Two Wireless Routers in Tandem

[Jake]

Is this the right forum?

Is it possible to connect one wireless router to another. Where I have my
main computer setup, it is not really great for a wireless environment.
House built in 70's with foil faced insulation throughout. So, I thought,
since I have 2 wireless (g) routers, that I could hook one up for the
basement, and run a hardwire up to the 1st floor, and connect the other
wireless router to that ... am I making sense? One wireless router is a
Linksys, the other is netgear.

Thanks in advance.

--Jim

 

[GTS]

Yes. The two devices should use different channels from the choices of 1,6,
or 11 and you should configure the second WRouter for use as a Wireless
Access Point. See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html .

 

[Spike9458]

Thanks ... will post back once I get it done ... might be a day or two.

--Jim

 

[Spike9458]

Okay, I guess I'm an idiot ... certainly not well versed in routers and
wireless stuff ... but I'm not finding it easy to figure out what I'm
supposed to do according to the ezlan.net link you provided. I setup my
basic wireless system ... then what, plug the second router into the first
one, or do I need a second NIC installed on my computer?

Trial and error is my way of figuring stuff out, but this is way over my
head.

--Jim

 

[GTS]

You need to make an initial wired connection to the secondary router to
configure it. Then, for ongoing use, it connects to your other router.
NOTE: The connection from the other router should be to a LAN port, not the
uplink port. Does that help?
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