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2 routers

  • 24-06-2010 11:04pm
    #1
    gav240
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭


    i have 2 zyxel P-660HW-T1 v2 routers and i want to use the 2 of them at the same time. i have them linked together via the Ethernet ports and a long Ethernet(cat 5) cable. the main one with the phone line going into it has a gateway of 192.168.1.1 and a subnet of 255.255.255.0. i was wondering what settings should i put into the other router to make it link to the main router.
    sorry if i dont have the right lingo its hard to explain. any help would be appriciated.


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Doesn't matter what the settings are, it won't work. You can't use 2 DSL routers together.


  • #3
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Simple, Just login to the second and disable dhcp so it becomes an access point.
    You can set it with the same ssid (network name) and password as the first, but You must select a different wireless channel (if one is 11, make the other one 1)so they don't conflict, your laptops and devices should then roam from one wireless device to the other seamlessly


  • #4
    gav240
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭gav240


    cheers appreciate the help


  • #5
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    jor el wrote: »
    Doesn't matter what the settings are, it won't work. You can't use 2 DSL routers together.

    You can if You stop the second routing, see post above


  • #6
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    But some routers will mysterously re-enable their DHCP server. In my experience it's very unreliable (using a router as an airport/ wifi point only) unless one is running OpenWRT and you can *REALLY* disable everything except the WiFi <--> ethernet "bridge" function.


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  • #7
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    You can if You stop the second routing, see post above

    I have tried that in the past, and it didn't work. Maybe it depends on the modem/router. Miner were Zyxel and Belkin (both of which are crap).


  • #8
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    I've done it quite a few times, but mostly with Linksys routers, did it with the crappy Eircom Netopias also without any bother. Crappy routers like Belkin have a habit of resetting themselves to default from what I've seen. We use routers at work to dial pppoe every 30 seconds and keep a customer logged in, belkins can't do it for any length of time without getting stuck or resetting.


  • #9
    Ziycon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Ziycon


    This is possible, I've done it before using D-Link and Buffalo devices.


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