Boost wifi speed with a second router?

[branskyj]

Hi all,
I just moved to a new house and the reception is rather poor between the two rooms. I have a living room where my main PC is ( I have a landline socket connected to a wireless router Netgear which then is connected via LAN cable with the PC) and a bedroom where my laptop is. The laptop gets wireless signal from the router in the living room and although the two rooms are next to each other the signal is weak on a regular basis.
I have a second wireless router (Netgear as well) and was wondering if it was possible to connect the two routers via long LAN cable (one router will remain in the living room and the other will be kept in the bedroom) so that my laptop in the bedroom will get wifi from the router in the bedroom.

Is that even possible and what settings do I need to change?

Cheers.

 

[JackMDS]

You can do it.

Second Router configure like this.

Using a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html


😎

 

[Matt1970]

If the rooms are next to each other you should have Excellent signal. Either the router or the Wifi on the laptop is weak. I would just swap out the router and see if that fixes it.

 

[branskyj]

Thanks guys.
My Internet speed is really slow even at my workstation but is at least something. In the other room is nightmare.I will give what JackMDS said a try and see what happens.

Thanks a bunch 🙂

 

[wirednuts]

if your speeds are weak even right next to the router, its either a bad router or horrible interference. what channel is your router running on? is it in 40mhz or 20mhz channel width?

 

[branskyj]

No, next to my router I get full reception and very good speed. I don't know what channel is but tomorrow I will try what the others suggested and will let you guys know 🙂
Thanks for the input.