Connecting router to router?

DO NOT GET A HUB!!!! They work at a tenth of the speed of your router and create collision and broadcast storms throughout your network. As people have stated already but a switch to extend the ports or buy an access point and set it in bridge mode. Linksys (who are now owned by World renounded cisco) do some access points that work in bridge mode. Essentially what happens is the wireless signal is picked up and rebroadcasted, it works like a repeater, good piece of kit :).

Router to router = nightmare and not entirely needed

router to hub = slow and not worth the bother

router to switch = good wired solution

router to access point = good wireless solution.

yes, it is called "Daisy Chaining" .. it is possible and works, but is not advisable. If both routers have wireless components the wireless signals could interfer with eachother.

Your best bet would be to get a Switch or Hub to attach to the back of the first router. This will provide you with a non-wireless center that should have more than enough ports for all of your ethernet devices.

Also, please ensure that you do not have a cordless phone base with in 10 feet of your original router, this could interfere with WiFi signals and cause weaker signal strength in outlying computers.

If you are are only 35M away you may want to try a higher end Router. The Net Gear MIMO and N routers would great.

Lots of solutions, hope one works for you.

Good Luck.

(I really like Net Gear Products, they are all about the same price.)

You can buy a second router and connect it to the current router with the long cable. The settings on the newer router must be similar, if not the same as the current router to make things work right.

Also, Connect directly to your primary router. Pick up an IP from it and note the gateway (probably something like 192.168.x.1).

Connect directly to your secondary router and pick up an IP. Log into it and disable the DHCP on it. After that is done change its IP address to 192.168.x.2. It will probably reboot and you will loose connection to it.

After that run a cable from a LAN port on the primary router to a LAN port on the secondary router.

You should have a full connection now. Your secondary router will act as a switch/access point.

Have fun.

Yeah, it is possible. Just make sure you disable DHCP from the 2nd router. After you do this, you should be good to go.

BTW, dont plug the wire from the first router into the WAN port of the second router. Just plug it into a regular port, and hope that you do not need a crossover cable for the two routers to communicate.

BTW, you can have more than router connected together... If you couldn't... well.. we wouldn't have an internet..

what you would have to buy is a hub. Once a moden is set into a router, that router cannot succesfully be connected with another router. I would suggest a belkin hub. You do not need to match the brands of your router with the hub. Plug the ehternet cable from the router into the correct slot on the hub and then plug your computers into the hub in a numbered slot.

The easiest way to do that would be to just use a switch for the 4. Just hook the computers up to the switch and then run cable from any port on the switch(most people use the first one unless it has a dedicated port for connecting to other devices)to the router.

Don't get another router get a Hub. Hook the Hub to the router. Then hook the pcs with the bad signal strength to the hub. Follw my source link and read the hub section

no issues...

its simple...why to go for cables?

go for a range expander...it would be great...

you can still connect more computers to your network..

connecting to another router would drastically reduce your internet speed almost bringing it to dial up speed

so you can go for a range expander

these would expand the range of the signals and you can wall mount them..

theorictically, you can. i've tried it yet, but i don't see any problem with the way you describe it. I don't know if you can do this: from moderm, to a switch to (2) routers. This way it will be less traffic on the router.