how to treat 2 routers as one big one?

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Michael Wade

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i dont know if this has been asked, but when i google it, i cant put it into words so i can get an exact answer, but when your in college/school whatever, you always have one wifi network across the whole school, if you understand me (by one wifi i mean, if your connected on your phone, and you see the multiple routers around the school, i see them on the ceiling, covered by a fence like box. so around the school you never have to connect to another router.) so how can i do that at home? currently i have two routers treated separately, one in my front room so one side of the house gets internet and then the other one in my kitchen, which is for my side. i want it one continuous network so myself and my family dont have to keep having to connect to each network as we go around the house thank you.. if you understand. Any information you need feel free to ask.
 
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wireless repeating will only repeat the WiFi the router is receiving, so it tends to just repeat a junk connection, and it sounds like your routers are already hooked together via Ethernet so its not your best option.

for what your asking, you want to set the SSID and password for the WiFi on both routers to the same and disable DHCP on the router not attached directly to the internet. this will get your entire network on the same subnet and under the same SSID. from there, devices should switch just fine between the two access points and be able to see each other. (they do at least at my home)

this guide might help if you haven't done it before.
http://www.tested.com/tech/298-how-to-use-an-old-router-to-expand-your-wi-fi-network/
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wireless repeating will only repeat the WiFi the router is receiving, so it tends to just repeat a junk connection, and it sounds like your routers are already hooked together via Ethernet so its not your best option.

for what your asking, you want to set the SSID and password for the WiFi on both routers to the same and disable DHCP on the router not attached directly to the internet. this will get your entire network on the same subnet and under the same SSID. from there, devices should switch just fine between the two access points and be able to see each other. (they do at least at my home)

this guide might help if you haven't done it before.
http://www.tested.com/tech/298-how-to-use-an-old-router-to-expand-your-wi-fi-network/
 
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