Configuring two wireless routers??

luckyedboy66

luckyedboy66

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Hey, everybody. i just bought a 2nd wireless router to replace my old one cause was giving me trouble on and off. anyhow, my house is kinda long and the main wifi router is on one side, so the other side doesnt get great reception. i already have a network cable running from the main router to the living room, which is on other side of the house (its hooked into a switch which feeds our desktop/laptops, but thats irrelevant). i would like to get rid of the switch and put the old wifi router in its place, but when i tried to connect, i got no internet from the old router. my brother said the old router needs to be reconfigured, but i really dont know what to do.
does anyone have any experience with this configuration or any advice to offer?

below (i hope) is a really sad excuse for a wiring diagram of my current layout and my proposed layout. i threw it together in 5 min, so dont laugh/cry too much :rolleyes:
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the old router needs to be set to obtain a IP automaticly . you also may need to disable DHCP on this one
the new router the one connected to the DSL modem needs to be the only one that is assigning IP addresses.
 
Deepblue said:
the old router needs to be set to obtain a IP automaticly . you also may need to disable DHCP on this one
the new router the one connected to the DSL modem needs to be the only one that is assigning IP addresses.
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ok, ill give it a try.
thanks!
 
If you can use DD-WRT on the routers, they will just work! I know I just connected mine to our lan and it extended the signal from our other router without having to do a darn thing! I know it's also possible to also do this wirelessly, but I've yet to try it...
 
The_Other_One said:
If you can use DD-WRT on the routers, they will just work! I know I just connected mine to our lan and it extended the signal from our other router without having to do a darn thing! I know it's also possible to also do this wirelessly, but I've yet to try it...
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i have no idea what DD-WRT is... do you mean just use the old router as a wireless range extender- without connecting any wires?? that would be way cool, but can you do that?? or am i not understanding you?
btw, the main router is a linksys WRT54G and the old one is a US Robotics USR8054.
 
luckyedboy66 said:
i have no idea what DD-WRT is... do you mean just use the old router as a wireless range extender- without connecting any wires?? that would be way cool, but can you do that?? or am i not understanding you?
btw, the main router is a linksys WRT54G and the old one is a US Robotics USR8054.
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you cant connect two routers together with wireless
DD-WRT is a firmware for routers but you have to have one that supports
it
 
Deepblue said:
you cant connect two routers together with wireless
DD-WRT is a firmware for routers but you have to have one that supports
it
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i didnt think so... but since i have a linksys WRT54G router, im thinking it will support it. ima google it and see.
 
Its still not working ? hummm
This is a pretty simple setup

with DSL you would do the following

Modem will be set to Bridged ethernet
you do this by connection a pc to it and enter 192.168.1.254
the user name and PW are the DSL account user name and PW.
to enter the modem setup find the configure link, it may be set to
PPPoE and needs to be changed to bridge ethernet.

Router 1 will connect to the modem via its internet port, this router will be set to PPPoE and the DSL account name and PW entered, DHCP will
need to be enabled and the Lan IP address should be left at 192.168.1.1
( set the Starting IP Address to 192.168.1.3 (see notes at the end of post))

Router 2 will connect to the 1-4 ports of router 1 via its internet port
set this router to obtain address automaticly or automatic configuration-DHCP
DHCP should be disabled and change the Lan IP address to 192.168.1.2

The boot process of this setup is basicly the same as any but with one more step.
power up modem and let it boot
power up router 1 and let it boot
power up router 2 and let it boot
boot computers

Notes The reason we set the starting IP address in router 1 to 192.168.1.3 is because we set router 2 Lan IP address to 192.168.1.2, you can set this IP to anything you like as long as you reserve that address from being assigned by router 1

hope this helps
 
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thanks for the detaled 'how to' guide! unfortunately, i wont get to work on it till sunday or monday (all-night LAN party tomorrow after work:D).
 
Deepblue said:
Thats Cool , let me know how it works out
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i got my brother to do it for me- he knows more about that kinda stuff than i do. i printed out your guide, which he followed pretty faithfully. anyhow, he threw in the towel a couple minutes ago, muttering something about the old router not obtain the IP address from the new router. he said it would from a modem, but not a router, "which is gay". anyhow, got any suggestions besides smashing the POS with a hammer?
 
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