I was just interested to see if i could have two routers in my home on the same contract, i use BT (i live in Britain), pretty much i am 15 so i am stuck at my parents house and we all use the internet pretty heavily. My problem is i am stuck upstairs and the router is downstairs for an even connection, what i wan to do is have a separate router up in my room so that i can hard-wire to my network as-well as having personal networking preferences and not affect my parents use. My parents are happy to wire a new ADSL cable to my room so long as i purchase the router etc. I use the internet VERY heavily and so does my brother so i want something that can handle servers all the time aswell as online gaming, etc, just very heavy use in short. I want something with a good arsenal of networking features but not at a stupid price. I have been told by an electrician that this wont work but to be honest i don't think he had a clue.
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I suppose if your ISP will give you two IP addresses you could have a switch after your modem and then two routers, but generally no, you can't have two routers connected to a single dsl line.
If all you want it some wired connections then all you need to do is run a network cable from the router up to your room and connect it to a switch. You could add an access point or use a router (but disable routing and DHCP) to give you wireless too.
You can not have 2 ADSL modems on the same line it will require a separate line from your house to the sub station. In theory they could give you two IP addresses but you would need to setup 2 network segments and or establish static routs on your home router ( likely not even supported in the way you would want to do this on your home router ) This would not increase your bandwidth it would still be shared by you and your parents.
Ok this is really good so far, so when you say access points what do you mean, do you mean a CAT 6 network switch, a CAT 6 port in my wall or something more advanced. Does an access point give me my own set of features, i mean yeh you cant do port forwarding via an access point but, thing like people encryption etc.
Pretty much just explain what you mean by an access point?
What you would want to do is set up a wireless access point in a strategic location (maybe run CAT6 to your room and connect an access point AND a switch?)
If you just need a simple AP to use you can use something like this:
You'd wire that into the main router, placing it wherever you need more wireless signal. An access point is just an extension of your existing wireless signal, it doesn't take over any of the router's functions. The router still does DHCP, port forwarding, and all that. I can draw some diagrams of how you'd want to put this together if you'd like.
Having 'your own set of features' won't matter if you're still going through a single internet connection. No matter how good a router you get it still has to go through the other router to get to the internet. All you need is to run a network cable from the router and the connect a switch to it so you can plug in your devices.
You can connect a wireless access point to the switch if you want wireless as well. Basically what I'm saying is that you don't need a second router.
Sure thing guys, thanks allot for the help! I am new to the whole networking area to computing as you may be able to tell haha!
I will have a chat with my parents as to getting CAT 6 wired up to my room and i can set up a switch and access point. I assume you can daisy chain switch's (just in case my brother needs one). Also would it be worth while investing in a new better router for my home seeing as i am using the BT stock router (BT Home Hub 4) which isn't exactly amazing.
Yes you can daisy chain switches, just be sure all your cables are CAT5e or CAT6 or you won't be able to get the amount of LAN bandwidth you want. Bear in mind this won't put you on your own network, just give you faster access. If you are having issues with bandwidth it may or may not solve it, depending on where the bottleneck is, but if you're having issues with going over a data cap or something this will NOT help that.
A direct wired connection to the router will always be better then any wireless connection. Also if your trying to improve your connection then look into QOS(quality of service) on the router or some kind of prioritization.