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With Zen EveryRoom you will experience more reliable WiFi that adapts to your needs, providing the strongest signal whatever room you're in allowing you to roam without experiencing dropped connections. Read our story. Select your address. Help me choose Let me choose Close. Connecting to the Primary Router. Logging in to the Primary Router. Configuring the Second Router.
Change the Wireless Channels. Position the Routers. Connect the Routers. Setting up a Second Router Using Wireless 1. Is Your Equipment Even Compatible? Logging Into the Primary Router. Logging Into the Second Router. Enable Bridge Mode. Give the Second Router a Unique Name.
Position the Second Router. Alternatives to Setting up a Second Router. Affiliate Disclosure. Learn More. Refer to the diagram above. Your home network is a bit like The Highlander — there can be only one! Otherwise, devices on your network may acquire their IP address from the router that does not have access to the outside world or the device may not be known by the primary router. This would lead to that device being disconnected from the Internet.
This is especially important if your two routers are in close proximity within fifty feet or so. Channel duplication will cause interference and degrade the Wi-Fi performance of devices. If your routers use 2. Consider whether the routers use 5 GHz versus 2.
This impacts the range and bandwidth of routers. A 5GHz router will provide faster data rates at a shorter distance while 2. These configurations will ensure that your Wi-Fi devices can automatically connect to your network and will roam to your second router when you go out of the range of your primary Wi-Fi network.
This creates a second wireless network with a different name. Configure bridging mode. Once you've turned on bridging mode, there are some details you'll need to provide the router so it knows how to communicate with your main router. The steps are going to be a little different on all models. Then, enter the main router's Wi-Fi password if requested and click Save to automatically gather the details from that router.
On most other routers, you'll need to specify the default gateway, which is that IP address you used to log in to your main router. You'll usually also have to enter the Subnet Mask, which should match the main router. If prompted to enter an IP address, enter any address on the same range as the main router. For example, if the main router's IP address is If supported by your routers, you may be able to connect the secondary router to the first router wirelessly.
You'll have better results with an ethernet cable, but if a wireless connection is possible, you'll need to enter your other router's details into the Bridge Mode settings. On most routers , turning on bridging mode will automatically disable the DHCP server on the secondary router. This is a good thing. Update the Wi-Fi settings on the secondary router. You can make the SSID of the secondary router similar to the original router, but with a descriptor. Set the Wi-Fi password and security mode to match the primary router.
For example, if your router is called Netgear, you can call this secondary router something like NetgearUpstairs if it's upstairs. Part 4. Place your routers. Now that everything is configured, you can place your routers wherever you need. Remember, you'll want to use an Ethernet cable that's no longer than feet to connect the routers together unless your routers support WDS. If you're using a compatible Wi-Fi router that supports wireless bridging, minimize physical obstructions, such as brick walls and metal frames or siding for best results.
One end of the Ethernet cable should be connected to the primary router's Internet or WAN port, and the other end into the modem or wall jack. You can run Ethernet cable through the wall if you need to reach another room. Connect the two routers together. Plug one end of the Ethernet cable to one of your primary router's LAN Ethernet ports, and the other into to any available LAN port on secondary router. Restart both routers once connected. You can do this by unplugging each router's power cable and plugging it back in a few seconds later.
After a minute or so, the routers will come back up. Both will now be accessible and connected to the internet. If you need to connect to the secondary router's admin website, you can do so by entering its new IP address into your web browser's address bar. The previous IP address will now only work for the primary router.
Not Helpful 13 Helpful Can computers see each other while they are on different routers? For example, a PC on one router sees the computers or printers on the other router? Not Helpful 38 Helpful What if the modem houses the primary router and there are two different bands 2. That the modem houses the primary router makes no difference to the instructions given in the article, and the 5GHz band s do not overlap with the 2. Not Helpful 9 Helpful You can disable WiFi on your main router and enable it only on your second router.
Not Helpful 23 Helpful OpenVPN is probably the answer to either question, though. If you're looking to connect to a commercial VPN service to gain anonymity, then the service provider will have to answer your question.
If you intend to set up a server so you can remotely access your main computer, OpenVPN will do anything you need -- it's free and a fully-featured, enterprise-grade solution.
To set it up, you'll need to open port UDP on your router and point it at your server. Not Helpful 10 Helpful My secondary router for wireless repeating asks for a base station MAC address, can anyone assist? You need to make sure your computer is directly connected to the base station, not one of the satellites and access the base stations config page at It will be in hexadecimal numbers 0-f and will look something like this: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
Not Helpful 15 Helpful Use a mobile device to check for congestion on whichever channel you have it set to article recommends channel
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