My laptop upstairs is having problems picking up thr wireless router. Is it possible to run two routers at the sametime?
2007-10-24 22:15:13 · 6 answers · asked by PAUL S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
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no don't use two routers, that is what they do route signals and it will just cause more jamming. get a new router that works well, ask your service provider what they reccommend.
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2007-10-24 22:24:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are only using the routers for Internet access and do not have a need to communicate between the various PC's in the house, this could not be simpler. Just plug the upstairs routers wan port into the LAN port on the downstairs router via a suitable length of Ethernet cable. It would be best to set the routers up to use channels that are at least 5 apart from each other. The upstairs router wan port will then be assigned an ip address from the first router that is in the same subnet as your downstairs LAN. To avoid confusion, the LAN IP ranges used by the routers should be different, but that is not strictly needed.
Having said all that, it might be easier to try and relocate the existing router in order to get a better signal. You could also consider the use of a high gain antenna on your existing router to increase the signal levels.
2007-10-25 09:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to try to buy just a wireless access point. Most of the time the built in wirless / routers do not push out much signal, causing the range of the wireless to be pretty bad. If you do get a wireless ap, make sure it does not have a built in router, that will just add more confusion to set up.
As said in an above post, you can have MANY routers on the same 'network' (it is how the internet works) but you need to have a pretty advanced understanding of networking, and IP addressing for it to work correctly.
Personally, from my ISP, I was given a wireless router as well. I also have a cisco AP. I disabled the wireless from the router that was given to me, sense the range of the cisco AP is much greater (and more reliable) than the built in one that was supplied.
2007-10-25 08:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by yeagermyster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wireless routers being cheaper now than most wireless access points or extenders means that it makes sense to just by a wireless router and disable the stuff you don't need. I managed to pickup a TPlink wireless router a twelve months ago for $40 (Australian Dollars), and it has been going strong ever since.
If you hook up a router to your network by plugging into its LAN port instead of its WAN (internet) then you are effectively making it a switch, turn off stuff like firewalls in the router and dhcp and you now have a simple switch with wireless built in.
2007-10-25 19:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by changlinn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is just WiFi (wireless) that you want, you can get a wireless extender.
But to answer the question: You can certainly run as many routers as you want: 10's, 100's or even 1000's. BUT you do need to set them up correctly so that they route the correct packets down the correct wires to and from the correct computers. If you don't get the setup correct, then nothing will be routed and you wont connect.
To get the routing correct, you may need to know quite a lot about IP addressing...
2007-10-25 06:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by chrisjbsc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had that problem with my BT router. I put it on top of the freezer in the kitchen this meant I could use my laptop upstairs or down.
2007-10-25 07:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by oldfart 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋