How to Connect Two Routers on One Home Network

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Tip 1 - How to Connect Two Routers on the Same Home Network

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jacob Hansen | permalink

Looking to add a second router to expand your home network? Any ordinary router can do the job, but the way to configure it is different than for the first router.

For further reading: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/routers/a/how-to-connect-two-routers-on-a-home-network.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - Can Two Routers Be Used on the Same Home Network?

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alexander Campbell | permalink

It is possible to connect two routers on the same home network. This can be useful when building a hybrid wired and wireless network or generally expanding the scale of an existing home network.

For further reading: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/routers/f/two_routers.htm ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Connect Two Routers

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by jose german | permalink

Connecting two routers can give your home network a serious boost. By wiring two routers together, you can create a network that spans your whole house, and even create subnetworks to protect your children online. If your router supports...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Connect-Two-Routers ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Connect Two Wireless Routers Together

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by mesistopheles | permalink

This step-by-step guide describes how you can configure and connect two wireless routers together to extend the range of WiFi signal in your home network.

For further reading: http://www.labnol.org/internet/connect-two-routers/13517/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to use a spare router as a Wi-Fi extender

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gert Harmsen | permalink

If you have a large house or simply a problematic area where the Wi-Fi signal from your main router isn't strong enough, it's possible to use a second, spare router you may have lying around to cure the problem. Here we explain how to set up a router to act as a wireless access point.
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For further reading: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/network-wifi/3494655/how-set-up-router-as-repeater/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - Configuring two wireless routers with one SSID (network name) at home for free roaming - Scott Hanselman

Published: 9 years, 9 month(s) ago | Submitted by Daphne Steed | permalink

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For further reading: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConfiguringTwoWirelessRoutersWithOneSSIDNetworkNameAtHomeForFreeRoaming.aspx ^[6]