How can you add two wireless routers to one line?

Question

I have two routers but when i connect the second one the first one looses the ability to find a internet signal, and then when i disconnect the second one the first one fully operates again. Why is this so?
I heard that you can have two routers on the same line but second router must have the dhcp disabled and forwarded to the ip address of the first router for the internet connection to work. Please can someone help me on as to how to do this disabling method - second router is NETGEAR DG834GSP? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

A wireless router will work just fine to add a wireless point to your existing network. Plug it into ports 1-4 of the original router. Make the SSID, Channel, and wireless encryption identical to the original one.disable DHCP and make sure the IP Address is not the same as the original one but on the same subnet.



Also I'm confused at what you mean by forwarded to the IP address of the first router but I think you're saying to have the original router as the DMZ host of the second or something like that. if you plug the router into ports 1-4 you don't have to worry about the WAN configuration of the second router it's being treated as a switch and not a router so keep your modem plugged into the WAN port of the existing router.

Answer 2

you are basically correct you initially set up the second router with dhcp disabled and then connect it via one of the ethernet lan ports to the 1st router. To configure the second router plug your PC into one if its LAN ports and in your browser

Type http://192.168.0.1 in the address field of your browser, and then click Enter



When prompted, enter admin for the router User Name and password for the router

Password, both in lowercase letters.



You should then be able to navigate to disable the dhcp. here is a link to the manual you should read manual setup for further details

ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/DG834Gv5_SM_31Mar08.pdf



and here is a lnk for setting up the netgear as a wireless access point

http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html



hth

Answer 3

If you are trying to add another wireless point to cover a larger area, you want an 'access point' not a router.



That will just plug in to an existing ethernet port.



Set the same SSID (network name) and password as your existing wireless setup, but on a different wireless channel.

Any WiFi gear will automatically use whichever wireless unit has the stronger signal at that location.



If you are also trying to add more ethernet ports, get an 'ethernet switch' as well - you can get them with anything from four ports upwards.

Answer 4

on the second router, just try plugging it into post 1-4 instead of the WAN port

Answer 5

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Answer 6

try one of my previous answers:

https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20100617205612AAdL2ei&show=7#profile-info-IdjKtlElaa

There's a link in that one to a previous answer to that as well...