Additional wireless router in the house question

ralv585

ralv585

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The wireless reception in my room is pretty bad, in order to get internet, i've used a home plug, and then an ethernet port to link my pc, ps3 and xbox to the net.

I'm wondering if i get another router in my room and use the homeplug to connect it to router in the living room, will i be able to use the wireless from the new router in my room?

Sometimes i like to work from my mac on bed, but can be a struggle when the wireless is so weak.

I hope you guys understand what i'm trying to say
 
If you need to buy a router then varkanoid is correct just buy an access point. If you already have a spare router then you can set it up as a wireless access point.

Couple of things that helped me were to turn off DHCP in the second router and give it a dedicated IP address outside of the normal range of your main router. So, if your main router normally allocates addresses between 192.168.1.20 and 192.168.1.99 then set your secondary router to 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx any number less than 20 or greater than 99).

If you use the same SSID but a different channel then you should be able to roam around the house and the mac should be able to pick up whichever signal is stronger.

Hope that helps
 
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