How To Connect Three Routers On One Home Network & Sharing The Internet Using Lan Cables TpLink/NetG
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How To Connect Three Routers On One Home Network & Sharing The Internet Using Lan Cables TpLink/NetG
This is the clearest instruction I've seen in years of fumbling with wifi routers! You are the BEST :-)
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
This cleared up in 15 mins what I've been researching for 2 weeks on how to set up multiple access points. Thank you!
same situation this guy save my life of looking a solution, off course i suscribe, Thank's Richard
This man is the best when explaining routers
The most comprehensive and simply explained video on UA-cam. Can't thank you enough.
THANK YOU, Thank You!!!! I've read/watched several articles/videos on multiple router configuration and NOT ONE WORKED (or made sense). Within the first few minutes of your explanation, I KNEW it would WORK...It all made sense! I set up 3 routers, a Cysco, Amped and ASUS. EVERYTHING WORKS! All devices on the network now show up. All devices on the network can talk to each other! All devices have internet access. I am using Home Assistant (Home Automation) and have been hobbled over the past few months with switches/controllers/sensors too far away from the WiFi to work consistently. Decent WiFi repeaters are very expensive as are very powerful WiFi routers.. Now I have EASY access to everything with the 3 routers placed strategically around the house (pre-wired during the house construction with Cat-6a to remote locations, just-in-case). Great vid!
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Ditto the positive comments.
Your explanation with example, was successfully explained. Your details, patience, and thought provoking lecture was detailed just enough and slow enough for the concepts to be understood in an organized manner so that we can both reproduce it and understand it. For me, this is the best one I've viewed.
Thank you.
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This worked !! All these videos explaining the exact thing over and over and then I come across this video that’s explaining something totally different from the rest and it worked !! Since 11am I’ve been trying to fix it and it’s now 4pm .. dude thank you !! God bless you !
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Well worth watching tutorial. Very clear and easy to understand thanks Richard :DI've managed to convert my old budii lite router/modem/gateway into an access point following your instructions and using the tg789 router/modem/gateway provided by isp as my main router. The back shed was turned into a mancave but too far away for wifi to reach and didn't want to dig trenches for cables to run out there so I opted with using the 'powerline adapters' instead and it works a treat :)For those that don't know about powerline adapters yet, they are really easy to set up. They use your power lines that run through your walls to your power points as its Ethernet cable. So instead of running a 20 metre ethernet cable through the house all you do is plug in one powerline adapter into the power point next to your main router and attach short Ethernet cable from adapter to main router. Then plug other adapter in the power point in the room you want your other router to go and attach short Ethernet cable from adapter to the second router. Bam, done. (both the short Ethernet cables come with the pair of powerline adapers kit) If you only had one device to connect like your laptop you could just plug the laptop straight into the 2nd powerline adapter with an Ethernet cable and not use the 2nd router at all. But if you are anything like me you have plenty of devices and will want the extra lan ports and wireless connectivity of the router.Although I think I did read somewhere some of the powerline adapters have wireless abilities , but mine don't.To be clear, this is not to replace the method Richard just showed in the video. It is just to replace the long Ethernet cord he will use to connect his main router to his second router if running long cables isn't desirable or practical.
guys keep in mind he used the main router as rhe dhcp server, however, you can use dhcp enabled on other router as long as you set the range of ip’s as such that it doesn’t conflict with the other routers.
also keep in mind u can set the other 2 routers as bridge mode or in newer routers as mesh mode.
good luck!
Thank you so much for watching, commenting and the valuable feedback. I appreciate it greatly. What routers have a settable mesh mode? Interested in that ability. Thanks. All the best. 👍😀
Thank you Richard, because of your tutorial I could connect 8 Tplink routers in one building has a fiber optic line with 300 speed, and still can get same speed on all routers, using your diagram as access points mode as many people get lot of network conflict that more than one router start assigning IP address as duplicates where problems start.
Yes 8 routers are possible and as long as there is only ONE dhcp server enabled with this configuration you should not get any conflicts but you might run out of IP addresses as you only have a maximum of 248 addresses. Good luck Sir. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
I have been working on this problem for over 3 years with intermittent success this was such a great video. The different SSID names was for the win! Thank you for taking the time to put this together it was perfect.
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Thank you Richard. I was looking for such type of process for a year. I m useing about 7 router but failing to configure all the router. All the router is a long distance. I connect them with media converter. Tomorrow i will try with your way. Verry happy to watch this video😊
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Hi Richard
After two days watching confusing vids by other people I found yours and in fifteen minutes I had sorted my three zone network into one. Thanks - you are the man.
Fabulous Video. My system was working perfectly for a couple years then suddenly stopped allowing internet access on 1 of the routers. Went back to this video. Had to physically reset all the routers before starting - wasted a frustrating 45 mins before figuring that out.
I'm glad and very happy to know that I could help you. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
I've just watched your video in setting up 3 routers. crisp clear , easy to undestand. I'll be doing the same procedure when I get home. Thanks to this very informative video. A new subscriber here. 👌👍👏
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I love your knoledge and understanding on How To Connect Three Routers On One Home Network & Sharing The Internet Using Lan Cables TpLink/NetG. To be honest it is a little dificult to me to understand and apply all this to my Homenetwork physicaly the problem with this is sign in from Wi-Fi1 to Wi-Fi2 and so on changing the diffrent numbers , Well I got confused that's all .You are brilliant on it but for me , I need to watch your video again and again untill I get it and apply in to my homenetwork.once more Thank you Richard Lloyd for your support and knoledge you have been a great help to me. Regards : Mic'Michel Cernev
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Thanks for the video Richard!
I get that you are trying to create the simplest plug n play setup, but a few things...
By connecting the wired connections in a daisy chain you increase congestion as the traffic from Router3 has to go via Router2. So all traffic from R3 and R2 goes down R2 to R1 cable.
If these are standard cable routers there are some benefits of using the blue ports; some are higher performance, for example the blue may be a Gigabit port, while orange are basic 10/100 ports.
There are also some benefits in segmenting the networks into different subnets, so 192.168.1.x, 192.168.2.x, 192.168.3.x and leaving each router to manage it's own DHCP, you would set gateway on R2 and R3 to R1 and can set DNS with 1st being R1 and second maybe being OpenDNS or Google 8.8.8.8.
Why would you want to do this?
Well a few reasons, say you had a bunch of NAS units and you wanted to put a firewall between them any old Joe who connects to your network. e.g. a house guest or kid's friends. You may also want to keep a barrier in case someone from the web hacks R1, many routers needed firmware update and those that did not get it were vulnerable. Of course anyone bright enough can figure out addresses if they know where to look and can break into Admin (hence passwords should be very secure), still good to slow them down.
Another reason are those lovely things called CHILDREN!
You connect your kids to R3, (make it a Wireless N router and it prevents them from hogging bandwidth), but the real beauty is when they have chores to do and are glued to wifi on their phone or maybe Gaming on their PC. A quick login from your phone to the router and you can block their mac address, disable DHCP or whatever. Hell you can just unplug R3 and soon enough they will come complaining, at which point you say "I am busy making dinner, oh can you take out the trash, empty the dishwasher and set the table while you are here".
Keeping things on the 192.168.x.x subnet keeps connectivity simple, but if you are designing something more complex there are two other private subnets. 172.16. (not all subnets) and 10.x.x.x the more complex you make it the more router config you need.
I have always moved my router IP addresses, I tend to stick them near the top of the range, maybe around 250, I also limit the IP's available on DHCP to just a handful for security reasons. I tend to leave 100-200 for static devices and 220+ for shared servers such as Plex. (plex.tv), you MUST take a look at that if you have not already.
I have recently done something interesting, I used an AC router which has a guest subnet network (with logins) to share my wifi on AC router, I used the 2.4GHz for this purpose which allows me to have granular access control for guests. Still had 2.4GHz for older devices and 5GHz for faster devices under usual SSID's.
Then when I changed ISP and there was a gap in service I used my AC router to login to another router and act as a wireless bridge. I have even managed to do this to extend a wifi hotspot that did not have reliable enough signal for devices.
This is a great way to stop employees using your wifi for their own stuff, you extend a wifi hotspot that they (or you) pay a subscription for, then make it company policy that they use the hotspot for their personal stuff like social media etc.
Keep up the good work with your videos, really love the battery ones, Chinese have got silly now with fake 10,000 and even 12000 mAh, just insults the intelligence. Of course the irony is most of those imax chargers are clones and need calibration.
I saw you got a turnigy battery charger, I was tempted by their 10A 80w unit but they changed the power port to XT60 (what idiot thought that was a good idea).
What I would like you to do is expose the fake Imax that say they are 80w (e.g. www.ebay.com/itm/263009416822) it is so obviously fake, they do not even bother to edit the images that say it is 5amp.
Perhaps do a head to head with the turnigy 80w, see if that actually charges quicker and uses the 10amps.
My next challenge is my drill, 30 x 1.2v nicad batteries to check each cell, renovate or replace whole lot with a frankenstein Li-ion 9 or 10x 3.7v 18650's
If you are looking for other fake stuff to expose, then the 2tb and other riduculous sized USB memory keys, these have fake firmware that makes them look as if 2tb but are just 64gb, they overwrite data you saved, they are incredibly slow (compression) and people lose data. Time eBay was named and shamed on these. You know they are fake because in the description they say they may be factory seconds or some other BS, simple fact is you could not fit 2tb of memory in that form factor.
Thanks again!
You are most welcome. My purpose in this video is to keep it simple. I watched a few terrible videos on how to do this so I decided to make a video that showed a clear, simple and reliable way to get this done with a variety of different gear. I may get further into this subject and explain subnetting, collision domains and advanced routing. I suspect most people will not have the patience for that stuff but I may float a video on it and see how it goes.
My next power pack that runs out on my cordless drill will be getting replaced with Lithium cells. I may incorporate a charge protection circuit on it as well. I am currently testing a 36V power pack I bought on Ebay: goo.gl/Rz9rAi with 20 LG MF1 cells goo.gl/hMMN7T and so far the cells are performing beyond their 2150mAh specification. It comes with a BMS so I am going to test that as well. I suspect that it does not have a balance function but I will test that too. So far so good. Thanks for the feedback and kind comments. All the best.
I'm from India... brother and you're extremely best while explaining that. ✨✨
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Thank you! this is by far the best tutorial i've seen. i've been tearing my hair out trying to figure this out on my own
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2+ years later and you just saved me so much frustration! thank you so much
An excellent video tutorial for multi router setup uskng LAN-LAN methodology. Thanks a ton for explaining it in a Lay Man's language and not skipping any minute detail at all.
Thanks to you Richard! Suddenly my home network of 4 routers and 4 IP cams worked flawlessly. Everythings fast now. Again THANK YOU!
This is by far the BEST tutorial video I had ever seen! You are a great instructor, thanks!!
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You have a serious gift of teaching in getting what seemed to be a complicated matter down to a level that I am feeling confident enough to tackle a network project on my own. One thing I am not sure of, but you made brief mention of, is that every thing would be the same with the settings whether you put all routers in a series configuration like you did or just coming off of the Lan ports of the Main router? I am planning on running some underground CAT5e in different directions coming off the Lan ports and going to 3 different router locations and series configuration is not practical. All points will be outside of the others zones. I look forward to any future videos you get out. I am fan. Thanks
They can be in series and/or in a star configuration as long as they all are somehow connected to the primary router in some fashion. You can even use a switch between routers if you just need LAN ports in a location. Here is what I use at Amazon: amzn.to/2Thm5uo I may make a video on how this works too. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
Excellent video! very helpful setting up my three routers in my home. I wanted two access points in my home and a dedicated router for feeding modem. I have a ton of wireless devices between me and the rest of the family. I thought the one router I was previously running was being overloaded. Since I have set this network up we all have plenty of internet to keep us happy now!
Glad I could help. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
Thanks, Richard. Really good video, and got my two routers working well together!! Big family, lots of gizmos....needed the extra connections, and your video worked like a charm!!
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Mr. Lloyd. You should teach Microsoft certification classes. Your explanation was much more easier to follow than the instructors I had.
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Hi Richard, I commented today on your video about connecting two routers, before I found this video. This video answered part of my questions. I still have another question: if I should not be using the same SSID, then what is the practical advantage of changing all my satellite routers to APs? Thank you again for your clear and detail instructions, and thank you in advance for taking your time and guiding us non-techies! Much obliged!
Good video Richard.
I know what you mean about using the same SSID for more than one router on the same network. I did that with a 2 router arrangement, where I have a router upstairs & a router downstairs. The WiFi on the devices tend to get confused. I had to rename the WiFi like you did with a suffix of 1 & 2 or (1 for 1st floor & 2 for 2nd floor).
You are most welcome. I have people arguing with me on this but to each his own. I do state that if there is NO overlap in your WIFI zones from one router to another then you CAN have all the same SSID because as you leave one zone the WIFI connection to that router drops and as soon as you walk into the next zone you will connect automatically to the new WIFI device. This does not happen well if you have overlap as your WIFI device is programmed to hold on to the original WIFI signal as long as it can regardless of how strong the new WIFI signal is. It will not negotiate a new connection until it drops the original connection and it wont drop the original connection until it's too weak to communicate with. Thank you very much for the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
Im not even trying this yet, but you just got yourself a new subscriber. Thanks
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Thanks Richard, very clear and easy to follow instructions. you just made my day as I finally managed to connect three linksys routers the same way.
Thanks Richard, now up and running with my new home network - 3 routers (Asus, D-link and edimax) and a 24-port switch to cover/network my whole villa. Nice easy explanation helped me understand the issue with DCHP and the IP addresses which had me up and running in an afternoon. Saw a lot of short videos that just confused the hell out of me, yours was a nice pace and informative. Thumbs up...
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Thank you, David, for this video. It is really useful in explaining how to connect 3 routers. I am ready to try the connection tomorrow!
Richard, I Love You Man!@!! You don't know how much I appreciate these videos..
You have saved me so much time and trouble..setting up my network...the right way.!
I do have a simple request please?
Have you done the video showing, "How to connect / setup a network using a NetGear Powerline adapter?"
I have a TV in my Master bedroom which I am wanting to setup a Roku device so I can watch my UA-cam videos at my convenience...Thanks in advance
I have not done a video on using powerline network adapters with any of my configurations. I own a pair of TP-Link PLA's but they did not work very well (they did work but were very slow and unreliable). I may do a video on using the powerline adapters and how to optimize them to work in the best fashion. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
@@richardlloydusa Thanks for the reply Richard, I have NetGear Powerline Adapters with a similar experience. I hate to give them up, cost was about one hundred dollars, but I think it would probably be better to take them out of the mix..
Keep up the Great Work Richard! I would like to see you do a step by step UA-cam video on the setup of the UA-cam App on a Roku..I don't have a Roku TV. Just the Roku add-on device.If that is possible. Thanks again Richard..
Really like your videos; I often point people who ask questions to you as your explanation is brilliant for novices. I often get asked about 'hiding' / 'closing' a network - essentially some people want to subnet a network with either communication between the subnets possible or not. Would love to see a video that explains setting that up with your brilliant way of explaining things ;)
Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. I will consider this configuration you are suggesting for a future video. It sounds like an interesting setup (guest network) essentially. All the best.
Thank you Richard...!!! I can now hook up two or three routers and not have to buy a switch!
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Thank you so so much!! Easy and clear - now my three routers are working together flawlessly (and I am not an IT person).
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If you have to explain the notification bill in your videos to people Richard I would suggest they shouldn't be watching a how to on this subject. LoL. Good video and information for people that don't understand these basics. You lay out everything very clearly and overall do great job!
just got into networking as of this year and had no idea this was possible super helpful !!!
Best video tutorial for configuring wifi routers I've ever seen !
Excellent concise detailed explanation of step by step. Thanks a lot for making this video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your kind words and for watching. All the best 👍 👌
Very Helpful! Thank you, with 4 computers and only 3 ports on the new router I really needed this because wifi sucks, it can't do the 900/100 mbps on speedtest.net So now I have everything wired.
You're most welcome. Hardwired is King! I'm glad and very happy to know that I could help you. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
hello
Richard, your video saved my time, I have two questions,
1. what channel should I use if I connect the fourth router?
2. what if leave the Channel as auto for all rather than 1, 6, 11?
thanks in advance
I've watched many videos on this "Multiple Router" set-up for the last year or so. I have 3 levels in my home and have set up 3 routers EXACTLY as you have set up yours (1 router on each floor connected via ethernet cable all on different channels 1,6 and 11)...and have still always had Wi-Fi problems. Thanks for explaining that all 3 SSID's cannot be the same. I mean, it sucks that I cant just rome from floor to floor without re-logging into a different router......but its good to know the WHYS behind the WTFs.. This bothered me for so so long. I'd rather have 3 decent routers than ONE of those over priced under performing MESH systems any day!! Thank You.
You are most welcome. I have not tried a mesh system "yet". I am hesitant to spring the $200+ for one of those mesh systems and I have tried wireless extenders on my network and their performance was less than stellar. On the cheap I don't think you can beat the configuration I show in this video. Thank you for watching and commenting. All the best.
Best video I have seen so far on the internet related to this subject, it was very helpful and saved a lot of time for me
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Thank you. Excellent tutorial. Can't ask any clearer than this.
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Best explanation ever! You saved my life. Thank you very much!
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22nd July, 2020 UK Hi, just to say thank you for showing us how to set up (3) a primary modem router and two TP link routers. I have just connected up the two TP links WR841N's to a (Uk Talk Talk faster broadband) modem router exactly as you described and it has worked! It took a bit of time to find my way around the primary Talk Talk faster broad band modem router but did so in the end. The Talk Talk primary modem router had already sectioned off the LAN on the advanced TAB so appearing to already release the 9 IP spaces so I left this alone. I had previously had some difficulty with Ring WIfI door bells and camera apparently conflicting with Sky TV that are working on the ethernet not sure why possibly something to do with DHCP disabling (?) I don't actually know. I saw elsewhere on the internet re any conflict with sky TV a suggestion to use a separate ethernet unmanaged switch before the middle number 2 TP link instead of altering any DHCP. I've followed everything you said (wirting it down) and with a spare switch and few spare shorter ethernet cables your set up has now worked. Many Thank again, Keep up the good work!. :-)
Hi Richard,
I really appreciated your step by step on this process. It has made my home network nightmare turn into a seamless solution for all my wifi needy applications. Thank you
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How we set channels if we connect more than 6 router
@@richardlloydusa how we set channels if we connect more than 6 router
Thanks Richrard your video's are a big help and very well done. I was wondering if you could do one on changing the manufacturer's firmware with a 3rd parties option. I have watched some others on this but they seem to leave out a lot of information. Your video's are so complete and well thought out. A new fan.
THANK YOU MR LLOYD : )
your video clearly, concisely simplified a task that was annoying me for months!!!!
Let me acknowledge that your videos on routers are the best. No comparison. Just excellent. I have one query...if I have two or more routers connected on a home network, if I give different SSIDs to each WiFi, I may not be able to use a WiFi printer connected to a specific WiFi SSID if I am giving a print command from my laptop connected to a different WiFi SSID. Am I correct?
Thats more than saint gobain glass clarity. Thanks from Madurai india
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, CLEAR, COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFICIENT.
Great video, used it to setup my network. It was working b4 but not as (1)network. Thanks for your help!
You are most welcome. Thank you very much for watching and the kind words. All the best.
Richard, Looked at three or four of your videos. Enjoyed, Liked and Very useful info indeed. Questions / comments I have as follows:
01. It would be great if you got into measuring and talking about speed of connections in your various configurations as speed of access is something a lot of people are most interested in as well as the reliability of the connection.
02. I assume you can connect various 2 or three router configurations with which ever medium best suites your environment - say using any of the ethernet cable, Wireless Distribution System (WDS), or Ethernet via power line mediums in any mix you wish.
03. I assume you cannot connect the 2 or 3 routers together via WiFi in a similar way to how you may connect your tablet to the router ? Thinking about this and even if you could connect that way not sure if it would work in practice. Your advice on this please.
04. Where does Power Line Adaptors, Mesh WiFi, and Mesh Router Systems sit in the ease of connection, speed and reliability of links and painfully cost of implementation.
Currently trying to work out what is best and most cost effective for me and family at home ! A few devices are on line, ie 2 x STBoxes (Virgin Media & Sky), Sonos System, Playstation, Laptop, at least two phones, probably 3 Tablets, Nest, WD NAS, TomTom SatNav and Netatmo all on Virgin Media Fibre Broadband but hopefully not all on at the same time. Think Virgin Media is giving up as I'm asking too much for what network offering I have let alone what their Hub 3 can cope with. Until I saw your videos was looking to convert the V. Media Hub3 from router to modem, buy a good quality Router and fix that up together. Maybe I was going to continue to use Devolo power line or even buy the new Devolo Magic 2 and add that in or use instead ? Cost and ease of installation all of concern. I don't want to have to run ethernet cables around my house. A Mixture of Brick and plaster board walls in my house so some dead WiFi spots to try and fix. Do you have a library of your video's as I seem to just come across yours at random !! Look forwards to any more of your videos that may help me along.
This is wonderful! Very informative, thank you for explaining it in a way people can understand, in English...thank goodness beieng understandable!!! much appreciated! Keep it up! I subscribed 🙂
You're most welcome. Thank you so much for watching, commenting, subscribing and the very kind words. I am happy to know you get value from my content. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Great video thx, Question! What if after modem I put a switch and from it I connect the routers? How will it work? Have you tried something like this? Thanks!
Richard, I have 3 netgear gigabit routers hooked up and they seem to be working fine. But the 5g networks have different channel numbers. Are there certain channels I should use?
Richard Lloyd You are a LEGEND man... This worked way better then I ever could have imagined.
Thank you so much. Whom ever disliked your video is a fool. your explanation on how to navigate was amazing. Keep it up and keep us in the loop. Cheers mate, from New Zealand.
Penjelasan yg sangat jelas sekali. Best explntn that I’ve evr seen..
That's a good and helpful explanation, just a couple of comments. You mention upgrading your ethernet cable but if you are going to use an old 100MB LAN router then Cat 5 is fine as it won't work any faster. I noticed your WIFI3 router was a 1GB LAN so ideally, you would put that as your No. 2 as putting a 100MB router as the No.2 means that your 1GB (No.3) can only ever run at 100MB. Most people would think/say that as you are on probably less than 100MB ADSL, why bother? Simple, if yoi are moving data from one device to another, eg NAS box, etc, then you will benefit from the higher speeds, even your Wi-Fi wil probably run faster than 100MB. One last comment, if you can, try and get all routers connected to the main one via their own LAN cable as that will also offer some safeguards against network loss, ie if router No.2 dies, so does No. 3. Cheers
Thank you for this 3 years old but very informative
Thank you Richard Lloyd,
that was very helpful.
You're most welcome. Comments like this make my DAY! 😁️ I'm glad to know I could help you and that you got value from my work here. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Do the 2 additional routers need to put in 'access point' mode because by default they are in router mode??
Im a noob when it comes to this stuff and this video has been awesome! Helped so much
I just leave them in the original factory router mode. You can experiment if you want but if it's not broken I don't fix it. Thank you so much for commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
hats off to you for the crystal clear explaination!
Thank you Richard! This video and your other videos are very helpful in setting up my home network!
You are most welcome. I am glad to know I could help you. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Hi Richard - thank you so much for posting this video. I am about to implement a 3-router system in my house and you have laid it all out in very easy to follow steps that will certainly prevent a lot of crying and gnashing of teeth on my side! You mention in your video about a 'whole home wifi setup' that would enable you to use the same SSID on all routers, and that you would include a link to that. Could you provide me with that, please? Thanks again!
Great video. Hope with this WiFi rage extender is not required. This is the more efficient way than any WiFi range extender.
You are right about it being better than a range extender. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Awesome video, Richard! It is very informative and detailed. I'm floored and immensely grateful! More people should watch your channel.
Thank you for watching, the great feedback and the kind words. And I agree more people should watch. I appreciate it. All the best.
Brilliant. There is no information about this infrastructure on internet, so, it is great! I connected the three routers together as you did and everything work smoothly, but I have a problem. Sometimes my main router blocks my ethernet ports and I don't have internet and cannot access to the router administration page. In all of cases, my main router takes about 5 minutes to recover itself till all works fine again. Investigating on my main router log, I get the follow error every time it blocks: [Warning] kernel: br0: received packet on eth0.4 with own address as source address. My second router is connected by ethernet cable through port 4, so the number 4 in eth0.4. Well, more investigation about that error on internet, I almost sure that there is a loop on my network. Bassically, one packet can be sent from one station to the main router but a loop ocurrs when it has more than one path to arrive to destiny and it is a huge problem because broadcast storms and so on. Basically, a loop carries that error out and block all the services to wired stations connected to the router. A curious thing is that wireless stations cannot see the problem, I can access to all of the routers (and to internet) from my mobiles without any problem, it is all about wired stations. There is no information about how to solve that problem, or at least I cannot understand how to deal with it. I read about a protocol called STP, which prevents a loop environment but is not possible because I don't have that option on my routers. Is there someone who have had the same problem? How to get rid of it? Of course, my questions are for richard as well, thanks!
Great video Richard, thanks. It helped me resolve the issues I had with my 3 routers. It would be great if you could make a video about a proper configuration of a Dual Wan Router.
You are most welcome. What do you mean by a Dual WAN router? Do you have an example? Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.
Richard Lloyd dual wan routers are load balancing routers, to which you can connect multiple internet providers. This is an example: www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-4909_TL-ER6020.html
The. Best. Video. Ever.
Totally saved me from throwing out all my routers!
You are most welcome. I am glad to know I could help you. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Thank you for this video Mr. Lloyd! You make something that is very confusing to me sound so simple. I have a question, I am using 3 netgear routers and when I go to set them up, it asks if I want to set up as a router or an access point. My question, is there an advantage to setting it up your way vs making router 2 & 3 access points? Pros/cons to each way? I tried doing my own versus research and can’t really find anything about this. Thank you again!
So beautifully explained. Lucid. Thank you so much.
Hi Richard, I like the way you guide in the setup...hope you can guide me to set up for optimum connection & IP addresses setup for my home use.
My wifi router is TP Link Archer C1200 (AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router) and I have 2 unit of TP Link 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch (TL-SG108E) connected to the router with Cat6 lan cable. Both switches are distance apart, one switch is connected for desktop PC & NAS and the other switch is connected to TV, amplifier, cable tv box, & media player.
My daughter, my wife & I, connects our notebooks & mobile phones using Wi-Fi.
The router was provided by my internet service provider, initially when I connected both the switches the internet keep disconnecting intermittently and as I was playing with the IP for the switches, it's good for now..no problem. Hope to set it up correctly.
Kindly advise the equipments should be set with IP static & dynamic address and how do I set it.
OK, the fact that you can get a TP-Link 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Easy Smart Switch at Amazon: amzn.to/2fUNtwh for $30.51 or even cheaper on Ebay goo.gl/kUWNKg $22.97 is remarkable. I was not aware that managed switches had become so cheap. I may buy one just to play with (of course I would make a video). To answer your question you can set the IP addresses on these smart switches exactly the same way as I show on the video for a router. Reserve the IP address range as I show in the video on the primary router (if you have access) exclude enough IP addresses to manually assign an IP address to the switches and then assign the corresponding IP addresses to the switches using the provided software interface. As long as you don't create an IP address conflict by assigning two identical IP addresses on your network everything should work just fine. Thanks for asking and bringing this to my attention. All the best.
it worked great, thank you, they even share lan connection for devices perfect!
Thank you Richard, clearly explained, great job.
You touched on this right at the end, my neighbours both sides use chan 11 so I'm kinda stuck with the 3rd router channel do I go 11 or 10 or 9?
I know their routers are on the ground floor so if I have to pick 11 should I make that the one on the top floor as far away from them as poss?
Probably both dumb questions but thanks anyway :)
Thanks Richard. Wondering if I have the 3rd router connected to the 1st router, do I have anything set up differently than what you described?
Agreed, Loved the way he explained.. Crystal Clear ... Thanks a lot ...
Very Very good video, very well explained. Thank you Richard. I have one question...is it possible to do this setup by connecting both 2nd and 3rd routers to the main router without having to connect router 2 to router 3 and just get internet on both 2nd and 3rd routers directly from the main. Your response would be highly appreciated sir. Thank you keep well and stay safe.
Check out these videos. I show how to connect WIFI routers using WIFI to each other here ua-cam.com/play/PLnxXRLSlmSVMHe-1v49Mzh37DcwE0s0a8.html
Good video with great explanation Mr. Richard. I assume its not neccessary to change DHCP Server IP Pool, instead you can do a DHCP IP Binding to any MAC address including connected routers in this example and this way the DHCP server will reserve certain IP addresses and bind them to certain MAC adresses. Many routers support DHCP Binding.
Great video Richard. Thank you very much for your help. If I may, I would like to add some steps to the process that may be important for some people, after experiencing myself problems to the connection process. I used the modem/router ZTE H108N V2.5 (4 lan ports, 0 wan port) for both my main modem/router and for the second modem/router. I will refer from now on to the main modem/router as "modem" and the secondary modem/router as "router".
Firstly i disconnected my laptop from the modem wifi and connected the router to the laptop using a patch cable. Then I connected to the router software and assigned 192.168.1.2 as the new connection ip for the router (from the factory ip 192.168.1.254) and then I deactivated DCHP before saving. Then I saved the changes. I tried to reconnect after 30" but I lost the ability to connect to the router, either using the old ip or the new saved one. I figured out that the reason was that the laptop already was connected through ipv4 DHCP to the network using the 192.168.1.2 ip (i realised that afterwards), so it stacked at trying to assing the 1.2 ip to a second device.
These are the steps I followed for my second and final attempt:
1) Without being connected to the network I changed my laptop ipv4 network settings from using DHCP to using a static ip of 192.168.1.9 with default gateway 192.168.1.254.
2) I factory resetted the router and connected again the router to the laptop using the patch cable. I reconnected to the router using the factory connection ip 192.168.1.254.
3) I changed the DHCP pool to 192.168.1.8 - 192.168.1.18 and saved.
4) I deactivated the DHCP and saved.
5) I changed the router connection ip to 192.168.1.2 and saved.
6) I reconnected to the router - after 30" - through the new assigned ip 192.168.1.2.
7) I changed my laptop ipv4 settings back to use DHCP.
8) I disconnected the router from the cable & turned it off, and connected my laptop through wifi to the modem software (192.168.1.254 factory ip).
9) I changed the dhcp pool to 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.200 and saved.
10) I changed the connection ip to 192.168.1.1 and saved. I reconnected to the modem afrer 30" using the new ip 192.168.1.1.
11) I changed the dhcp pool again to 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.254 just to increase it a bit.
12) I disconnected the laptop from the modem wifi. No active wifi connections now to the laptop, and the router disconnected from the laptop and turned off.
13) I connected the modem and the router together using the patch cable and turned back on the router.
14) I connected to the router wifi using my smartphone and to the modem wifi using my laptop.
15) I changed the channels to 1/11 for modem/router consequtively and made sure that the ssid names are different but recognisable enough so I will know which is which.
16) I connected the laptop to the router wifi and procceeded to check my internet status. I got top speed results on my speedtests, same as the modem speed tests. I also connected to modem software and the router software at the same time on 2 chrome tabs. I could navigate to both softwares at the same time.
17) As I final step I connected the router to the laptop again using a second patch cable just to be sure that the ethernet internet also worked besides the wifi connection. It worked great, with top speeds. All the devices (laptop, wifi printer, smartphone) got dhcp ip from 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.12. Of course I assigned my printer later on a static ip of 192.168.1.15 so as to be able to connect to its software without checking every time which ip it gets.
I hope that you did not experience any problems and all worked flawlessly like our friend Richard. If by any change you did have some similar problems to me I hope the steps I followed help you.
Be well!!!
Thank you, Richard, for these. I've watched them many times.
I got a question on WiFI channels. I'm gonna have a main router and an additional 4 routers scattered throughout my house. After I've exhausted channels 1, 6, and 11, do I just use AUTO for the 4th router and beyond?
Thank you, I had already set up my home network this way but I learned some other small details from the video.
Great tutorial! I do have internet access, but can't access the third router somehow.
I'm having the same problem. Not sure if it's the router. I'm glad I set up all the wifi settings first.
Thanks for putting out this very helpful information. I do have one question about interference from other nearby networks using the same channels. ie #1 & #11. I have my three routers set up with 1,6 & 11 as you said to in your video but I notice that other nearby networks are overlapping my signals and also using 1 & 11. Could this be causing my devices to constantly disconnect and reconnect with my routers?
Hi Richard, coming back to your video again after discovering "Wifi Mesh System". Would it be possible to connect 2 systems to the same modem/router as follows:
1) Mesh system to modem: to create a dedicated wireless network to cover the whole house
2) Regular wifi-router to modem: to create a network for "wired devices" around the modem and keep a "secondary" WIFI network for particular use/focalized coverage
I have the feeling that it would work based on what I learned from your video, but any feedback would be really appreciated. Thanks again!
Yes you can do it. If I understand you correctly you want to make two seperate networks using one modem. I show how to do that on this video ua-cam.com/video/7rb8iNj_rJI/v-deo.html
Thanks for responding so quickly, I have one more question on a star config for 3 routers, do I connect LAN to LAN ports between router #1 to router #2 and router#1 to router #3? In other words, leaving WAN port on #2 and #3 empty. I realize #1 will get modem wire to WAN port. I'm doing this because daisy chaining causes long runs of wiring, start config easier wiring for me.
Yes, in this configuration all the routers would be hardwired LAN to LAN except for the primary to the modem on the WAN Internet port. Thank you so much for commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Learned a lot on this video. Question, what channel should I assign if I have 5 routers? Thanks
saw many videos on this subject yours are the best just completed one router now working on second one.Question on the second one can you have it connected to the main router via lan instead of the second one? thanks
Yes you can connect the third router to the main router instead of the second router. Thanks.
Richard, great video, but what about switching from 2.4 to 5G and vise versa ? do you need to set up something else for 5G live streaming ?
You should be able to share both 2.4 and 5G. I really need to do a follow up video on how those two technologies work. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
thanks man I have 4 router include the main one and I don't know what to do with those,luckly I found you.
There you go! You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. All the best.
+Richard Lloyd
I posted this on the "Connecting Two Routers" video. Since this is a more recent video than that one, I should have posted this here instead. Here it is:
I have considered using a Powerline setup. My home was built in April 1998. I am unsure if a Powerline setup will work well with the electrical system in my home. Is there a way to test this, before purchasing Powerline equipment?
I had another thought and would like your opinion.
Scenario:
My home has three Bedrooms (Bdrm) and only two phone jacks that are not conveniently located for a home network setup. One jack is in the Master Bedroom (MBdrm) and the other jack is in the Kitchen (K). I have considered having another jack, (same line), installed in the Living Room (LRm) where I currently have my DSL box positioned. Doing this would eliminate the unsightly cable running from K to LRm. I also considered adding a jack to Bdrm 1 and Bdrm 2. The house has only one incoming line.
Question:
Can I use individual routers on the same incoming line?
For example:
The current K line is used in the LRm with the currently failing DSL box. The DSL box will be replaced with a Netgear DM200 DSL modem and a Netgear Nighthawk X6S AC3000 router as previously mentioned and would be the primary wireless access point for the LRm devices and mobile devices.
If I add jacks to Bdrm 1 and Bdrm 2, install individual routers and switches in each room, for wired connection, would I experience incompatibility issues? How would I install this network to avoid issues? Is this a viable network? Or is this not even possible?
Reasoning:
I am disabled and have mobility issues. I am unsure if I am capable of running cables from the LRm to each Bdrm via the attic or crawlspace. My fixed-income does not allow for hiring someone to run the cables for me, and I would be hard-pressed to cover the cost of phone line/jack installation. If this network is possible, I could potentially do one room at a time, to help spread the cost over multiple billing cycles.
So, with all of this rambling taken into consideration, what is your opinion? If you have other suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Nice video Richard. Kudos!!!
Got couple of questions:
1. I have one netgear c3000 modem+router and one netgear r6300 router. R6300 is dual band. I understand you recommend not using the same SSID between routers but what about using same SSID for different bands on my R6300?
2. Both c3000 & r6300 has USB ports so if I plug any usb to any of the router then I should be able to access it regardless of which SSID I am connected to?
3. How this setup different from bridgemode available on R6300?
TIA
I don't think it matters which band you choose the problem is the way WIFI works to stay connected to the first SSID it connects to regardless of how powerful the signal is. You can experiment on both your devices with both of these scenarios and see what works best with you. Thanks.
Thank you for the brilliant video. What channels do you suggest for the 5Ghz wifi ?
I am going to do a video on that subject soon. I would recommend that you test different channels to find what works best for you. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was the best explanation for setting up three routers I have seen. I am seriously tempted to purchase two more routers for use in two other rooms of my home. I may even add a gigabit switch for use in my office for wired connections to my computers located there.
If I add a switch and run the ethernet cables up to the attic and over to my office, or down to the crawlspace and over to my office, do I need to encase them in PVC pipe or something similar? I am thinking of making a custom-length Cat5e cable from the WiFi router to my office, where the switch would be located, to connect to my computers.
In the above configuration, up to six devices would be connected via ethernet cable to the switch in my office. There would be 10 devices total connected wired and wirelessly at one time, if "everyone is using everything" at the same time. This does not happen often, but it does happen, especially when we have visitors. I would like to have a "Guest" wireless network connection for those times.
My current internet service is 12 Mbps download/0.8 Mbps upload. Is this good enough to handle this load? Or should I consider increasing my service speed to something higher, when it becomes available? Speedtest.net shows a download speed of 9.5 Mbps, and just under the 0.8 Mbps upload speed.
I want to do some UA-cam videos and Twitch streaming in the near-future. We do experience some buffering and other issues when Netflix and internet use is happening concurrently, but I attribute that to the failing DSL modem/router box currently in use and its reduced speed capability.
I recently purchased a NetGear DM200 modem and a NetGear Nighthawk X6S WiFi router as replacements, but have not installed them yet.
You are most welcome. Ethernet is low voltage cable so it does not require being run inside a conduit. I make custom length cables all the time. Here is a video on how I make them ua-cam.com/video/5aa7kRogaAI/v-deo.html make sure you get a network cable tester too. This kit is a good value at Amazon: amzn.to/2t5tRyD Your bandwidth looks a little limited at this point for the amount of clients you are going to host but it all depends on demand. If you are streaming 4K video to a couple of Roku's and and downloading large files from the Internet you may need more bandwidth but again it depends on what kind of load you are going to put on your Internet service.
I am running 100 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up (cable), but I am a video producer and stream all my TV to my 2 Roku's and various laptops and tablets. The 10 Mbps uploads help me tons when I upload a 2.9GB 1080p video like the one above. I am sure I would be fine with half the bandwidth on both up and down but I love the speed and reliability I have right now. BTW I own my cable modem TP-Link DOCSIS 3.0 (16x4) High Speed Cable Modem at Amazon: amzn.to/2ugzmK1 which saves me the $10 a month rental fee then I apply that $10 a month to increase my net speed which benefits me again. Can you tell I like TP-Link products? I think that if you are going to stream HD live to the Internet you will require more bandwidth. You can try and see how it goes for you. Bandwidth is a very subjective thing and depends greatly on budget, need and return on investment. To me time is money. The Hot Roders of yesteryear had a saying ,"Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?" Thanks for watching and the kind comments. All the best.
Thank you for the reply and the information. I will watch that video you linked. I switched to antennae TV years ago. No rental fees on any equipment. I am hopeful that my internet issues will disappear after I install the new NetGear equipment. If not, I may have to increase my bandwidth a little bit.
Wonderful dude. Thanx alot. Love from pakistan
You're most welcome. I'm glad and very happy to know that I could help you. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀
Awesome tutorial, just what I need to know! Thank you very much! One question though, there is only 9 addresses between .10 and .254?
Great video now my internet around the house works like a charm, now i have a question, what happens with the 5ghz channels? Leave them on auto or specific channel number? thanks Richard.
As my Father would tell me ALL the time,"If it's working don't fix it!" I am going to make a video on WIFI optimization in the future. In the mean time you can experiment with different channels and see if you get an improvement. Make sure none of the channels for 5GHz are same on any of the routers and they will not interfere with each other. I'm glad to know I could help. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀