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What happens when I connect an ethernet cable from one wireless router to another?
Will the wireless signal of router A be extended?
4 Answers
- Fester FrumpLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, providing you set the second router into Access Point mode (which basically means turning off all the IP services such as DHCP, NAT etc..)
Your wireless signal extends in a radius around your router. You want this second device to be physically away from the first. Your signal won't be extended if you just put the two side by side.
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The other two people who posted are dolts. My network is very fast. You just need to understand how it works.
Source(s): I have EXACTLY this configuration in my house. One router in the basement next to the cable modem, second router (Ethernet connection between them) on the 2nd floor (3 floors total if you count the basement as a floor). My second device is a Linksys WRT160N, with everything turned off except the wireless. It's not a router, it's an access point. - Andrew SLv 710 years ago
You need to turn of DHCP on the second router and configure it with a non-clashing IP and the same SSID and keys as the first. Wifi is designed to be easily bridged and extended in this manner.
- ?Lv 410 years ago
No, the signal will not be extended. Instead there will be an entirely new wireless network. Also it will be REALLY SLOW!!!
Hope this helps!
