How to setup 2 routers on home network

Copy and paste your IP address into a browser address bar. Now you need to enter the username and password to access the settings. As said, the second router increases the wireless range, and you can even daisy-chain a few routers using the same method. But you should know that your internet speed might suffer, especially if you have only one outbound connection.

At the same time, two routers on the same network allow you to access all your shared files throughout the network. However if you do require devices on the Internet to connect into your network often required by gamers then you can configure port forwarding.

Shared devices like switches and Wireless access points are network choke points just like traffic lights and roundabouts on a road. LAN Speed test is a very useful tool for testing your local network speeds.

See understanding Home network speeds. For Internet speeds you can use online speed test sites. See Understanding Internet speeds and speed tests. In my experience most problems are easily diagnosed, and fixed with a little patience and perseverance.

Having a good understanding of how your network fits together, and works is essential for successful troubleshooting. A- See Understanding home network speeds.

You have to finish following quiz, to start this quiz:. You have reached 0 of 0 points, 0. You are getting a Bad Wi-Fi signal is some parts of your home What can you try to solve the problem? We have ATT internet fiber with a router that is extended by Google home pods 4 placed throughout our house. We have TVs, amplifiers, printers, computers, phones, Google speakers, etc.

We are using dynamic IP. It seems to me with the IP changing all the time, devices take their time connecting when the IP address changes. Am I correct in my thinking here, and how can we get everything to stay connected. It is more likely to be the Wi-fi connectivity.

A device on dynamic IP keeps its address and is unlikely to loose it on a home network. Rgds Steve. I am in a rural area and my grandmother broke a hip and elbow this year. I am not technology Savy after a bad accident but I need to go back to work. The only company in the middle of cowboy hell nowhere Oklahoma is who I already have and my phone company entirely to slow 15 Mbps download and 1 upload. Not quite sure about the setup but think that you are using your daughters connection with wi-fi.

Is that correct? If I have a mixed setup as you have described will I be able to transfer files from a wifi tablet to my wired primary computer? Any help someone please? Are you sure they are on the two subnets. What are the ip addresses of an example device on each subnet? Do you have any other devices routers,switches other then the mesh devices and the virgin router?

I just had a quick look trough the manual and it defaults to router mode as you are still using the virgin router put it in access point mode rgds steve. Hello, I would like to setup a home network using a standard router and then connect the network to the internet using a mobile phone. Are there instructions available for this type of setup? Is there a better way. Perhaps using a bridge? Regards, Al Plevna Ontario.

The easiest way is to use a router with mobile capability. There are lots available as they are used for travelling. In this case mobile is used as a backup.

I have an existing Belkin router and need to expand the coverage to three locations.. What do I need to accomplish this task. I have very slow dsl modem, however I want to run my other computer on a home network to share files how can i bypass the slow modem that came with bell to get the connections between the other computers the fastest to share files between the computers.

Just get a GB ethernet switch and plug all your ethernet cables into it and one cable connects your GB switch to the modem Ethernet which gives your devices Internet access. The smart phone picks up its signal from the output of the router. Is there another way, or only with that cable. Fibre has been delayed in my area for mths. Could that still work through the switch, or would I be expecting too much. Yes you should be able to plug your adsl router into a switch port on the HP device using an ethernet port on the router.

Apparently login is admin no password. Thank you for information. I have a little different issue I am having trouble with. I have windows 10 computer and a windows server as a backup and storage. I have home movies I want to access from a 3rd Windows 10 computer. I have no cable internet access as I am out of the service area. When I do connect to the internet, it is with my smart phone as a hotspot. I have to work from home quite a bit, so as far as I know, I cannot set up a wireless router and static IP addresses.

The server and Windows 10 computer 1 see each other and communicate easily without problems. I have each hard wired into a netgear switch. I connected Windows 10 computer 2 to the same switch, but cannot connect to each of the other 2 units Windows and server You can do this by going to WAN setup in the router configuration for the second router.

Depending on which router you have, it may not be called that. Basically, you are looking for the section where you specify the Internet IP address. Normally, this is set to Get Automatically from ISP , but in our case we want the new router to point to the first router on our network. I randomly chose If you are slightly technical, you can ping that address first to make sure there is no device that responds.

Basically, this is telling the second router to route all Internet traffic to the first router. The Gateway IP Address also points to the first router, which basically allows the second network to talk to the first network and communicate with devices on the first network. You should restart the second router once and try browsing the Internet once you connect a laptop to the new network. You may have to restart your first wireless network too in order to get everything to work. If you are having trouble getting this to work, post a comment and I will try my best to help.

Make sure to give details about your network and configuration, etc. How do I ensure the security? If I implemented what you wrote above. Will it accomplish my goal of 4 networks that can be parental controlled separately?

Yes most routers offer guest network ability which is for guests not the kids and would be Wi-Fi only. The parental control for the kids can be done on the device address rather than the network address.

Can you help? Hi Can you use the ask steve page and send me a sketch of the setup. This is great. I wanted to know why and how to utilize VLAN in my home network. I just purchased a refurbished Cisco and want to put it my network. Your email address will not be published. Skip to content In the early days of networking splitting a network into segments required a router.

However on home networks they are used mainly to improve network security. If we consider a switch with 8 ports as shown in the schematic below. A broadcast sent from a device attached to any port will be sent to all ports.

This makes it possible to design a more secure home network. VLANs are supported on routers not all and on network switches. The other ports can send and receive data on the uplink port but not between each other as shown in the schematic below: This is very easy to configure as all you really need to do is choose the uplink port shared port and enable it.

For example it can be used to: Create an isolated guest network. It is used when you want to create an isolated network. A possible configuration is shown in the schematic below: In this configuration devices on VLAN 1 can access device connected to ports 1,2 and 3 but not devices connected to ports 4,5 VLAN 2.

Now you want some devices in the living room to be on the same VLAN. Because they are physically connected to two different switches you will need to used tagging. Although we have only two networks guest and main we require 3 VLANs.

There is no option to assign a Wan Interface as it is automatically allowed. This is a schematic of my home network using the TP-link router.. The main network uses You should not be able to ping machines on different VLANs.

Simple Home network Design Example Example 1 You have lodgers or a guest house and want to isolate guest machines from your main network but give them access to the Internet.

A schematic is show below: The above solution can be achieved using Quick Questions Referring to the schematic for solution 1 above. Will a device on the main network be able to ping a device on the main network?

Q3: The main router also has 3 spare Ethernet ports. Can you use them? Summary VLANs provide an excellent and low cost method of greatly improving you home network security and should be considered if you share your network with guests, and or have IOT devices connected to your Network.

Terms Used in this Tutorial broadcast traffic — traffic that is end to all hosts devices on an network. Many thanks! Great article. It was a tplink vr