I now have two DSL connections in my house and I want to have a wireless router on each. I have a Linksys WRT54GL which is configured with G only. I want to get an N router for the second DSL connection. As long as they are on two different channels will I have any interference problems? Or is it a case of hooking it all up and seeing what happens?
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Any problems having two wireless routers two internet connections 1 house?
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I thought about it but I'm not really sure what to get or how to set it up. I get better upload and latancy on my second DSL connection that the first. I want to make sure my PS3 uses that connection. Is there a way to make that happen with a double wan router?
Not sure how it exactly works, but I think it would just be load balancing.
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Yup. I must sound like the spokes person for pfsense, but... Build up a pfsense box, it supports dual wan and load balancing. Free, as well.
You do, But at least you're pushing a worthy product, and since it's free all the better
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You could just have both routers on the same network. Pick whichever DSL connection you want to handle the bulk of your traffic and the router attached to that would be your main router, say 192.168.1.1. Then just disable DHCP on the 2nd router and set it's IP to something like 192.168.1.2.
Everything will be using the first connection automatically, but anything you want to be using the 2nd connection instead, all you have to do is change the gateway info (and perhaps the DNS) on the client computer to 192.168.1.2 and it will then be going over the 2nd connection. The bonus being that everything will still be on the same local network with each other and will be able to communicate and even share files, etc, despite using different internet connections.
Everything will be using the first connection automatically, but anything you want to be using the 2nd connection instead, all you have to do is change the gateway info (and perhaps the DNS) on the client computer to 192.168.1.2 and it will then be going over the 2nd connection. The bonus being that everything will still be on the same local network with each other and will be able to communicate and even share files, etc, despite using different internet connections.
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Very true sir.. Its a great product.
For the post above, while you could do that - you loose ability for load balancing or wan fail over which is a nice feature as well. I would assume at the end of the day though, I would think its going to be the same speed between the two links.. And your failover is really if one of the modems goes down. Now if you had dsl and cable, that would be a different story.
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For the post above, while you could do that - you loose ability for load balancing or wan fail over which is a nice feature as well. I would assume at the end of the day though, I would think its going to be the same speed between the two links.. And your failover is really if one of the modems goes down. Now if you had dsl and cable, that would be a different story.
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