Assuming these are typical SOHO units with one WAN port, 4 (or 8) LAN
ports, and wireless, you should be able to make one primary (WAN port to
DSL, DHCP server enabled, router address handed out as default gateway) and
connect one of its LAN ports to the powerline adapter.
Make the other router "secondary" -- disable its DHCP service and don't
use its WAN port. Connect one of its LAN ports to the other powerline
adapter. Effectively, its LAN ports and wireless become part of the same
subnet/segment as those on the primary.
You'll need to give the secondary an address on that subnet that (a) isn't
the same as the primary, and (b) isn't in the range of DHCP addresses (or is
reserved), so you can configure its wireless. If you use the same SSID and
security parameters on both (but non-overlapping channels...), the aptop can
connect to whichever one it can hear most clearly.
David Gillett
On 22 Feb 2006 at 16:52, Amy Ledford wrote:
> My friend has a question...she works for a man out of his (rather
> large) home...and from his office she has an intermittent wireless
> connection. The Boss bought a new laptop and got a free (after rebate)
> wireless router. To my knowledge the home is not wired for Cat-5, so
> is it possible to connect 2 wireless routers, with one DSL modem? If
> so, how? I don't know what the name of the new router is, the existing
> one is Netgear...My advice was to use powerline adapters to make a
> cable connection via the electrical wiring, or to have the home wired
> for ethernet (cat-5).I also told her about HPNA adapters, but that the
> wireless router, probably will not support it. The office was added
> after the home was built and bought...It is sort of detached, not sure
> how you would actually describe it...However the office and the house
> have the same phone line and the same electrical wiring, as far as we
> know. Appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amy Ledford
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