Possibly a silly question

[thecremeegg]

Can i plug more than one router in at once and have them configured etc on the same phone line? The walls in out house are too thick for wireless and i was wondering if i could plug a router in downstairs and upstairs?

Cheers

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Yes, but one has to be the DHCP server and the other merely an access point. Think of it as one being a client of the other, connected via Ethernet.

 

[thecremeegg]

Ah ok, that makes sense, cheers

 

[tolien]

I think Billy's got the wrong end of the stick - you can't connect two routers to the one ADSL connection.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

In case I wasn't clear enough:

Phone line------>DSL modem------>Primary router------->Secondary router acting as switch

 

[thecremeegg]

Who do i believe?

 

[tolien]

Billy's right in that you could connect one router to the other by their LAN ports (or LAN on one to the WAN on the other, if the other router would take its connection to the outside world over ethernet). You'd have to use wireless or some kind of cable to connect them (whether it was HomePlug using your electrical wiring or cat5/6 doesn't matter).
You can't connect them both directly to the phone line though.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

You can't connect them both directly to the phone line though.

Yep. Connect one to the other using cat5e or cat6 cable.