Using three wireless routers

my firm purchased about 4 linksys wirless products on my recommendations namely wrt350n to replace a wrt54g and a wireless range extender wre54g and 2 wrt54gs i have successfully installed the wrt350n but im having problems with installing the other 2 wrt54gs routers and also the range extender the wrt54gs keeps refusing to install without an ip conflict on my network and the wrt54gs always asks for wan ip setting which i have already installed on the wrt350n in basic set up mode and its still allways saying an ip adress needs to be set. and i need to install them asap cos my bosses would want me to justify why i had to get products i couldnt install.
pls if anyone can come to my rescue.

You cannot configure Linksys wireless routers as wireless repeater or bridges. You must run a wire to connect the router to the main router even if you only want to use the wireless access point in the router. But the router only has an access point and not a repeater or bridge function.
You may be able to flash 3rd party firmware like dd-wrt on the routers. 3rd party firmware usually add repeater/WDS functions.
Otherwise you have to run wires. With wired connections the throughput will be much better anyway. Each repeater knocks off more then have of the available bandwidth. With wired access points you'll get full speed.

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Using 2 wireless routers

I have an area where we use wireless routers and the building causes interference with the signal. I tried to use a range extender and it worked marginally at best. I would like to place 2 routers with the same access information (SSID and WEP key) on opposite sides of the building to provide full coverage. Is this possible and should I change the Local IP Address for the second router.
There is a wired router in line with one of the wireless units, so I am already using 192.168.1.254 for the first wireless router.
Thanks for any info you can provide.

cbowden wrote:
I have an area where we use wireless routers and the building causes interference with the signal. I tried to use a range extender and it worked marginally at best. I would like to place 2 routers with the same access information (SSID and WEP key) on opposite sides of the building to provide full coverage. Is this possible and should I change the Local IP Address for the second router.
There is a wired router in line with one of the wireless units, so I am already using 192.168.1.254 for the first wireless router.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Hi
U can simplly try Cascading of both routers.
Tutorial :
http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3733&p_created=11520...
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Using 2 wireless routers at home

First of all I'd like to say i am not really good with networking and sorry if what I'm asking sounds stupid but i really have no idea what to do...
I have a WRT160nv2 on the second floor of my house... I get about 72% on the first floor and abour 53% on the basement... What I've been thinking about doing is buying a Buffalo wrt-hp-gn and and a decent omnidirectional antenna for it and then use it as an extender/repeater, whatever it is you guys call it, on the first floor. Is this set up possible? If yes, which of the 2 routers should i use it as primary (the better one)? What should i do to make it work? and any tips?
thanks in advance....

First of all, many adapters work quite well with only a 53% signal strength. Is the wireless connection solid? Is the data transfer rate as good as on the second floor? If your system works OK, and your only issue is signal strength, then you might not need to do anything at all. On the other hand, if your basement network devices are not working to your satisfaction, then read on:
Although mixing and matching devices from different manufacturers should work, in theory, occasionally users get burned doing this. I think that most users are better off staying with one manufacturer if possible.
You already have a perfectly good WRT160N. Why not simply get a second one and convert it to a WAP (wireless access point)? The advantage of using two of the same routers is that there is nothing much new to learn, and, if they are both the same version, they will use the same firmware.
The two routers will need to be wired together. This will allow each router to run at full speed. This is in contrast to a wireless repeater (which is not wired to your router), which transfers data at half speed, because the radio must split its time between sending and receiving the wireless signal.
To setup your two routers, see my post at this URL:
http://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Routers&message.id=108928

Using two wireless routers for two separate networks

I have one WRT54G router and a newly purchased E2000 router that replaced the WRT54G . I have one DSL connection coming into the house.
I have the DSL going directly into my main E2000 router which runs my existing wireless home network and it does this wonderfully. My son wanted the older WRT54G router to create his own network where he has it set up for his own purposes so I gave it to him. He has everything set up to where we have two functioning networks that do not conflict which is great however he ran an Ethernet cable from the e2000 to the WRT54G to make this happen. This cable is a problem since it basically is about 50 feet of ugly cable running up my stairs to his room. Is there a way to have the routers still work in tandem as they are now to manage two separate networks but to instead have them connected wirelessly and eliminate the existing wired setup?

You would need a third party firmware like DDWRT to do that (it will void the warranty too)
Or you need a wireless bridge like the WET54G or WAP54G set to bridged mode
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I have 1 Internet Connection and I need to hook 2 wireless routers help.

I have one internet connection. I need to use 2 wireless routers. What model of linksys router should I purchase and how should I hook them so we can use both at the same time.

Remember that both wireless routers will not communicate wirelessly you will have to connect both the router's together with Ethernet Cables...
What will be the approximate distance between both the routers ?
Do you wish to establish communication between the computers connected to Router 1 and computers connected to Router 2 ?
Do you wish to have a separate network for both the router's ? Look at this link
You can go with Wireless - N draft Router's(WRT310N, WRT320N, WRT350N, WRT400N, WRT600N etc) as they will give you a good range to connect to a distant wireless clients...

I need help setting this up. 2 wireless routers off one internet connection

I have a cable internet connection. I want to connect a netgear wireless router and then plug in a 80ft ethernet cable attached to a Linksys wireless router. Can the Linksys router be used as an access point? Or basically I want to use both wireless routers. I need help putting this together.

Yes you can do that, here are the steps on hot to do it.The router A or your netgear must be configured like router A on the illustration on this link ^_^
Click Here
Many thanks,
Akira893
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Using Two Wireless Router?

Apologies if this is in the wrong category.
I received a BT Home Hub through the mail this morning, as I recently upgraded to the top package for the monthly usage. I’ve been using a Belkin Wireless router for the last year and everything is perfect.
We have a large house and the Belkin is currently outside my room, I get full strength, and so does the PC across the hall. However sometimes I’m in the kitchen or through the front of the house the signal is that low I don’t get internet.
I was just wondering is there any way that I can use both wireless routers at the same time? And place the BT Home Hub somewhere in the kitchen, so whenever I move out of one routers distance I can switch to the other?

Posted this is in the wrong board.

One cable modem tow wireless routers in my house --- is this possible?

I'd like to use two wireless routers to fully cover my house with wireless access. I have a WRT5462 v1 wireless router that I connected directly to the cable modem, and then connected a second wireless router to one of the CAT 5 ports in the first, with the CAT 5 going into the "Internet" port in the second, which is a WRT610N v1. The first router works fine, but the second does not provide internet connectivity to the devices that connect to it.
I suspect I need to make modifications to the Internet Connection Type in the Basic Wireless Configuration - I changed from DHCP to a Static IP of 192.168.1.2, but this didn't work. Any help and direction greatly appreciated
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Thank you very much for you response. Done the set-up as you described, with 1 exception: The WRT54G2 v1 doesn't allow me to reserve an IP address in the DHCP Server settings section. Therefore, I set up its Network as 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.49
That said, the 2nd router is set up with that IP address, and I can connect to it both vie Ethernet and wireless, and it is supplying IP addresses via its DHCP server address accordingly. However, no access to the Internet (via the first router).
Now, when I set up router 2 as a static IP, I'm asked to enter an "Internet IP Address", which I've specified as the 192.168.1.2 as you indicated. I'm then required to enter a subnet mask and default gateway, and then DNS 1, DNS2 (Optional), DNS3 (Optional)
Not knowing what I should enter here, I entered 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask, and 192.168.1.1 (address of the first router) as default gateway.
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

Using Multiple 871W Routers to Create a Single Wireless Network

My company purchased 5 Cisco 871 W Wireless routers, and we'd like to configure them to act as single wireless LAN so that users can move around the building with their wireless devices and not experience an interruption in their connection. What do we need to do to make that happen?

This will work fine as long as you are only performing layer 2 roaming. If each 871s WLAN resides within a different subnet the client will need to pick up a new IP address each time it moves between Routers.
If all Routers are configured within the same client subnet then the SSID and security settings will also need to match on each 871.
Bear in mind if you are using 802.1x auth then a full re-auth will be required for each roam as there is no central key management which will increase latency.
Lastly AP placement and channel settings are most important, remember for data to have a cell boundary of -75dBm with a cell overlap of 10% sticking to channels 1,6,11.
Will you be running voice on the WLAN?
Hope this helps.
Mat

Using three routers as dhcp relay help

Hi i am having trouble configuring a network consisting of about 80 clients, 3 routers(4400N) and 3 range extenders(802.11g) i want to know how to configure all the routers to relay one dhcp server and also give client pcs the ability to connect to the best working signal at any given time without having to put in a wpa2 key or manually choose the network. What would be the best way to accomplish this?

Without knowing the LAN communication requirements it is difficult to say how to do this.
You write something about a DHCP server. Do you run your own DHCP server somewhere? Is that required for all clients?
What communication between different computers in the LAN is required, e.g. for file sharing?
What do you mean with "without having to put in a wpa2 key"? How do you want to configure the wireless clients initially?
So far, the easiest setup for you would be to run a single ethernet LAN, i.e. using one router as internet gateway and setting up the other ones as simple access points (without DHCP server, modified LAN IP address inside main LAN and connected through LAN port instead of internet port). All clients get their IP address from the one DHCP server in the LAN.
When all wireless routers bridge into the same Ethernet LAN a seamless roaming handover is possible. All wireless routers must have identical settings (SSID, wireless security) but should use different channels. This creates a roaming wireless network. However, I don't know how the N routers handle that and how it works together with the G extenders. Maybe it will be necessary to run the N routers in G only mode.

Extending same network in 2 different rooms using 2 wireless linksys routers

I hope someone can help.
I have a Linksys e3000 and a Linksys WRT120N
Very simple setup. the 3000 is in my office. There is a cable that goes from this router
to the living room across the house, it is just laying there. Since I cannot get a wireless signal into that room,
I would like, using the cable that is hanging there to make use of the other linksys and provide a wireless signal
to the living room, all under the same network. In essence, extending the wireless network using the cable in the living room that is connected to the main router in my office.
My question is, without touching the master router, how would I set the 2nd router in the living room up?
I understand that DHCP on the 2nd router needs to be turned off, and a channel selected so that it does not overlap.
Same SSID, Sam WPA2 key.
Any ideas or just simply using the AP mode if the router has it?
Or would there be a device better suited for this?
I do not want to extend the 2 rooms wirelessly I want to use the cable, then use the wireless in the living room for wireless devices etc.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks

Wire a computer to the WRT120N. Open the web interface at http://192.168.1.1/
1. On the main Setup page change the LAN IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2.
2. On the same page disable the DHCP server.
3. Save settings.
4. Unplug the computer and wire one of the LAN ports of the WRT120N to the E3000.
That's it. For wireless, use identical SSID, wireless security WPA2 Personal with AES, identical passphrase, different channels at least 5 apart and enable broadcast on both. Don't forget to change the router password "admin" as well!

Can I get two wireless routers to communicate in the same house?

Hi there,
Here's my problem.
BT (a UK telecoms company) upgraded the household telephone line to fibre optic broadband on Friday and installed their BT Home Hub router and ADSL2+ modem. However, although this is a great upgrade for the household, this has given me a heap of problems.
Previously, my Time Capsule (TC) did everything:
it handled the link to the ADSL modem that routed all the wired and wireless household traffic to the internet (there are three wireless enabled PCs in the household too)
handled the printer via USB from the TC
backed up my Mac data to the TC via wired and wireless and allowed me to transfer files between my Macs.
However, as it stands right now, since the upgrade my MacBook Pro and iPhone will connect to the Internet via the BT Home Hub and that's it.However, I think there is a great opportunity here to isolate my office/study network from the household (a sub network?); but, I have no idea how to set up the TC to accomplish this or whether this is even possible.
I have:
An Apple Time Capsule
A Mac Pro without wireless capability that connects to my TC via ethernet cable
A 13" MacBook Pro that connects to the TC via wireless
A HP printer that connects to the TC via USB cable
Also, I might need to add a Drobo NAS drive via ethernet cable
Both Macs run Lion; the firmware and software for AE/TC are up to date.
So, is there anyway that I can maintain my setup but simply use the TC as a wireless transmitter/receiver to and from the BT Home Hub for Internet traffic but keep everything else within my own network? I should also add that the BT Home Hub ended up being located downstairs and my office/study is upstairs so hard wiring the two isn't an option. The only way I can achieve my needs is to have the two routers communicating wirelessly.
To complicate matters further, I am a complete networking ignoramus - in fact I don't know what networking terminology I should be researching to accomplish this; but, if anyone can provide an answer or point me in the right direction, I'd be really grateful.
Thanks in advance

Update: As I understand it, what I want is to configure my Time Capsule as a wireless bridge. This seems easy to do if your main base station is an Apple device, but I haven't found anything that allows you to configure the Time Capsule as a wireless bridge when the main router is not an Apple device. Any suggestions?

Three WRT54G Routers on one subnet

I support a tcp/ip network that has three WRT54G Routers on a cat 5 backbone which are all on one subnet 192.168.2.96/27. There's one WAP54G configured as a wireless repeater for a sales area in the corner of the office where there's no drop. The internet connection is provided by Comcast via cable modem. The office manager purchased the routers because they were cheaper then the WAP54G Access points and the cabling was already in place. There must be a real tight budget there. I configured Router1 (WRT54G) as a gateway to the Cable Modem and enabled DHCP beginning with octal 105 leaving 8 ip addresses for static and 22 for DHCP devices. The other two (Router2 and Router3) WRT54G's I've disabled DHCP and enabled them as Routers instead of Gateways with RIP disabled. The WAP54G Repeater has the wireless MAC Addressed of Router1's in its Repeater settings and has no cable to the network.
Since all DHCP devices on the network have its default gateway set as Router1, everyone is able to get on the internet. While I was configuring the network I noticed that it didn't matter if I made Router2 and 3 routers or gateway as everyone appeared to be working okay and were able to get on the internet but in the setup it says to enable Router for all devices not directly connected to an internet connection. I'm guessing that this might make a difference only if I had two different subnets in the office. Since Router2 and 3 are basically dumb to the internet gateway, they can't see anything beyond their own ip address and just pass packets back and forth almost like a repeater.
I guess my question here would be, is there any advantage of using the WAP54G over the WRT54G as an access point when wired to cat 5?
Message Edited by donwoodsnet on 12-04-200605:06 PM

I guess you have connected the WRT54Gs through their LAN ports and the internet port is empty. That's the way how you use them as access points.
If you connect them that way the gateway or router mode is irrelevant. The mode only works between the LAN and WAN. They did not design the WRT really for use as access point with an open internet port and therefore this is not documented in the help file. I would leave the setting on gateway as then it is a setting less to change back in case you must use it as gateway later again. If you use router mode, make sure RIP is disabled. The router is not working as router thus it needs no routing information...
Regarding your question: the answer is only the obvious one: except for the more extended configuration options in the WAP I don't think their is an advantage for either one.

Help, Issues Connecting two Wireless Routers

Ahead of time I would like to thank everyone for their responses and help. I tried to be as clear as possible. I believe I got all the details right. Some things are repetitive and might be a little confusing, but please ask questions for any clarification. Thanks for the help.
Current Routers:
1. Linksys WRT600N ---- Used as primary router. Connected to the 4 ports are 3 PCs and a wireless router. All three PC have static IPs I reservered, also have a static IP reserved for the WGT624 wireless router. DMZ is also enabled and destination is the IP reserved for WGT624.
2. Netgear WGT624 ---- WGT624 is connected to WRT600N through the WAN port on the WGT624 to port number X on the WRT600N . I was using Netgear WGT624 as an access point for a Xbox360 , a couple of macs and ubuntu netbook. This router recently died needs to be replaced.
3. Linksys E3000 ---- Recently purchased to replace the Netgear WGT624 that has died. I want to use this as my new access point. Having trouble setting up the settings for this router. I want the same setup as before.
Detailed Problem
I currently have the WRT600N located in the basement connected to a cable modem through the WAN port. Connected to the 4 ports on the back of WRT600N are 3 PCs and a Wireless router. Most of the settings on the WRT600N I left alone. The only thing I changed was reserving 4 IPs for the 3 PCs and the WGT624 wireless router. I also enabled the DMZ for the destination IP of the WGT624. I also opened a couple of ports.
The Netgear WGT624 that died was located on the upper level third floor. I was using it primarily as an access point. It was connected through the WAN port of the WGT624 to port X on the WRT600N which is located in the basement. Settings on this are a little different. On the WGT624 I disabled the firewall. I left both the Auto DHCP enabled and the DHCP server. WPA was enabled on the WGT624. With these settings on the WGT624 I was able to connect to a xbox 360 and a few macs wirelessly to the internet with no issues . I also noticed that the the internet IP displayed on the status tab on the WGT624 was the IP I had reserved on the WRT600N.
Recently the WGT624 died after years of usage. So I purchased a Linkys E3000. I want to have a similar setup as before with the WGT624. However I have been running into issues. Wirelessly I cannot get access to the internet through the E3000. The E3000 is connected to the WRT600N in the same was as the WGT624. The WAN port of the E3000 is connected to the port number X of WRT600N. On the status tab of the E3000 I seem to be getting a strange Internet IP address. 127.0.0.1. This I think is a loopback address, I am not sure? Same with the subnet mask of 255.0.0.0
So the problem is I want the keep the same setup as before if I can. I don't want to the any computers who connect to the access point to have access to any computers that are connected to the 600N.
I read on another thread I could connect two wireless routers together by connecting port X on the 600N to port X on the E3000. Then changing the internal IP of the second router from 192.168.1.1 to 198.168.1.2 and then disabling the DHCP server.
I really want to keep the same set up as before if posslble. More importantly I want to know why my setup prior, the WRT600N to the WGT624 worked with no problems. Why could I use the WGT624 as an access point and not the E3000? Should I switch the the two routers use the 600N as the access point and E3000 as my main router?
Thanks again.

1. You have chained two routers. The WRT600N uses LAN IP address 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0. The Netgear is connected with the WAN port to the WRT (thus uses an 192.168.1.* address on the WAN port) and uses 192.168.0.1 by default on the LAN side. Your new E3000, however, uses the Linksys default 192.168.1.1 on the LAN side. If you connect the E3000 to the WRT600 without making any changes it won't work. A router cannot work if WAN and LAN side both use 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0. That's impossible.
2. Thus, the quick and easy setup to get the same as before would be to change the LAN IP address of the E3000 from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1. After that change you can connect the internet port of the E3000 to the WRT and everything works like before.
3. However, in particular because you need port forwarding and you do port forwarding through two routers I would recommend not to run two routers chained. I can't see why it is necessary for you to run two routers and two separated networks. The basic setup and an explaination why a different setup may be better is here. I think in your case it would make things much simpler and you have full connectivity between all your computers. You can set up a roaming wireless network, too. The only problem is that you will "loose" one port on the E3000 because you cannot use the internet port.

Does Linksys even HAVE wireless routers w/VoIP-FXO capabilities anymore?

For the past year and a half, I've used a SPA3102 with Broadvoice. It was brutally hard to get working (mostly due to Broadvoice's awful instructions), but once I got it set up, it worked flawlessly. At least, until the bolt of lightning destroyed it on Sunday (along with the PLE-200 powerline ethernet adapter it was connected to).
Anyway, I need a new VoIP router. All things otherwise equal, I'd just as soon replace it with something that has similar capabilities, but can serve as my wireless gateway too. As far as VoIP capabilities go, it needs to satisfy two requirements:
1) Has a modular jack that a normal phone can be plugged into, and that looks (to the phone) just like a normal signal from the phone company. I believe this is a FXO port, but I can never keep FXO and FXS straight.
2) Can work with ANY VoIP provider who supports SIP, h.323, and/or IAX. It only needs to support one of the three, but by extension this means it can't be locked to a single company.
Capability-wise, I can live without 802.11N, but I'd classify "G" as fairly non-negotiable. A removable antenna is fairly important.
Do any of Linksys' current VoIP routers with wireless capabilities meet these requirements? Do they even HAVE any current VoIP routers with wireless capabilities? I remember ~1-2 years ago, you could buy wireless routers with VoIP capabilities and a phone jack or two on the rear at stores like Best Buy... now, you can't even find references to them on the sites for Linksys & their competitors.The models you can find online at Amazon & Newegg are all models from 2-3 years ago. It's like everyone just decided to quit making routers with FXO (FXS?) ports on them for some weird, unknown reason...

Update... assuming it doesn't have some fatal flaw (locked to some specific provider, or dysfunctional in some important way), the WRP400 looks like exactly what I want. Unfortunately, there's more info about it available in the description at Amazon than there is on Linksys' own website. Has anyone tried using it with arbitrary NON-Skype/Vonage VoIP service? Is there any ironclad way (UPC, perhaps?) to identify which ones are provider-locked (if any), and which ones aren't?
By the way, if I sound paranoid about carrier-locking, it's because ~2 years ago I ended up in a HUGE fight with a certain computer store that was selling white-boxed remanufactured WRTP54G wireless routers. Basically, they were locked to Vonage, the box and label only said they were "WRTP54G wireless VoIP routers" & said nothing about being locked. The store's argument was that their sales policy was "no refunds." My argument was that they defrauded me by selling a doorstop that couldn't be used for its advertised purpose. I finally got a refund after calling Mastercard in front of the manager to do a chargeback (nothing puts the fear of ${deity} into store managers like the "C" word), but I'd kind of like to avoid having it happen again.

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