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10-16-2012, 07:58 AM
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How To Setup A 2nd Router As A Hub?
I have one main router on one side of the house and I have a Dlink router which i want to connect my desktop computer and Xbox to. I have been reading online that you need to disconnect the DHCP and change the 2nd router IP to the one of the main router. I try to do that but it says I cannot have the same DHCP or something.
Right now the internet works but the Xbox does not connect to xbox live and i cannot upload any torrents. Is there a step I am missing or that needs to be done? The dlink is causing huge conflicts with the streaming of traffic. I just need it to be a simple hub that doesn't restrict any incoming and outgoing data.
Main router is a TP Link Router. The second router is a DLINK DIR-655.
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10-16-2012, 08:13 AM
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I don't think this helps much but I just plugged a second router into one of the 4 ports of the first router and it worked without any configuration. PS3 and torrents work fine. Biggest downside for me is you can't see local files/iTunes of computers hooked up to the first router this way.
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10-16-2012, 08:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mos_skeeto
I don't think this helps much but I just plugged a second router into one of the 4 ports of the first router and it worked without any configuration. PS3 and torrents work fine. Biggest downside for me is you can't see local files/iTunes of computers hooked up to the first router this way.
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I appreciate the help but that is sort of the setup right now I have but the Dlink is restricting data for some reason.
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10-16-2012, 08:47 AM
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1.) Disable DHCP on the D-Link
2.) Assign an IP address on your D-Link that's in the same network range as what your TP Link, but preferably not in the DHCP range.
3.) Connect a cable using the LAN port of BOTH routers. Do not plug it into the WAN port of the D-Link.
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10-16-2012, 09:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul
1.) Disable DHCP on the D-Link
2.) Assign an IP address on your D-Link that's in the same network range as what your TP Link, but preferably not in the DHCP range.
3.) Connect a cable using the LAN port of BOTH routers. Do not plug it into the WAN port of the D-Link.
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Lan porting is just the regular port where all the other connections go right? The wan port is for modem right? Sorry for the noob question
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10-16-2012, 10:12 AM
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Hmm why aren't you using the DIR655 as the main one? It's a superior router to any TPLink one.. Unless you're running custom firmware on the TPLink.
Yes WAN port is the one u don't want to use on the 2nd router.
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10-16-2012, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT
Hmm why aren't you using the DIR655 as the main one? It's a superior router to any TPLink one.. Unless you're running custom firmware on the TPLink.
Yes WAN port is the one u don't want to use on the 2nd router.
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My signal strength with the DIR655 is very weak in our townhouse complex. For whatever reason the TPlink is way better for wireless signal quality.
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10-16-2012, 11:25 AM
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You want LAN to LAN type cascading of the router
great example and instructions: Article
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http://www.revscene.net/forums/dink-8-0-t263995.html
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10-16-2012, 12:46 PM
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I'm waiting for the day someone on RS asks how to do intervlan routing.
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