2 routers in one house?

[oconomist]

I just moved into a new place with cable internet. I'm living on the third floor and the wireless router is on the second floor. I have a desktop computer that I would like to hook up to a wired connection, but it is too far away from the wireless router to run a cable.

My room has access to the cable, so in theory I could put the router up here but my roommates would rather the wireless router stay where it is. Is it possible for me to buy a second router and hook it up to the cable in my room so I can have direct, wired access to the internet without interfering with the wireless router downstairs?

Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Welcome to AnandTech Forums.

Nope you can Not Run a second computer from the cable unless the ISP is willing to open a second account.

You can try to install a Wireless card in your computer and connect to he Wireless Router.

Some thing like this might work, Edimax - PCI http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833315041

 

[her209]

How about something like this?
http://www.netgear.com/Product...tAdapters/HDXB101.aspx

 

[ch33zw1z]

If you purchase a router like This, You can run DDWRT on it and create a Client Bridge, which will basically turn the WRTGL into a 4 port wireless network card. I use DDWRT on a WRT54GS v5 in the same way and it works great. $50 solution that will connect you through the wireless router already installed.

 

[milehigh]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
If you purchase a router like This, You can run DDWRT on it and create a Client Bridge, which will basically turn the WRTGL into a 4 port wireless network card. I use DDWRT on a WRT54GS v5 in the same way and it works great. $50 solution that will connect you through the wireless router already installed.

I second this...I'm doing it with a WRT54G (v8) with DDWRT. Basically a router I had collecting dust. Works perfectly.

 

[JackMDS]

oconomist just to clarify, as you can see there are few ways to solve the issue.

The least expensive id a Wireless PCI Card, the most expensive is Powerline adapters.

Using a Wireless Router as Wireless card is a good solution too.

This Router would do it just as Good as what mentioned above for almost half of the cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833320023

Which solution is the best? There is No absolute best, it depends on your specific environment.

 

[Emulex]

100ft of flatwire

good stuff

 

[stuman74]

Are there any wireless routers out there that can be turned into wireless bridges with 802.11n speeds? All I have found are 802.11g. I'd like to turn my DIR-655 into one if possible, but I haven't seen a way to do it yet.

 

[JackMDS]

I do not think that the DIR-655 takes DD-WRT.

Log to the DD_WRT wiki page and look at the list some of the Linksys Draft_N are flashable.

 

[stuman74]

I had used an old WRT54G with Tomato a year ago, but I passed that router to my in-laws. draft N would be preferred. OR is there a decent dedicated bridge or ethernet extender that is recommended (like used with an Xbox or something)?

 

[KentState]

Are there any wireless routers out there that can be turned into wireless bridges with 802.11n speeds? All I have found are 802.11g. I'd like to turn my DIR-655 into one if possible, but I haven't seen a way to do it yet.

It is not flashable to DD-WRT. However, they sell a wireless bridge that complements it very well: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-256-_-Product

I have both units and it works very well. I also have an old v2.2 WRT54G flashed with DD-WRT upstairs running in bridge mode. It works very well with the 2nd Xbox360 and the D*TV box.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I had used an old WRT54G with Tomato a year ago, but I passed that router to my in-laws. draft N would be preferred. OR is there a decent dedicated bridge or ethernet extender that is recommended (like used with an Xbox or something)?

Go here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

Type in Linksys and browse the list. There's a few N routers, and if you had two of them I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work in N together.

 

[Parasitic]

You can have multiple routers in one house...I have a D-link downstream from a Linksys (not WRT54G so no custom firmwares). What I do is to run an Ethernet cable from one of the ports on the Linksys and put that into the WAN port in the D-link, then set it to automatically detect settings. This works without having to fiddle with WDS, which isn't supported on any of the routers I have.