Connecting Three WIFI Routers Together In A Row and Sharing the Internet WDS Daisy Chain

[@superman4ever1986]

Thank you for doing this video. I saw your last video and understood finally how to extend my internet throughout my home without to much nonsense with extenders...

[@ivonlopez9999]

Richard, thank you for all your videos! You are so patient and thorough in explaining and teaching. I'm grateful that you have solved my problem with connecting my cameras in far areas of my house. I will be adding my third router to that area today.

[@alanmcgowan3457]

Absolutely brilliant, I was trying to find a video about this for some time now. You are a gent and a genius.

[@HasanYildizzzz]

Dear Richard, thanks for these instruction. I actually used one your other guide hook up three routers. we have three floors; basement, fist floor and second-top floor. Basement router considered as main router (thus Verizon Fios router). Of course, all covid-19 craziness, and we all working from home (schools as well), realized that family still complain 'slow' connection, dropping connection..etc...also, you know all that smart home stuff (wifi lights, nest doorbell...etc...you name it!), I guess it may be pushing the limit. Where we live (NYC), of course all the houses are next to each other, way too much Wi-Fi traffic and overlapping channels (even if I setup your recommended channels, who knows what next door's wifi channel will be on). Maybe about time to update WIFI routers to WIFI 6, not sure if this somehow help or not. Apricated for any feedback!

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. You may wish to use network cable to connect each router to each the other (perhaps you have already). This would make each router much faster than a WIFI connected router. With the amount of Internet traffic I would suggest that you have at least a 200Mbps service. Understand that streaming 4K on several devices as well as many other data demands will max out your Internet service quickly. Using the 5 gHz WIFI channels (where you can) would be more optimal as they are faster and don't overlap. They also have a shorter range which means the neighbors are less likely to be a problem too. You will have to play with the channels to find out which ones will work best. I'm glad and happy to know I could help you. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@HasanYildizzzz]

@@richardlloydusa yeap, actually what you are showing/teaching us is how to create a mesh network without spending $$$, using some base old routers that collecting dusts in the basement hah! my setup is a bit different of course..Verizon Fios ONT box in basement, from ONT ethernet cable hooked up to Verizon Fios router, from Fios router, LAN cable hooked up to network switch, the network switch has 4 port that ethernet cables goes inside wall in the house, one is first floor and one is top floor., so my Fios router considered as main router (in your example) and have another router on second floor that hooked up ethernet jack, and another router top floor that hooked up ethernet jack. In theory, speed should be very fast (FIOS 300MB plan), direct connect to router is fast, but problem is WiFi speed, so I am suspecting some overlapping channels or Verizon's own Fios router issue (maybe it can't handle too many devices), so thinking about replacing Verizon's own Fios router with my own router - just need to Google "how to replace Verizon's own Fios router with your own router" :-) and again thanks for excellent tutorial. I am guessing that you must be teaching at college or something :-)

[@mrlithium69]

Thats funny that I have the same WNR2000v3 sitting on my desk. Ive got DD-WRT running on it, an older build 29387, and its great for an older device. I have been playing around with doing the same thing, with 1 other small wifi AP, routed to my main PFsense computer as the main router... Got some VLANs set up too. Theres so many configuration options. Liked your video.

[@richardlloydusa]

I run the DD-WRT firmware on it when I am not making one of these types of videos. I like to keep it stock and simple for that. It's too bad they never upgraded the firmware beyond 29387 (that I know works) but it is solid. Thank you for reminding me to revert it back to DD-WRT. All the best and thanks for watching as well.

[@mikeleasara]

Hi Richard I have 2 situations hopefully you have videos for or have a simple answer. First I set up a wired 2 routers set up from that video you posted because of the distance I never considered wireless. Now because the 2nd router ( Lynksys )still doesn’t quite reach I need to add a 3rd preferably wirelessly. In watching your 3 router video, when I went to find the 2nd routers IP address it’s the same as the first router/modem and I cant enter the 2nd routers login like I did to set it up. In fact the ipv4 default gateway dns server and wins server are all blank in ethernet status for the 2nd router. I can log into the main router (comcast modem) and when I look at connected devices the 2nd router isn’t on the list. Is there a way to connect a 3rd wirelessly to the 2nd or do all 3 need to be all wireless or wired not a mix?? The 2nd question is I have a netgear wifi extender Nighthawk x65 in my garage connected wirelessly to my neighbor’s Frontier wifi router, ( He Knows I cut his lawn and plow his driveway) It works great until the middle of my house which is only 1200 sq ft So I bought a second Nighthawk x65 But they conflict at times, can I just disable the DHCP and assign a different IP address to solve the distance as well as the conflict?? Also can I use a cable modem router in the same way as just a router is for the 2nd router in a 2 o 3 router setup?? If you have videos ill happily watch the videos if you send me the links.Thanks Mike

[@richardlloydusa]

You're most welcome. The first router and the second router (or any other device on the same network) should never be assigned the same network. If this happens it will create an IP address conflict and this results to one or both of the devices not being able to communicate. Imagine two people with the same phone number, who would get the call? So resolve that issue as I show in the first video that you watched. Once you have that problem resolved then you can watch one of my many videos where I show how to connect two WIFI routers together and share resources and the Internet. Here's the link for those videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLnxXRLSlmSVO4wpXdNsAHMuGwwSv0hZtS Thank you so much for commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@mikeleasara]

@@richardlloydusa Hi I resolved the issue by watching the video on another router here at home and installed at my sisters house, and its working fine via a cat 6 cable 40 of 50 ft , but to add a 3rd router wirelessly connected to the 2nd do both the 2nd and 3rd router need to be in bridge mode or just the 3rd router??

[@richardlloydusa]

Glad to hear you sorted it out. You can experiment with it and see which gives you the best result. Save the configurations prior to changing the settings so you can bring the routers back to original working state easily. Thank you again so much for commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@sohaibahmed7702]

U give us real and correct knowledge about wds..

[@richardlloydusa]

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.👍😀

[@Dean-vd5wr]

Hi Richard, great videos. I have three WiFi routers wired, ca I plug in POE cameras into one of the routers? Thanks, Dean.

[@richardlloydusa]

It should work like any other device you would normally plug into any of the routers. Thank you so much for commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@satindersharma1479]

Richard two questions. With my set up, so far all routers are connected by LAN to main router. Garage router I have to connected by WIFI because of location. 1. when connecting the garage router so it works on wifi with the third router which is connected by LAN to main router. I put the DSSID of the third router into the garage router ? ( because it is the wifi signal from third router which will give internet to the garage router? 2. The channel selection for the main router I changed to 6, do the channels of the other routers on the system have to be 6 also or do they have to be different from the main router. Thank you again for your advice. Satinder Sharma

[@timabady3058]

Hi Richard and thanks for your excellent videos; Is it possible today chain 2 or 3 Wifi extenders in a similar manner as the wifi routers? Thanks

[@satindersharma1479]

Richard very informative, thank you. I have connected three routers by cable, can I connect a 4th router to the garage by way of wifi as above leaving the cables attached to the other routers .

[@richardlloydusa]

You're most welcome. Yes that should be possible. 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.👍😀

[@NoWayJoseNJ]

Thank you for all your router videos they are thorough. On this video is the 3rd router hardwired?

[@satindersharma1479]

Hello Richard The router you are changing the configurations you have connected with the patch cable to the computer. How is this router connected to the internet whilst you are configuring it. I am sorry to ask this I am lacking this knowledge.

[@richardlloydusa]

Usually you can connect to the primary router using an Ethernet cable connected to one of the LAN ports an to your computer or you can connect to it using WIFI then you use your browser and it's IP address to log into it. Check the manufacturers website for your router there usually is a guide on how to do it step by step there. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@jamespenrose7834]

Hi Richard, another demon video - really clear. I have a question..... From the Main router I have 2 ethernet cables going off in opposite directions. No 1 to a TP router and from that to an ethernet cable to a ethernet socket further on. No 2 goes to a Netgear router and from that THREE ethernet wires go off each to another TP router. Question when I set the MAIN Router to a channel say 6 - it looks like you leave all the routers other than that on Auto and they pick up the 6 - is that correct? Or do I need to set the others (say the No 1 TP to channel 1 and say the No 2 Netgear to 11) and then what channel for the following on three TPs on No 2? Its an old 1800's house with metre thick solid stone walls that won't allow a wifi signal from one room to the next! Also just to mention on Europe TP s the Survey button is called Scan. Would appreciate your guidance and thanks again for such clear videos. Thanks James

[@richardlloydusa]

You want to avoid overlapping channels on any of your routers. I don't use the auto function because I never know what channel it's going to assign and I find that there is no guarantee that it will not chose an overlapping channel. 1, 6 and 11 are best for 2.4GHz and on 5.0 GHz as long as they are not the same you are ok. If the routers are far enough away from each other that the signal does not reach the other then they can be on the same channel but I wouldn't risk it as you never really know. Thank you so much for, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@richardlloydusa]

I plan on doing a WIFI optimization and configuration video as soon as I determine the best way to describe this complex subject.

[@Merssall]

Thank you but in my situation was different as i am connecting my main router to extra 2 routers by lan to lan by cables the problem now all the ip for the 3 routers is ghe same which make difficult to access the routers because they share the same router ip’s. How to change the ips for the other routers.

[@richardlloydusa]

You should be able to connect to each one using a LAN cable make sure to disconnect the router from the others and log into them individually to change the IP address. Check the manufacturers web site for your router to see how it's done. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@jozseflengyel3602]

I appreciate the detailed explanation for usage of 3 routers. May I ask how the IP addressing should look like if I connect the routers to the different port of the main router? Is it possible that in this case also all equipent can be transparent from any devices? This is especially important for me to use one network printer to be reached for all PC.

[@richardlloydusa]

It should not make a difference as all the devices are part of the same network. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@adotintime]

Thank you, Richard. Works perfectly for me.

[@richardlloydusa]

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.👍😀

[@ernieschatz3783]

Something that should be mentioned is that routers with different chips often don't play together well. You could have a router with Broadcom, another with Atheros or possibly Qualcom. Sticking with the same brand and model of router is a safe bet if you don't know what chip they are using.

[@richiematco]

I have Xfinity wifi. It's a tall cube. I don't see any way to see what I have and what I can connect. But I bought three TP-link routers that I would like to hook up. I just don't know where to start or who can walk me through it. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[@richardlloydusa]

If you don't have access to the wireless setting on the Xfinity router this will be difficult but if you do, just follow my video and it should work. Thank you so much for commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@peterdkay]

Excellent complete demo fully explained. LOVE IT

[@richardlloydusa]

Thank very much. I appreciate the kind words. All the best.

[@stefanosega9794]

Richard. That was great. Installed 3 routers in a star-type configuration. The master router then brings the signal via powerline extenders to my home which is about 180ft away from main router and it works great (I do lose some 5Mbps out of 25, but I can live with that). Is there any way to reserve most of the band to my house by limiting the 2 slave routers?

[@Sageylee]

Hi Richard, Sorry to contact you here, but would appreciate your advice: Wondering if I can turn dhcp off in a new (from the ISP) primary modem/router that will be used for voip and internet access only (wan), and use the secondary router's dhcp which is already configured for my lan? Wifi will be turned off on the primary and the second router will connected to it over ethernet. Have already assigned static ips ..

[@richardlloydusa]

I can't see why that would not work. Your could connect the ISP router from one of it's LAN ports to the WAN port on the primary router and leave it alone. More than likely that would be a better solution. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@fattysouder5428]

I have 2 of the tl-wr841n ver: 14.0 and I don't have the wds mode. The range extender doesn't seem to have the same settings in it as the wds one on your video. I guess I need some help. I was using it in range extender mode with the same SSID and password on the main router and 2 extenders. But it doesn't seem stable. Anything you can suggest?

[@richardlloydusa]

If it does not have the mode (no idea why) then you are stuck without that feature. DD-WRT the third party firmware is not available for that version, yet. So keep an eye out for that as it may give you the feature. You could always upgrade to the TP-Link WR940N V5 (Latest version available 04/30/2019) Has Router, AP and Extender functions at $24.99 at Amazon: amzn.to/2vDCqj3 or here on eBay:ebay.to/2GSfIJc Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@dennisadam9523]

Okay Sir thanks so much for the insightful video teaching. It has increased my networking knowledge the more. SIR, would like to know if in case I connect or ADD the 4th ROUTER having choosed channel 1,6,11 what channel should I chose for the 4th ROUTER?

[@richardlloydusa]

You're most welcome. I'm glad and happy to know I could help you. Great question, it depends on the physical location of the 4th router but it's unlikely that it will be in the same WIFI zone as all three other routers. So choose the channel of the router that can't be seen at the location of the 4th router. The reason for using 1,6,11 is that they don't over lap but that's only important if they are in range of each other. For instance, if you can't see or detect router 1 that is using channel 1 where the fourth router is then use channel 1 on the 4th router. I will be doing a WIFI optimization video soon. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@dennisadam9523]

@@richardlloydusa Well explained sir, Thanks for the insightful teaching.

[@richardlloydusa]

Thanks again. All the best.👍😀

[@TheNed1948]

Hi Richard, I have enjoyed all of your videos. I have followed you instruction for daisy-chaining router together and that works great. I do have a question. I purchased a tp-link n300 and am having trouble connecting to it. I know the IP address usually is 192.168.0.1 but the IP address of this router is 192.168.15.15 and the user name admin password admin will not work. I cannot log in to the router. I have tried the reset many times but it always resets back to the 192.168.15.15 address. I have researched this IP address and it seems that this address is used for private networks. I have talked with sellers tech's and they think I don't know what I am talking about. I have tried log in to the router on different computers with the same results. ANY ADVICE?

[@pitmax_0217]

The 2 routers connected to the main router will get slow?

[@blanks3117]

Excellent video, Richard. Do you by any chance have a video on how to install openwrt/Lede on linksys routers? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

[@cardaleh9284]

If have watched this video and the one from 2017 that shows how to configure two routers using a lan cable. I want to do three routers ( like this video) but with the central router sending a lan cable to router 2 and then sending another lan cable from the central to router three. Would I use the same advice given in the 2017 video and then just repeat the steps for router three, or is there additional configurations that must be done that you have not addressed in either of your videos?

[@surjsingh1129]

very knowledgable thank you for very clear information keep up the good work

[@richardlloydusa]

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.👍😀

[@Kajehart]

3 Questions. Can one laptop connected to one network see another laptop connected to one of the other 2 networks? When you move a laptop around, will it re-connect to a stronger network automatically or not? Also, have you made a video on setting up a mesh system?

[@richardlloydusa]

I have yet to get a mesh router or figure out how to get regular routers to act like mesh routers. I have a video that sort of explains what you are asking here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZeUnoOalNSZnrc I am going to make a WIFI network optimization video in the future to better explain how it all works. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@Kajehart]

@@richardlloydusa Thanks, Richard! I love your videos! Yeah, I would love to see you set up a non-mesh device system that mimics mesh as closely as possible. Then again, I would love to see you set up a mesh router and a couple of its nodes, too. But hey, I know, you got your life! Lol! Take care!

[@richardlloydusa]

I need a bigger home to use a Mesh system! LOL I enjoy these network problem solving videos so if I get curious enough I will tackle it. Thanks again. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@squidben5780]

Hi great video. I have a main dir-816 dlink ac 750 router as main and a tplink acher c7 1700 ac. I was able to make it work with WDS but performance is ugly and laggy. Did you check performance with speedtest on each before and after the linked routers ? I did and I am upstairs next to my new tplink and even when I connect direct from my computer to the router the speed is even slower. Can you explain or give a hint? Everything was done as per instructions with both 2.4 and 5ghz freq attached to other router replacing ip to follow 192.168.0.1 and .2 for the next one and turning dhcp off, all the works. thanks

[@cookiemonster4054]

Sir, Could I still connect LAN to my second (disabled DHCP server) router ? THank you!

[@mehulgandhi8]

Is there any difference in procedures you explained in your 2017 video & this video?

[@richardlloydusa]

This one uses built in WDS I am not sure the 2017 video does. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@muhamadali9217]

thank you richard your videos are very useful . can you please upload a video about how to control or limit the bandwidth of the router's users . your tplink router have this option by setting the upload and download by the ip address but the ip address is always changing can it be by the mac address or what you recommend ? because when some body on the network downloads he takes all the bandwidth and the other devices the internet on it is very slow . thank you again .

[@bobgoddard6287]

question I see all of these you left on channel 6

[@CheenSiong]

Good video and explanation. My scenario : Does the old router (not MESH not WIFI6) as primary router and extend the signal wirelessly to another new MESH WIFI6 WDS router affects overall performance? And further expand the signal with WIFI extender.

[@richardlloydusa]

I don't have this gear to comment on the result but try it and see what happens. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@elvinejub7111]

hi Richard, great video but i still have a issue connecting my cellphones. i don't have problems connecting my laptop and tv wirelessly but i have connection failed on the phones. please help.

[@anhtai9999]

Thanks so much for making this video. Very details and easy to follow. It helps me alot. Awesome. Fan from VietNam

[@chriswhite5410]

can you do this with the linkys velop system?

[@manuelvillegas9171]

Great content on this youtube channel, thank you!

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@m.a893]

Thanks for your excellent video. if you have any idea about WDS Bridge into TP Link WA5210g AP ( Specifically through WPA2-PSK) please share. thanks once again

[@yahushuaministrieshouseofp3741]

how to get increase my dhcp range on my main Comcast gateway? it won't come up when I put my router ip in the browser

[@itquester82]

thanks a lot Mr Richard, your video was really educating and helpful

[@bunyipal]

Hi Richard and thank you for an excellent video, my primary router IP address is 10.1.1.1 so I am assuming that the next will have to be 10.1.1.2 and then 10.1.1.3 would that work with the limit placed at 10.1.1.10 thanks in advance.

[@richardlloydusa]

Unfortunately on this configuration 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.2 is all you have see: goo.gl/iGwxGH what kind of router is your primary? Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@bunyipal]

@@richardlloydusa Hi Richard and many thanks for your response.My primary is a TG-789 Broadband Gateway www.iinet.net.au/hardware/tg789/ issued by iinet in Australia. I have just upgraded to our "NBN" and requires vdsl capabilities where my TPLINK (archer d7) was sadly lacking for the upgrade from adls2+ to NBN. The TPLINK was my primary and have now taken the steps you cover in your vid for the the second router and changed the IP to 10.1.1.2 disabled DHCP and set the operation mode as router, I did alter the IP start address on the TG-789 to 101.1.20 but would not save until I changed the DHCP end address to 10.1.1.252 all is working fine and funnily I have not changed any settings on my Netgear EXS6200, it was at 192.168.1.0 and is now showing as 10.1.1.48 which was already configured and running in the garage connected to the TPLINK by wifi. Fingers crossed it's all working fine and again many thanks for your help. The TPLINK is connected by cable to the TG-789 Primary and I can log in to all three devices on wifi and access the internet. Cheers and best wishes Glenn.

[@mcc48187]

Thanks for another great video. Everything seemed pretty straight forward until I checked the IP address and DHCP server settings on my ATT modem/router. The IP address is 192.168.1.254 and the starting/ending DHCP IP's are 192.168.1.64/192.168.1.253 . Can these stay the same? If so, would my next two router IP addresses need to be in the range 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.253? Your video made sense but these numbers have thrown me. Thanks for any help you can supply?

[@richardlloydusa]

The IP address on your router are fine and can stay the same. The IP addresses for the other two routers should stay under the 192.168.1.64 range so they don't ever conflict with something the DHCP server is going to dish out. Use 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 for instance. Thanks.

[@mcc48187]

@@richardlloydusa Thanks for your help!

[@newalpha]

Great job you have done here. Can you help me with a problem on my WDS. Main router is a Mikrotic and extended through a TP-Link,connected fine and the Tp-Link indicated "run" by can't access the internet on the Tp-Link. The IP on main is 10.0.0.1 with range of 10.0.0.100 to 10.0.0.254 while the Tp has 10.0.0.20 to 10.0.0.80 and had its dhcp disabled. What can I do

[@kerryrock1871]

This was just what I needed. My main router (Asus RT-AC3200) connected by ethernet to Asus RT-AC87U which is connected to a TP-Link 940n as recommended by you. Unfortunately, when the TP-Link is in AP mode, it shows no clients connected even though they actually are connected. Please see community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/170804. This issue has gone uncorrected for over a year. Is there an alternate router you could recommend for this service? Thanks Kerry Rock

[@richardlloydusa]

Instead of buying another router (I have a WR940nV3) you may be able to update the router to the DD-WRT third party firmware and get around the bug. This is only possible if you have a Version 3 through 6. Here is a video I made on how to do this here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHLUh5qhi8iardE the latest firmware is here dd-wrt.com/support/other-downloads/?path=betas%2F2020%2F06-15-2020-r43420%2F I just upgraded mine to the r43420 beta firmware and it is working fine. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@kerryrock1871]

I did try the suggested firmware and it seems to have bricked the router. Several resets have not restored the factory firmware, so I am returning it. Still need to select another router to replace it. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Kerry Rock

[@timabady3058]

Richard, what does one do if the primary router IP is 192.168.1.254 , which it is is my case with a Technicolor router! I can't go further that 254 can I. What do you suggest. Thanks again.

[@bobgoddard6287]

lioyd the century link will not let me disable the dchp without messing up my IP any thoughts.

[@monicacw7372]

Can i use an old arris tg862g and a netgear WNDR3400V3 for this process?

[@TIANA_AA]

thanks for this tutorial... its a REAL mind feeding...I just wanna ask if you have the idea what is the ideal distance between the two wireless routers.......thanks again.....

[@richardlloydusa]

That would vary with the environment. The best way to find out is to experiment and see what works best for you. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@fattysouder5428]

@@richardlloydusa do you have any suggestions for my question? Like, could I put in a different firmware and get wds mode? Or are the newer TL-wr841n routers not capable at all? My question is in the newest comment on this video. Thank you.

[@rishabhbahoria1298]

season greetings to you, sir !! sir is it possible to have same SSID and password of the secondary router's connected in Bus topology with the Primary Router.

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes you can do that but I don't recommend it as it will not work well and you will never know which router you are connected to. I will be making a video on when you can use the same SSID's and when you should not. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@rishabhbahoria1298]

thank you sir !! Eagerly waiting for videos on multiple SSID ....

[@tarunsayal8155]

To connect 3 routers in this way.. I am aware we need to connect Ethernet port from main router to WAN port of 1st router.. But which ports to connect from 1st router to 2nd router, so that all 3 router works??

[@rottison]

great video just what I was looking for. I have a Amped 175 that I use for my living room router/AP and it has POE I am assume I can still use the POE from the injector plugged in to the Wan port as long as the injector isn't plugged in the main wireless router? I have a Pfsense box at 192.168.1.1 and DD-wrt on a Netgear NightHawk R7000 on 192.168.1.2 I am using the Pfsense box to pass out DHCP and my main wireless is from R7000 I am going to add the Amped 175 to my wireless network to cover every thing on the inside by using WSD. I have an outdoor high power AP can I add that to my network?? It does not have wds and is also POE it is a wavLink AC600. With out WDS I bet it will cause a problem Thank you for any advice

[@ruhulyt813]

I have secondary router far away 100 meters distance from the main router...can I share the internet to third one from my secondary router through ethernet??? Plzzzzz reply sir...thansk and great respect to you sir❤️❤️❤️

[@richardlloydusa]

You're most welcome. Ethernet limit is 100 meters but that is for each segment. So you can use 100 meter length between the first and second router and another 100 meters length (segment) between the second and third router and so on. If you put a switch between two 100 meter segments that would work too. Use CAT6 cable or better where ever possible. Thank you so much for commenting, watching and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@mikethetoolman8776]

how is a router, bridge and 2 access points configured?? all wired not wi-fi??

[@richardlloydusa]

I think you found the right video in your new question that I answered to achieve your goal. Thank you for watching, commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@danarajanthony2144]

My main router's IP address is 192.168.18.1 so what should be the address on my secondary router ? thanks

[@richardlloydusa]

The next router should be 192.168.18.2 but I suspect that will be the last IP address your network will allow. See (www.calculator.net/ip-subnet-calculator.html?cclass=any&csubnet=30&cip=192.168.18.1&ctype=ipv4&printit=0&x=52&y=21) How many devices do you have connected to your current router and what model, type and manufacturer is it? Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@danarajanthony2144]

@@richardlloydusa My main router provided by the ISP is Nokia mesh wifi Beacon 1 router. IP address is 192.168.18.1 Secondary old router is Singtel 3D41 IP address is 192.168.1.254 I am trying to connect this singtel router as a repeater / access point but every time i disable DHCP & change IP address & save the changes it hangs & goes blank. I cannot access the router even when I use the new IP address. I have to reset it ! What to do? Thanks Regards D.Anthony Singapore

[@chickengravy7072]

Can huawei cpe 5g pro router and tp link connect and share?

[@stephenrichard5191]

I tried this with Frontier router and linksys ea9300 can not access admin page for linksys which is second router but the wifi fir it works as does the internet

[@missyc9038]

Very helpful. Thank you!!!

[@mr.bianchirider8126]

Rather than having three separately named wireless access points can you assign all three routers the same SSID and password or will havoc occur ?

[@mr.bianchirider8126]

BTW, yet another great video. Thank you.

[@richardlloydusa]

Good question. I never recommend using the same SSID and password on all or any of the routers primarily because of the way WIFI connects. Clients connect to the first responder not the closest or fastest available connection so you may be connected to the furthest router and not know it because the ID is the same. In this case the routers may or may not connect to each other correctly either. As you said ,"Havoc will occur." maybe not all the time but enough to drive you mad. Thanks.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it. All the best.

[@78Krakatau]

another well done demo, thanks!🤣

[@dayyababdullahi6464]

pls sir, how to share pc internet to dd-wrt router

[@ryanzhome2575]

can you do a video for 2.4 and 5.G router

[@richardlloydusa]

I am planning on doing video on that in the future. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@joelbenitez5794]

is this possible using xfinity gateway modem/router

[@asniceful]

Great demonstration. This is what I've been looking for. Thank you very much.

[@weldorguy]

Why isn’t this working when I separate them far away. The one has enough signal to meet router 2 but not router 3 but 2 can reach 3 and 3 can reach two. Please understand they all work in my house by my side...all running at the same time

[@mehmoodahmed8186]

Very informative

[@richardlloydusa]

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.👍😀

[@MrYannuzzi]

Is there a way to add a third router that doesn't have WDS technology ?

[@elzamili]

Thanks alot sir

[@richardlloydusa]

You're most welcome and thank you so much for commenting and the very kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@eddiel8708]

from downunder. I been viewing your video. Just what I want to do, thanks.

[@peterdkay]

Can all routers have same password?

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes, that is not a problem. Make sure it's not the default though. Thanks.

[@prakashpixeldelhi7221]

nice video sir

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@vipulpoddar8045]

WDS without tp link router

[@m.a893]

Thanks for your excellent video. if you have any idea about WDS Bridge into TP Link WA5210g AP ( Specifically through WPA2-PSK) please share. thanks once again

[@m.a893]

Thanks for your excellent video. if you have any idea about WDS Bridge into TP Link WA5210g AP ( Specifically through WPA2-PSK) please share. thanks once again