Posted: 12/31/2014 4:20:26 PM EDT
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Will I run into any issues? I want to purchase: Asus AC2400 RT-AC87U I currently have a linksys e4200 v2 The Asus will be in a smaller room off my main office with a 2 dedicated hard drives plugged into it and 2 printers as well. My desktop will be hardwired into this router and then another ethernet cable running into my living room where I plan to have the linksys router in my entertainment center with tv, ps3, and xbox360 hard wired. I have a few laptops, tablets and phones that will actually run off the wireless, so my question is, will the two routers be broadcasting two different networks? If so, how do I know which network the wireless devices will connect to. Main uses for the network will be streaming video, hosting docs and movies off the drives. I've read that it is possible to link the routers for 1 network but nothing if the routers have to be the same. |
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best just to get a wifi extender. If simplicity is what you seek.
Range extenders |
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This can be done...., and you're correct in that they don't have to be the same.
make sure when you wire from your main router (the one that connects to the internet) and the new router, that you plug into the switch, or lan ports only and not the WAN port. also make sure that the secondary router is set up on the same subnet, but has a different IP address. for example, if your router now is using the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, with an IP of 192.168.1.1, set up the seconf router in the same subnet with an IP of 192.168.1.2 also remember to disable the DHCP server in the secondary router if you configure the routers to have the exact same SSID, security type and passphrase, your laptops with roam between them using which ever one is closest, or giving the best signal. |
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I don't necesarily want two separate networks. I have a tb hard drive that I use for backups and photos that is a usb 2.0 and have another 750gb hd that I got for free that I'm putting into an enclosure that is usb 3.0 compatible. The asus router has a usb 3.0 port and 2.0 port so I can use both HD's at the same time. One is going to be my work files and the other is family/personal stuff. The hd's will be routed into my safe. With my current router I get spotty signal at the furthest points of the house, so I was hoping to get extended coverage by using both routers. What I am mainly concerned with is whether the older router (which was one of the better units when I bought it) would be a bottleneck in terms of speed since the Asus is one of the top on the market now speed wise. if you configure the routers to have the exact same SSID, security type and passphrase, your laptops with roam between them using which ever one is closest, or giving the best signal. This is what I was trying to figure out. |
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