wireless bridge between a wifi hotspot and a router.

**edit I did indicate no ports on wifi hotspot a few posts above
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
I want the ip cameras and the computer to stay on the switch so I can take advantage of the gigabit transfer rate between devices since I will be doing high resolution recording at high fps, and the router will most likely be a 10/100 router. The switch should go to the router so it has some wireless device which to communicate with the wifi hotspot?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Tom Tancredi

Tom Tancredi

Judicious
May 9, 2013
4,999
0
32,960
Replace the switch with a router yes, then you would need to set it to bridge yes. Devices are these days normally 1GB but you won't see that except in isolated traffic (Camera>Switch>Laptop - nothing else, no internet). Someone decides to watch YouTube wirelessly on the hot spot then it will affect any other streams 'across your network' as well.

Realistically it sounds like you want a dedicated device to record the Cameras outputs, and a simple small box PC, even a cheapy one from walmart with a large HD would suffice dedicated on the switch and your done.

Again NO you can't do both connections at the same time in a off the shelf laptop, they are hardware / software defined to choose one or the other.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

bradyboyy88

Honorable
Sep 7, 2012
125
0
10,690
So that answers the question that it is possible to bridge a router and a wifi hotspot. The question now is what settings in the router do I change to make this happen? could using repeater mode work or does that disable the lan ports on the router?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom