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September 26, 2014 8:36:48 PM

So my room is far from my router and modem I was wondering if I could get another one and run two routers on the same network.
I currently have this

http://www.zephyrhardware.com/product.asp?itemid=16&gcl...

and I was wondering if I can hook up this to extend the range and connect it thru ethernet to my pc and consoles

http://www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-Band-Wireless-N900-G...



thanks for any help.

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September 26, 2014 8:44:25 PM

You cannot have two routers on the same network, well you can but not really.
If you only need to extend a cable then just go buy a longer cable and in your room connect it to a switch so you have additional ports available.
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September 26, 2014 8:48:41 PM

ToxicBanana said:
You cannot have two routers on the same network, well you can but not really.
If you only need to extend a cable then just go buy a longer cable and in your room connect it to a switch so you have additional ports available.


Well the thing is I have a pretty big family and theres many devices that just simply lose signal cause there to far away, like my phone switches from 4g to wifi every 2 minutes or so. I was just wondering if i can connect an ethernet cable from a router to a router. Thats impossible correct?
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September 26, 2014 8:56:20 PM

While adding a router is not the way to solve your problem you could still do it If you wire it correctly, but you would have two separate networks and would limit communication from one device to another on the other router.
Modem Output -> (input) Router 1 WAN, Router 1 LAN (output) -> (input) Router 2 WAN


If you want to extend your Wifi to another room look at Access points.



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September 26, 2014 9:00:13 PM

ToxicBanana said:
While adding a router is not the way to solve your problem you could still do it If you wire it correctly, but you would have two separate networks and would limit communication from one device to another on the other router.
Modem Output -> (input) Router 1 WAN, Router 1 LAN (output) -> (input) Router 2 WAN


If you want to extend your Wifi to another room look at Access points.





Thanks for the help
and one more question. So I would connect the wire from my router to my Ethernet switch/hub box and then I could connect more devices with other Ethernet cables right?
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September 26, 2014 9:18:23 PM

thekaspy said:
ToxicBanana said:
While adding a router is not the way to solve your problem you could still do it If you wire it correctly, but you would have two separate networks and would limit communication from one device to another on the other router.
Modem Output -> (input) Router 1 WAN, Router 1 LAN (output) -> (input) Router 2 WAN


If you want to extend your Wifi to another room look at Access points.





Thanks for the help
and one more question. So I would connect the wire from my router to my Ethernet switch/hub box and then I could connect more devices with other Ethernet cables right?


Yes
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