Multiple Routers and Network Setup

Sherbs

Sherbs

Sherbs

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Hey all,

Moved into my girlfriends were they have real crappy G Wifi. So i've purchased an N Router and also a 20metre Ethernet cable to route to our room.

Just wondering if this is possible.

I was originally thinking,

Cable Modem > N Router > 20m Ethernet Cable > Switch > PC, Xbox and TV.

But can I do this so I get another wireless access point?

Cable Modem > N Router > 20m Ethernet Cable > N Router > PC, Xbox and TV.

This would all be wired. But the WiFi will mainly be for laptops and handheld consoles.

So I would get 2 WiFi networks, upstairs and downstairs.
 
You are going to buy another wireless N router on top of the one you have already bought?

If so then yes this is quite easy to achieve.

The Upstairs router firstly needs to be put into access point / bridge mode. If it does not have such a mode then just disable DHCP and any other functions it may be providing (This is the job of the downstairs router). You will need to connect one of the Downstairs router's LAN ports to one of the Upstairs router's LAN ports NOT its WAN port.

Set both SSID's to the same thing and set both to use the same security settings (encryption/passwords) and it should all be done :).


James
 
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No need to buy another router, it's possibly cheaper to buy a switch + access point so your setup would be:

Cable Modem -> N Router -> 20M Ethernet Cable -> Switch (if want wired devices) -> Wireless AP + wired devices
 
In the end I went with Cable Modem > N Router > N-Wifi > N Switch > PC, Xbox and TV.

Only have 10mbit here so does fine.
 
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