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Cptnstevez
By Cptnstevez
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Hi so I currently have 2 routers one is a cheaper spare and one is the one given by my ISP can I get both the routers to work on one network ? 

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Yes.

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Yes, but you should really only use the other as a switch.

1. Get the IP address of the primary router. (for example 192.168.0.1)

2. disconnect from the network and plug the second router into your PC

3. find the IP of that router. If it's 192.168.0.x then you're fine. If it's the same IP as the router, change the IP to something else (like 100). Disable DHCP (IP addresses should get assigned by one of the routers).

Then you should be fine. 

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9 minutes ago, squirrl said:

something else (like 100)

should specificly state here that ideally you'd want this to be outside the other device's DHCP range, so it wont have potential conflicts.

 

depending on the brand, 2-99 and 200-254 are usually pretty safe.

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