how do you connect 2 routres 2 1 line so that I get better signal when using pc upstairs?

Question

got a pc up stairs which is not close to the routre so would like to put routre upstairs but having trouble

Answer 1

Best way is to purchase a Wifi access point, connect to router via cat5 cable and run this cable to a point nearer the laptop, or if it supports it, use a better external aerial an the exiosting router.,

Better yet, ditch wireless, run a decent cat5e cable from lappy to router and get ttrue 100mb connection to the router

Answer 2

On the second router, connect to the web admisintration on enabled WiFi radio but disable DHCP under routing and it will work fine. Remeber, the second router will not function as a WiFi repeater so you still need to run a Cat5 cable from the primary router to the secondary router (but don't plug it into the WAN port of the second router). Some routers support Bridging or WDS in their firmware and don't require the cable between them.

If that doesn't suit yor needs, you can always buy a Wireless repeater (which doesn't require a cat5 cable from the main router to the repeater).

Or you can use your AC powerline in house house as a network. Newer AC network adapters have much hgher bandwidth than a few years ago (used to be below 10Mbps, but can now achieve 200Mbps assuming you are using Cat6e cable and gigabit switching/crossover, otherwise the overall throughput will cap out at 100mbps).

This is an Ethernet based one
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=533
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=561

This is a WiFi one
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineWirelessAccessPoints/WGXB102.aspx
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineWirelessAccessPoints/WGX102.aspx

Both kits can attach multiple satteltie clients to the host (included in the kit).

Answer 3

The second router/access point needs to be configured as a Repeater. Some routers have this capabilty some do not. If it does have the capabilty the next requirement , in most cases, is that both of the routers are from the same manufacturer. Most newer Linksys routers have this capability. You could then place the Repeater halfway between the existing router and the distant PC's. The Wap54g is an example of such.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1126536803676&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=0367639789B22

Answer 4

First... A second router would also be too far away. That said, you need a cross over cable to connect router to router. The cable that's there now is a straight through cable... Google those two for a more detailed explanation.

Answer 5

why 2 routers? that won't help. you need a wifi repeater or wifi expander or use ethernet cable