2nd router decreases speed.

[Arctic Wolfland]

Everywhere I looked on internet it said a 2nd router only improves internet. When I hooked up my 2nd router I get 30mbps less. What do I do?

[SImoHayha]

Everywhere I looked on internet it said a 2nd router only improves internet. When I hooked up my 2nd router I get 30mbps less. What do I do?

its because the wifi waves are interfering with each other...make sure they are on both the same channel

[flexin1981]

please whatever you do, DONOT have them on the same channel, have them on separate channels and try to use 1,6,11 as these are the cleanest non overlapping channels.

 

Also could you let us know how that they are connecting to the network, is it through Ethernet or are you bridging them over WiFi. If you are bridging them this could explain the speed drop.

[Blebekblebek]

Wifi is Half Duplex, it acts just like hub instead of switch.

when you set 2nd router as repeater, you get half bandiwth delivered

[Arctic Wolfland]

flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 07:28 AM, said:

please whatever you do, DONOT have them on the same channel, have them on separate channels and try to use 1,6,11 as these are the cleanest non overlapping channels.

 

Also could you let us know how that they are connecting to the network, is it through Ethernet or are you bridging them over WiFi. If you are bridging them this could explain the speed drop.

I have all my devices right now connected over Ethernet. But I cannot acess the 2nd router as it won't let me connect throught the gateway.

[flexin1981]

you would have to give me a little more info on the setup to help you more.

 

when you say 2nd router you mean WiFi Access point right ?

 

Also could you let me know what router that you have as if you are indeed using a router as an AP then there are a few things that we need to do to get it working right.

[Arctic Wolfland]

flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 4:55 PM, said:

you would have to give me a little more info on the setup to help you more.

 

when you say 2nd router you mean WiFi Access point right ?

 

Also could you let me know what router that you have as if you are indeed using a router as an AP then there are a few things that we need to do to get it working right.

I think I'm using it as acess point but I cannot connect to it through wifi, I cannot acess the router's settings and all I have is Ethernet from 1 router to this one and 2 ethernets, ! to my pc and the other to my Xbox One

[flexin1981]

you would need to access the settings to get it to work.

 

I would disconnect the second router and reset it to factory, then you will be able to access the GUI, then you should be able to turn off DHCP.

 

Also the physical cabling you would need to connect a Lan port on the 1st router to a Lan port on the second. 

[Arctic Wolfland]

flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 5:48 PM, said:

you would need to access the settings to get it to work.

 

I would disconnect the second router and reset it to factory, then you will be able to access the GUI, then you should be able to turn off DHCP.

 

Also the physical cabling you would need to connect a Lan port on the 1st router to a Lan port on the second. 

I tried reseting but it does nothing and it is gone through the LAN port otherwise I'd have no connection.

[flexin1981]

it will use an IP to access the GUI, it will be 192.168.X.1, the X can change.

 

The way that I would find this out is to disconnect it from the 1st router, then connect a computer, let the computer get an IP once you have that if you do an "ipconfig" on the machine, whatever the default gateway is, that should be the IP to get to the GUI.

 

Could you let me know the make and model of the 2nd router please 

[Arctic Wolfland]

flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 6:08 PM, said:flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 6:08 PM, said:flexin1981, on 01 Mar 2015 - 6:08 PM, said:

it will use an IP to access the GUI, it will be 192.168.X.1, the X can change.

 

The way that I would find this out is to disconnect it from the 1st router, then connect a computer, let the computer get an IP once you have that if you do an "ipconfig" on the machine, whatever the default gateway is, that should be the IP to get to the GUI.

 

Could you let me know the make and model of the 2nd router please 

Netgear WNR2300 but I think I broke it by doing too many resets : P and ipconfig only shows the first router.

[flexin1981]

try this 

 

http://documentation.netgear.com/wnr2000/enu/202-10397-01/wnr2000-03-3.html