Router issue

[kamikaze77]

My old Router is fried and i need to get a new one. a friend of mine set it up for me a long time ago, but today when i was unplugging it i noticed that it wasn't set up like i thought it was. It was a wireless router and he had it set up so that it was plugged into my computer and it was recieving the signal from our other wireless router (in the living room) and then connecting to my computer as if my computer was plugged directly into the modem. I didn't know you could do that. well now i need to get a new router, and need to set it up the same way. how do i do that?

 

[MMM]

My old Router is fried and i need to get a new one. a friend of mine set it up for me a long time ago, but today when i was unplugging it i noticed that it wasn't set up like i thought it was. It was a wireless router and he had it set up so that it was plugged into my computer and it was recieving the signal from our other wireless router (in the living room) and then connecting to my computer as if my computer was plugged directly into the modem. I didn't know you could do that. well now i need to get a new router, and need to set it up the same way. how do i do that?

It would be cheaper and easier to install a wireless network card in your computer since you already have a wireless router in the house.

 

[johnb35]

How far away are you from the other router? I suspect you are too far away as thats why you were setup with 2 routers. Are both routers the same model?

 

[kamikaze77]

It would be cheaper and easier to install a wireless network card in your computer since you already have a wireless router in the house.

I was thinking about that, I do have one, but it doesn't work well. I use my computer for gaming alot so whatever i use needs to work well. Do they make wireless cards for gaming?

 

[johnb35]

I wouldn't recommend using wireless for gaming. As your speed will be somewhat slower and possible lag compared to being hardwired to the router.

 

[kamikaze77]

I wouldn't recommend using wireless for gaming. As your speed will be somewhat slower and possible lag compared to being hardwired to the router.

Well that is what i would like to do, but i don't know how to set up the second router to recieve wirelessley and then plug my computer into it ( i know i explained that wierd but im not exactly sure how to explain it) if anyone knows how to do that, it would be aweseome.

 

[johnb35]

What you would do, without plugging the new router into the other one, wire a computer into the router and go into the routers configuration page. disable dhcp as you'll want the first router to give out IP addresses. Assign this router a different IP address than the first. So if the first router is assigned 192.168.1.1, you assign the new router 192.168.1.2. Take the cable from the first router and hook into one of the 4 ports on the back, not the port by itself and then a cable from your computer into one of the other 3 ports so your router basically acts a switch. I tried this just a few weeks ago and it works on 2 linksys routers.

 

[MMM]

What you would do, without plugging the new router into the other one, wire a computer into the router and go into the routers configuration page. disable dhcp as you'll want the first router to give out IP addresses. Assign this router a different IP address than the first. So if the first router is assigned 192.168.1.1, you assign the new router 192.168.1.2. Take the cable from the first router and hook into one of the 4 ports on the back, not the port by itself and then a cable from your computer into one of the other 3 ports so your router basically acts a switch. I tried this just a few weeks ago and it works on 2 linksys routers.

Are you saying to hard wire the two router together?

 

[johnb35]

Yes I am.

 

[MMM]

Well I do not see any point in using two routers when the one router will connect four PC.s by LAN independent of each other as I have this set up in my house.
Plus my router being WiFi I also have the convenience of using my laptop around the house wireless.

 

[johnb35]

Well I do not see any point in using two routers when the one router will connect four PC.s by LAN independent of each other as I have this set up in my house.
Plus my router being WiFi I also have the convenience of using my laptop around the house wireless.

You don't? What happens when the router is at one end of the house or downstairs and the wireless device is at the other end of the house or upstairs and its not getting a good strong signal? You really don't want to be doing any gaming wirelessly if you keep losing connection or don't have a strong signal.