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installing a 2nd router

  • 02-06-2011 10:31am
    #1
    granturismo
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    This may be a basic question but here goes. I have a Zyxel router with '8MB' Eircom and want to increase my wireless range. Eircoms help page shows how to set up a third party router.

    Will installing an additional wireless router work?

    thanks. - I dont want to change ISP - I measured my neighbours '20 MB' wireless signal from UPC and the signal strenght is exactly the same as mine in respective rooms around our houses.


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  • #2
    homer911
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    You need to set up a repeater - usually this is connected to the router via Cat 5

    some routers can double as repeaters - I'm not sure about the Zyxel


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


    homer911 wrote: »
    You need to set up a repeater - usually this is connected to the router via Cat 5

    some routers can double as repeaters - I'm not sure about the Zyxel

    No, thats an access point, a repeater receives a signal wirelessly and re-broadcasts it, an access point connects by ethernet. I don't recommend repeaters, as they connect wirelessly they can cause lots of latency. Its best to run a cable and add an access point on a different channel to the existing wireless device.


  • #4
    jimmycrackcorm
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    Ibood doing a netgear repeater for €30 today....


  • #5
    vibe666
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    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Ibood doing a netgear repeater for €30 today....
    lol, beat me to it. :)

    read this thread yesterday and then just noticed the ibood this morning and thought i'd post a link, but as usual, i'm too slow. :)

    here it is anyway to save you typing 'ibood' into google. :D

    http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/product_specs/5871/Netgear_Universal_WiFi_Range_Etender_-_Etends_range_of_any_wireless_router_or_gateway/


  • #6
    kaahooters
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    get a "n" spec router and get rid of your "g" spec one.


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  • #7
    PogMoThoin
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    kaahooters wrote: »
    get a "n" spec router and get rid of your "g" spec one.

    That doesn't increase the range only the capacity


  • #8
    granturismo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭granturismo


    thanks all, missed the ibood offer but that model got some mixed reviews on amazon. At least I know how to solve the problem and will buy a repeater next month.


  • #9
    vibe666
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    a pack of these might be another option.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devolo-1409-dLAN-Wireless-N-Starter/dp/B00472MMC6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307274587&sr=8-1

    personally i haven't had great experiences with homeplugs, but they do definitely fill a gap in certain situations.


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