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gunrunnerjohn · 06-03-2007, 12:30 PM

Make the second router a switch. I also have Verizon FiOS, and this works fine for my second wireless router to cover the back of the house.

Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

06-03-2007, 12:30 PM	#10
gunrunnerjohn Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: SE-PA Posts: 896	Make the second router a switch. I also have Verizon FiOS, and this works fine for my second wireless router to cover the back of the house. Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together. Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address. Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router. Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router. Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected! __________________ Microsoft MVP - Networking Help me out here, I'm brilliant, not clairvoyant!