Can I split the signal from an adsl line into two routers?

Question

i have an bt 2wire wireless router and a netgear wired router.
having had software installed that needs to use the netgear router, but my viop lines are connected via my wireless router. is it possible to split the signal so that both routers will get a signal
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Answer 1

Actually, you can't go router to router with home equipment unless you are dealing with better gear, you could always pick up a cheap cisco and set up QOS and routing.

Based on what you are referring to, yo want to split that line, so you need a switch and 2 external IP's, preferably static, get a regular DSL modem, or downconvert your 2wire to just a modem, not a router, then pick up another router. anyways, it needs to look like this DSL Modem->switch->2 routers.

Configure each router with the Static Ip's that you get.

Answer 2

Your question isn't very clear - what software REQUIRES you to use the Netgear router? Seems odd that some software requires a particular make of router.

You can't split the broadband signal to go to both routers. What you can do is cascade the routers.

Use your Netgear box as the one that connects to your broadband. Then connect your 2Wire router to the Netgear router (using an Ethernet cable to connect between a free port on each - do not connect to the WAN port on the 2Wire). Your Netgear should be the DHCP server and the DHCP should be switched OFF on the 2Wire.

Answer 3

if both routers have an ether net connection then yes it should be possible. you connect the one router to the DSL line and then the other Router to the first router. this should work and may need a little bit of fiddling about to get right. you know your set up we on here do not.
why do you need the two anyway surely the wireless router has an ethernet or USB port you can use. just uninstall the wired router and install the wireless if that is what you need. or vice versa. just connect the router to your primary computer with an ethernet cable for configuration. remembering that each computer on your LAN should have a Wireless adapter if you want to share files and folders wirelessly, a wired lan will not allow access to a wireless lan why i do not know it is a config or programing oversite or may be the router makers just want to make more money.

Answer 4

uh?
all you need is a single ADSL router that is network aware. that network awareness can be wireless, or RJ45 or both.. it doesn't matter

you configure your network devices downstream of the router to use the router as a gateway.

the only reason I could see that you would want two routers is if you had two spearate ADSL accoiunts AND two separate ADSL lines.

if its a probelm then you need to reconfigure or replace one of the routers so that it merely acts as a wireless access point (or hub/switch) and is not a/the specified gateway

Im pretty sure you can connect devices to a wireless router which connects to the outside world using a router elsewhere (effectively the wireless router acts as an Access point, and talks to the wiored router over ethernet.) The wireless bit is irrelevant, what is relevant is how you tell the devices wanting to talk to the outside world that they MUST use a specified address (gateway). You may have a problem if you attempt to connect two routers who bith want to use 192.168.1.1 as there IP address.. you cannot have dvices sharing an IP address on the same physical network segment.. it wont work

Answer 5

Your provider probably only gives out 1 IP address, so this probably would not work. If you wish to do this, use a hub or switch in between the DSL and the routers. What I would do is run one router off the other.

Answer 6

Yes. You can have one router perform as the entry point where your ADSL connection comes into your house. Then, you can put one "out" lead from your first router into the "internet" port on the second router.

Answer 7

Hi

Ok , the 2wire router is wireless right ?? and the netgear is swtich alone right ?? if so let me know and i can guideyou

Answer 8

yes - but will create weak signal

Answer 9

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