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| Thread ID: 140559 | 2015-11-02 04:47:00 | Covering a house with dual wifi routers? | Johnnz (7246) | Press F1 |
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| 1410820 | 2015-11-06 20:23:00 | See if the Belkin works but, if you do decide to get a wireless router, you have only lost $13!! Personally, I would make sure any devices that got added to my LAN were gigabit capable. The TP-Link TL-WR1043ND is a good candidate. Anyway, good luck and have fun. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1410821 | 2015-11-14 04:21:00 | Hi again, I am having a bit of trouble getting things working. I can connect via ethernet cable to the new router but when I try to change the IP address I can never reconnect using the new address. My modem is 192.168.1.1 My old router is 192.168.1.2 and my new router came shipped (I did a hard reset since I bought it second hand) with 192.168.2.1 I then changed this to 192.168.1.3 and was no longer able to reconnect to it via cable or wireless. So I had to hard reset again. I disabled DHCP already on the new router. Hope someone knows what the cause of the trouble is? Thanks. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1410822 | 2015-11-14 06:21:00 | When I am near a computer I could give more detail as doing this on a mobile isn't that great . Lets say we setup the main router first, this one connects to the internet, it uses DHCP to assign IP addresses for network devices . I usually have a range set from x . x . x . 50 to x . x . x . 200, this allows me to have enough room for manual/static IP addresses . The router ip should be 192 . 168 . 1 . 1, netmask 255 . 255 . 255 . 0 the gateway should be same as router IP or 0 . 0 . 0 . 0, or blank, try in that order if youre not sure . This is so when DHCP assigns an IP to your device, these will be the expected settings you will get . Set up the SSID/Wireless and test to ensure you can connect by ethernet cable, then WiFi . Test internet too . Now that this is setup, we need to setup the other router by connecting directly to it . Never configure these settings over WiFi, even though it can work, some settings get lost and need to be redone till it stores correctly, save the hassle and connect direct to it . No DHCP on it means you need to create a manual/static IP on the device that connects to it . So your problem maybe you just need to point your devices gateway to the new IP that you changed it to . (This could be the issue you are experiencing?) So configure your second router, no ISP information, no DHCP, static IP 192 . 168 . 1 . 2, netmask 255 . 255 . 255 . 0, gateway 192 . 168 . 1 . 1 and make DNS the same . Set your WiFi/SSID up . Once IP is changed, your device connected to it must be manually changed to see it as the gateway or just hook it up to the main router . Test it out . Maybe refresh network or restart it . Sorry out of time . Hope you sort it . Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1410823 | 2015-11-14 10:02:00 | Thank you very much for the help. I also found an article (www.linksys.com) about cascading a Linksys router to another router (LAN-WAN) which involved setting the IP address for the new router to 192.168.2.2 and turning DCHP on, and adjusting the range to start from ...2.3 so it didn't conflict with the new router. I had to restart my computer but now everything is working and I have two separate wireless networks. Thank you all again for the help and hope this will help others too. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1410824 | 2015-11-14 20:59:00 | DHCP can be used on both routers, but ranges should be different, the only reason for turning it off is to keep all IP addresses known at one router rather than have them spread out in both, so much easier to control IPs if only one DHCP server exists. As for using x.x.2.2, does not matter much. I use x.x.1.1 and 2 because majority of routers IP addresses are already set to this, its just more common and after years, it just becomes your norm. It also helps with setting up networks if you do go that path. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1410825 | 2015-11-14 21:10:00 | Good you got it going. Personally done away with all that router to router these days too many things to go wrong, wiring to an Access point piece of cake but where its not possible, Gone over to EOP, easy to set up and can move it about as well as 100% coverage, can also set different wireless networks if you want, different passwords etc. Just done one the other day. The wireless in the house was fine in a few rooms, but down the other end - dead. Installed the EOP, and with in 5-10 minutes had 100% coverage over the whole house, no wires and the speed test was identical everywhere. Could also add in switches to expand if wanting later off the EOP adapter. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1410826 | 2015-11-15 07:07:00 | Hi again, Things are working but I want to log into my old router and its proving difficult! I removed the new router and connected via cable to the old router with my laptop and tried to access via 192 . 168 . 1 . 2 as I always used to do, but there is no connection . I have to connect via 192 . 168 . 123 . 1 which it was fortunate I could remember the address having glanced at the settings page on the router last night . However, the problem is that my web browser doesn't auto remember the password since the address is different to log in when changing settings so I am locked out . PITA I think I will search about the EOP option mentioned by wainuitech as the way I have done set up is a bit messy/less than ideal it seems . . . |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1410827 | 2015-11-15 07:27:00 | These are the ones I used, ( not from this store, I get them from my suppliers) www.pbtech.co.nz With your setup-- Personally I never had much luck with them being stable (Multi routers - Similar problems to current) what does work though - Router - Ethernet cable - Switch then add a Wireless access point. Ours in the lounge has a cable from the router (in the office) under the floor, going into a 8 port switch, Off of that connects 3 Computers and a wireless access point, which connects phones, tablet or anything else that requires a signal, as well as when friends and family come, their devices to the wireless. However, the problem is that my web browser doesn't auto remember the password since the address is different to log in when changing settings so I am locked out. is this a case of not knowing the IP address, OR did you change the log in password ? If its the password, then you either have to remember it, OR reset the router back to defaults. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1410828 | 2015-11-15 07:48:00 | I did keep a record of the password but it doesn't work so I dont know what happened. I will just have to reset it but that might open up a can of worms as I can't remember what other settings I changed as it was a few years ago now (I got a linksys router that is modified with DDWRT as I was trying to set up a system that kept track of each users data per month - now we are on unlimited it doesnt matter. | Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1410829 | 2015-11-15 07:52:00 | Maybe Chilling Silence ( one of the Mods) can help. Hes got a lot of knowledge with DDWRT. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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