Setup each router seperately. Reset your router and change the Start IP. On the 2nd router plug your ethernet into the LAN port, not the Internet port. Powercycle if you can't get it to work.
Configuring two wireless routers with one SSID (network name) at home for free roaming - Scott Hanselman
Technical Summary
- First Router
- 192.168.1.1
- DHCP to use the range 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.254
- A wireless channel like 11
- Second Router
- 192.168.1.2
- DHCP is disabled
- Identical wireless security setup as First Router
- Except the wireless Channel. Try channel 6 if the first is 11.
- Plug hard-wire into the LAN port, not the WAN port.
How to Connect Two Wireless Routers Together on the Same Home Network
Important Points to remember
1. It is suggested that the length of the LAN cable connecting the two routers should not exceed 100m and that you should avoid having any joints in the cable. LAN cables are pretty cheap – I got a Cat5e cable for 25¢/m.
2. If you have a compatible router, I suggest upgrading the firmware to DD-WRT as that will slightly boost the wireless signal plus you’ll get access to tons of other settings in your router.
3. If you have enabled Wi-Fi security in your previous router, use the same settings in your new router as well.
4. It is important that you assign different SSIDs to the two routers else the same network name will appear twice in your wireless network connections window.
5. If you don’t remember the username of your router, try these combinations – root + admin, admin + admin, admin + password or admin (as username) and no password.
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