2 pa's one ssid

teknokid · 13 Jul 2012 at 18:17

I got fibre optic b'band installed today, and as I now have a router spare, decided to improve my wifi coverage by installing the second router upstairs.

I've set them both to the same ssid, same authentication, same password etc, but it's not quite working right. On my mobile the internet will work for a short period, before cutting out. Only disabling then re-enabling the wireless will get it working again.

Im using channels 1 & 7, with the dhcp ip address being 192.168.1.1, then the second router being 192.168.1.10

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Orcvader · 13 Jul 2012 at 18:30

You need to disable DHCP on the second router, after that it should work.

teknokid · 13 Jul 2012 at 18:39

Orcvader said:
You need to disable DHCP on the second router, after that it should work.

Already done

will the fact that it's ip address is after that of other devices on the network matter?

Vampyre · 13 Jul 2012 at 18:44

You need to make sure that the ip of the 2nd router is outside the DHCP range of the 1st one. E.g. In my setup my main router issues ips from 192.168.1.20 upwards, I have the secondary router fixed as 192.168.1.13

Orcvader · 13 Jul 2012 at 18:46

Have you set the second router's IP outside of the PCHP pool of the first router?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91791-multi-router-network-configure.html

EDIT: Beaten to it

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teknokid · 13 Jul 2012 at 19:07

Sounds about right- cheers