I am adding a second wireless router (Router b) to the first floor of my house. The modem and main router(router a) are upstairs. I ran a ethernet cable from the Router A downstairs to Router B, should i connect them using a crossover cable or not? and should i connect them from ehternet port to ethernet port, or from ethernet port on Router A to incoming internet port on rounter B?
Router --> Access Point. Straight or Crossover?
- Thread starter Shomdey
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Ok awesome, so i will use a straight cable.
And i will connect to single WAN port on Route B. But i do have one question, correct me if im wrong im not to good with this stuff but wont that create a whole separate network instead of a extended access point of the network i already have upstairs?
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You DO NOT want to plug it into the 2nd router's WAN port. You want to plug from one of router A's switch (ethernet) ports to one of router B's switch (ethernet) ports with a straight cable. Plugging into router B's WAN port will cause issues.
Be sure to disable DHCP on router B and give it a static IP address on your network. Also be sure to set different wireless channels on each router so that they do not overlap. Picking between channels 1, 6, or 11 will allow the two access points to work together and not cause interference between each other.
Be sure to disable DHCP on router B and give it a static IP address on your network. Also be sure to set different wireless channels on each router so that they do not overlap. Picking between channels 1, 6, or 11 will allow the two access points to work together and not cause interference between each other.
not if you have your router set up as an Access point, as I assumed by the title of this thread. As someone mentioned, if you haven't done so, just disable DCHP server on the new router, and configure a static IP address for router B.
EG configuration:
router A: 192.168.0.1
router B:192.168.0.2
you would need to almost make router A hand out IP addresses starting from 192.168.0.3 or else it will conflict with router B.
edit: here a nice tutorial:http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConfiguringTwoWirelessRoutersWithOneSSIDNetworkNameAtHomeForFreeRoaming.aspx
actually yea if you want the routers to be on the same network (i.e. computers connected to router a and router b can see eachother) connect it to the lan ethernet port of router b.
even if you connected it to the wan port, most routers are "smart" and can accommodate it anyways.
just make sure its configured at as an access point
even if you connected it to the wan port, most routers are "smart" and can accommodate it anyways.
just make sure its configured at as an access point
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