[OT] Home Network, Two Routers

[James Knott]

Stephen wrote:
> I have a home network that runs through a 4 port router that is also
> wireless.
>
> But the walls in my condo do not allow for connections from the living
> room. I ran wire to the living room to connect my Playstation.
>
> Now, I want to connect a second router in the living room so I can
> have wireless in there.
>
> How should I set this up?
>
> Should I use DHCP, or just hard code the IPs in the second router?
>
> I think the second router has to assign the wireless IPs.
>
> I want the different computers to all "see" each other.
>
> Is this possible?

Set up the 2nd router in "access point" mode.  Some routers, provide
instructions on this.  However, it's quite simple.  Just disable DHCP on
the 2nd router, and connect to one of the 4 LAN ports, instead of the
WAN port, to connect to the main router.  This way, the WiFi is on the
same local network as the other router.  You can pick up a D-Link
WBR-1310 for about $30 at Future Shop that supports this.


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