Connecting two routers to broadband help?

FISHGUTS

FISHGUTS

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I'm having a problem with my broadband

I have a phone line coming into my office in which I have a telephone and adsl plugged into a router.

hardwired out of the bt point is a cat 5 cable to another bt point in my bedroom which is also connected to a router.

I thought I would be able to share this connection and use broadband on both compuers at the same time. I have to pull the cable out of one of the routers to get the other one to work.

Can someone kindly tell me where I'm going wrong ?
 
So basically, you have 2 ADSL modems (Which are usually part of the router)? If so, thats why, you have 2 routers trying to take control of the connection.
 
Got to admit this one made me :)

Your line won't support two ADSL connections in the same way it won't support two phone calls or two dialup sessions so plugging in two routers will as you've found stop either from working.

If you have cat5 going to your room from the master socket (and not RJ11) why not plug in one router at the master socket and re-crimp the RJ45 and plug it in, if you need more than one connection in your room use a switch at the end of that connection.
 
do what i did

ADSL Router plugged into master BT Socket downstairs

then have RJ45 lead connecting to another router upstairs. This router has its Wireless facilities / DHCP etc.. switched off, and is nothing more than glorified switch

Only reason i have that rather than a switch, is that its a cable router, and it was easier to re-use my old cable router in this way (and not plug anything into the WAN port) rather than buy another switch :)
 
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