Hi ,
I need help Cascading two routers of different make.They work fine with ethernet cable but not wirelessly.Please HELP
if you want to cascade two routers , the first you will have to configure both routers. Start with any one router first. And for that connect the router to the computer with an ethernet cable. Ethernet cable should be on the internet port. Now plug in the router to the power . Open192.168.1.1 OR 192.168.0.1 OR 10.0.0.1 on the browser. You will be seeing the setup wizard , follow the instructions on the screen to finish the setup. now moving to the second router, connect the router to the modem with an ethernet cable. Ethernet cable should be on the LAN port of the second router. Open the Router IP address on the browser and enter the credentials. Once you are logged in then goto LAN settings and change the IP address (for example:- If your primary routerโs DHCP range is from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100 then on the second router, you can change the Ip address to 192.168.1.101). Make sure that DHCP server option is disabled.Now connect the both router with an ethernet cable on LAN port and restart both routers.
- First of all, we need to configure the Primary Router and for that, we have to connect an Ethernet cable between our modem and the Primary Router(make sure that cable should be connected to the Internet port of the primary router)
- Once the cable is connected then Turn On your Router and connect your computer or smartphone with the primary router's network
- now open your browser and type your router's Ip address(which should be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1)
- After that, it will take you to the setup page of the router and then follow the instructions on the screen and complete the router setup
- Now in order to configure the second router with the first one, we have to make some changes to the second router and for that connect an Ethernet cable from the Lan port of the second router to the computer.
- Then after that, open your browser and type the Ip address of the second router
- it will take you to the setup page of the second router, follow the instructions on the screen and complete the basic steps and then login into the router settings
- once you are logged in, then go to the Lan settings and change the Ip address(for example:- If your primary router's DHCP range is from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100 then on the second router, you can change the Ip address to 192.168.1.101) and then Disable the DHCP Server.
- once you are done with that, then Connect the Ethernet cable between your primary router and secondary router(make sure that cable should be connected to the Lan to Lan)
- And after that restart primary and secondary routers and then it will be good to go.
You need to setup your main router first.It should be working.Then the secondary router should powered up and connected to your computer hard wire from Ethernet port(1,2,3,4) to the computer then access the router page using router IP For example(192.168.1.1 , 192.168.0.1) .Complete the setup and then just go to network settings of router change the IP address (from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.2.1) and enable DHCP server. Then connect the Ethernet cable from main router port number 4 to secondary router’s Ethernet port. Power cycle your router.It will work.
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Cascading two linksys routers-
1.first of all set up one of your routers and then check if its working and providing you internet.
2.now your secondary router should be just plugged in the power and connected to computer with an ethernet cable and make sure it is connected in lan ports not the internet port.
3.now you need to login into secondary router and turn on dhcp server and change the ip address.
4.after all the three steps are done.
5.connect an ethernet from number 4 port of the primary router to the internet port of the secondary router.
you can cascade your routers by following these steps:-
1 . Unplug the second router from anything. Connect a single computer to the router. Do not connect the second router to the first at the moment!
2. Configure the router at http://192.168.1.1/
3. Change the LAN IP address of the second router from 192.168.1.1 to a free address in your LAN (e.g. 192.168.1.2 should be O.K. if the first router is also a Linksys router). The address you change to (192.168.1.2) must not be used by any other device with static IP address in your network nor should be assigned by the DHCP server your network. A default Linksys router uses 192.168.1.1 itself and the DHCP server assigns 192.168.1.100-149.
4. Turn off the DHCP server on the second router.
5. Save the setting.
6. Unplug the computer from the second router.
7. Connect an ethernet cable from a numbered LAN port of the first router to a numbered LAN port of the second router. Do not use the Internet/WAN port on the second router
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