2 Routers for Less Strain On Each Router? Help

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Basically, I have a Linksys EA4500 router that is connected to my modem at the moment. Now, I have a family of 5 & the 3 kids have iTouch's, laptops, etc. & I do as well, including my iPad & X-Box. That puts strain on the network, correct, & makes it run slower? I have Comcast.

What I want to do is setup another router I have (Netgear N 300 WNR2000 v3) just for me for my X-Box & PC...can I do that so it won't put strain on the 2nd router if only I will be using it? Thank-you.
 
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What you need to do with a bunch of wireless connections is either divert some to wired or add a router configured as a wireless AP that uses a different SSID and radio channel and then assign users to each so that they each have about the same amount of use (consumer APs do not have any load balancing or failover capability).

That AP should connect LAN to LAN with the main router, be assigned a static IP in both itself and the main router, use a different radio channel (with each using a non-overlapping channel -- 1, 6, 11), and a DIFFERENT SSID.

Another option is to add an additional AP with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios if your devices support 5GHz and then that can even further split them up on bandwidth.

Any device that does a...
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What you need to do with a bunch of wireless connections is either divert some to wired or add a router configured as a wireless AP that uses a different SSID and radio channel and then assign users to each so that they each have about the same amount of use (consumer APs do not have any load balancing or failover capability).

That AP should connect LAN to LAN with the main router, be assigned a static IP in both itself and the main router, use a different radio channel (with each using a non-overlapping channel -- 1, 6, 11), and a DIFFERENT SSID.

Another option is to add an additional AP with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios if your devices support 5GHz and then that can even further split them up on bandwidth.

Any device that does a lot of high bandwidth use like streaming video, torrents, gaming should be either wired or be given much of the radio that it connects with.

Now you say you have an extra router. That is good, that can be your new AP just for you. Simply attach it LAN to LAN with an Ethernet cable to the main router. Create a new SSID just for you, new password so others can't leech off you if they are wise enough to do that, as above set a non-overlapping different radio channel. The new AP will have a static address that is in the network range but outside the main router DHCP range (so if main router gateway is 192.168.0.1, make the AP 192.168.0.2 and then make the DHCP assignable range 0.3 to 0.254. -- and this is set in both the AP and in the main router, in the main router you will need to use the MAC address of the AP to assign it a static address).
 
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