Extending network with old router.

[Lazmarr]

I have managed successfully to connect my old router to the new network, via a powerline adapter connected to a network switch.

My PC has two RJ45 LAN netwroking ports on the motherboard, one intel gigabit and one realtek. Is it possible to completely get rid of the direct connection of the old router to the new one and instead connect the old router to my second RJ45 port and 'send' the internet connection of my PC to the old router?

[Holen]

If you are trying to say: "is it possible to wirelessly connect my old router to my new router, and connect the pc to the old router" then yes.
DDWRT is an open source software, that can run on alot of the more common brands of routers(ASUS, NETGEAR and LINKSYS) are some of the examples.

It works really well also, i turned my mothers old NETGEAR N750 into a wifi repeater. It works great and has about 3 times the range of the source router(one of those apple routers with shit range, but storage...)
 

I digress... anyways yes, there are solutions from creating repeaters, or making the old router a network card, though you need to check compatibility at their websites

[LAwLz]

So basically, you want to connect your old router to the network, though your PC. Is that correct? So the old router will talk to the rest of the network though your PC.

Yes it is possible to do. I can't test it myself, but I think it is possible to bridge networks that way in Windows. Go to the adapter settings page, select both connections, right click and press "bridge connections". That might be the only thing you need to do.

[Lazmarr]

5 hours ago, Holen said:

If you are trying to say: "is it possible to wirelessly connect my old router to my new router, and connect the pc to the old router" then yes.
DDWRT is an open source software, that can run on alot of the more common brands of routers(ASUS, NETGEAR and LINKSYS) are some of the examples.

It works really well also, i turned my mothers old NETGEAR N750 into a wifi repeater. It works great and has about 3 times the range of the source router(one of those apple routers with shit range, but storage...)
 

I digress... anyways yes, there are solutions from creating repeaters, or making the old router a network card, though you need to check compatibility at their websites

5 hours ago, LAwLz said:

So basically, you want to connect your old router to the network, though your PC. Is that correct? So the old router will talk to the rest of the network though your PC.

Yes it is possible to do. I can't test it myself, but I think it is possible to bridge networks that way in Windows. Go to the adapter settings page, select both connections, right click and press "bridge connections". That might be the only thing you need to do.

I am trying to do as LAwLz has said.

Plug my current powerline LAN connection into the Intel port and plug my spare router into the second Realtek port so it can take the internet connection from my PC and allow other devices to connect to it that way.

I shall try the bridge connections and report back with what I find.

 

[Lazmarr]

5 hours ago, LAwLz said:

So basically, you want to connect your old router to the network, though your PC. Is that correct? So the old router will talk to the rest of the network though your PC.

Yes it is possible to do. I can't test it myself, but I think it is possible to bridge networks that way in Windows. Go to the adapter settings page, select both connections, right click and press "bridge connections". That might be the only thing you need to do.

Ok bridge connections seems to have worked haha

Second question is there any way to have the second router act as a backup internet by connecting that also to the powerline?

For example if either of the LAN ports stop working could I have it so the one that is still working picks up the connection again, keeping the PC connected to the internet?

[LAwLz]

2 minutes ago, Lazmarr said:

Ok bridge connections seems to have worked haha

Second question is there any way to have the second router act as a backup internet by connecting that also to the powerline?

For example if either of the LAN ports stop working could I have it so the one that is still working picks up the connection again, keeping the PC connected to the internet?

That depends on how it is set up and configured. Windows will automatically handle redundant gateways as long as they are both on different networks and both got access to the Internet.