We installed 3 wireless ip cams for home security. They work fairly well on the wireless network we have. The issue is that we have 3 iPhones, & ipad, 1 desktop, 3 laptops,Xbox, wireless printer all using the same wireless router which is connected to 1 modem thru the desktop. I'd like to separate the cams from the rest of the devices because our internet can be slow with kids online gaming. The cams were very complicated to set up so I'd like to keep all settings as is, as well as on the desktop. Is it possible to add another wireless router just to cover laptops and gaming devices so that connections are not dropped and/or unable to connect at all? We have DSL Internet that goes thru the only phone line in our home.
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Overloaded wireless network?
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I am a little confused by your question, is your desktop acting like a wireless router or do you have a wireless router that everything is going into. If you are just using your computer as the router and having everything connect in, I would strongly suggest you get a wireless router with a higher banwith allowance for all the things that are being connected wirelessly. I am sure your computer does not have the the routing tables to be able to handel all those devices. If you do in fact have everything feeding into one router you can add another router to the existing configuration. You would need to disable the DCHP so that the router does not try and assign IP address and fight with the current router that you have.
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What is the actual bandwidth you're getting from your ISP?
12+ devices going through a single small pipe will be slow, no matter how many routers/Access Points you connect to it.
And what does this mean: "...wireless router which is connected to 1 modem thru the desktop..."
Through the desktop? The router should be connected directly to the modem, then all devices connect to the router.
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yes, with over 10 devices on a single router, i think your router is overloaded, pls state the model name of the router or data rate.
yes u can get a new router and jst connect the devices u prioritize to the new wifi router. you will also have to connect the new router to the old router to share the internet connection wihout changing the initial setup. all you will have to do is assign a new ip addres to the new router so that both your routers wont have the same ip, u can put any ip other than the ip of your old router. then connect the wan port of your new router to any of the lan ports of your old router. and then create a new wifi network on your new router.
then you can connect the devices that you prioritize to the new wifi network, like only the kids gaming. this will take the load of your old wifi network as the new wifi bandwidth will be passed through the LAN ports of the old router and not the wifi.
hope this was helpful and wasnt too complex...cheers
yes u can get a new router and jst connect the devices u prioritize to the new wifi router. you will also have to connect the new router to the old router to share the internet connection wihout changing the initial setup. all you will have to do is assign a new ip addres to the new router so that both your routers wont have the same ip, u can put any ip other than the ip of your old router. then connect the wan port of your new router to any of the lan ports of your old router. and then create a new wifi network on your new router.
then you can connect the devices that you prioritize to the new wifi network, like only the kids gaming. this will take the load of your old wifi network as the new wifi bandwidth will be passed through the LAN ports of the old router and not the wifi.
hope this was helpful and wasnt too complex...cheers
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