Is there any reason to have two routers on the same home network? In this article, we detail the reasons two routers may improve your home network and provide some tips on making sure your two routers play nice.
When you use your internet browser to Google questions that led you to this article, your router sent a request out and received an answer back from the Internet, which the router then forwarded to your specific device laptop, tablet, phone, etc. A router usually acts as a DHCP server. With the right security settings in place, your router can safely function as a wireless access point. But go ahead and keep updating your operating system! In short, to improve network range to include the man cave , bolster coverage to fix those dead zones upstairs , ensure reliability you never know when the router is going belly up , and increase size more ports in the storm.
Choosing one of the routers to be the liaison to the outside world provides a starting point for the ways your routers should be configured the same and how they need to be different. Instead, you should connect the routers together via any of the LAN ports numbering does not matter. Remember, only one of your routers accesses the outside world. Refer to the diagram above. Your home network is a bit like The Highlander — there can be only one!
Otherwise, devices on your network may acquire their IP address from the router that does not have access to the outside world or the device may not be known by the primary router. This would lead to that device being disconnected from the Internet. This is especially important if your two routers are in close proximity within fifty feet or so. Channel duplication will cause interference and degrade the Wi-Fi performance of devices.
Reset the router by pressing and holding the reset button with a paper clip for thirty seconds. It is easier to start out with the default settings for the router so you can follow the steps to set it up in the router's documentation. Power on the first router.
Attach an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on the router to the Ethernet port on your computer. Open your Web browser on your computer and enter the default IP address of the router.
This can be found in its documentation. Follow the steps to log in and set up your router from its documentation. Reset the second router as you did previously with the first one by pressing and holding the reset button for thirty seconds. Power on the router.
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