two routers?

BigcicconeBigciccone
edited December 2009 in Science & Tech
I have cable Internet and i was wondering, if instead of buying a wireless repeater if i could just get a second router for the end of my house that dosn't catch the signal. I have cable tv and they are both the coaxial wires so the end without the router i could just hook up the cable to another router and have it with no problem?

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  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2009
    I don't believe you can plug in two gateway routers on the same residential connection unless you're paying your service provider for a second IP address. However, what you could do is to run a standard network cord to a second router, and have the second one running in Bridge mode (essentially, all you need to do is disable DHCP in the second router). This would allow you to have two wireless access points.
  • miragemirage
    edited December 2009
    If you have external antennas on your wireless router, you can try using parabolic reflectors to extend the range. You can find more information at the following link. They worked for me.
    http://binarywolf.com/249/diy-parabolic-reflector.htm
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Or you could use a range extender.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2009
    You can't do what you are trying to do. I don't know how big your house is but I'm guessing the A-B end is less then 200feet and isn't comprised of cinder blocks and I-Beams. Just get a wireless access point at the other end of the house and a switch if you need one you should be fine.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited December 2009
    It would be nice if we could depend on power-over-Ethernet bridges. I've had pretty uneven results with those things. You guys agree?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    I think PLN with a sufficiently modern home electrical system offers acceptable performance.
  • miragemirage
    edited December 2009
    mtrox wrote:
    It would be nice if we could depend on power-over-Ethernet bridges. I've had pretty uneven results with those things. You guys agree?

    I never tried since PLN equipment have always been too expensive for me.

    I had a wireless router at the basement in the middle of the house and the signal was not satisfactory at the far ends. I moved the router at the end of the house (sounds counterintuitive right?) and installed parabolic reflectors on the antennas pointing slightly upwards inside the house, also bumped the signal power to 50mW in dd-wrt. Now everywhere gets the signal clearly.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited December 2009
    I did some work for the US Navy. Tried to use it in all their recruiting offices. Gave up half way through cause it was just too erratic. I've put in two houses. Both worked when I walked away. Got a call on both of them later so I just don't trust it.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2009
    They work well but it's entirely dependent on the age of the house they are going into. Newer houses tend to work better. Also if you have multiple circut panels in your house and you are going between them you can have problems.

    Furthermore they had a technology shift in the core technology of them about 2 years back and the newer ones reportedly work much better.

    That being said I've only ever set one up myself as I prefer the flexibility of wifi or just running cable.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited December 2009
    kryyst wrote:
    Furthermore they had a technology shift in the core technology of them about 2 years back and the newer ones reportedly work much better.

    Interesting. It was about 2 years ago I gave up on them.
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