Two Wireless Routers on One Network?

warrenpeace

Hi Guys,

My knowledge of networking isn't too great but I do know a few things.

I'm wondering if it's possible to use 2 different wireless routers on one internet connection? I recently moved back home after my second year of Uni so I have a BT Home Hub of my own that isn't being used as my parents already have a BT Home Hub set up in the house. Would it be possible to plug the second Home Hub in and use it as well?

I ask this because I want to use it mainly so I can plug my Xbox 360 straight into a router. At the moment the used router is in another room so I am connecting 360 to my laptop and using ICS to get the 360 online as i'm not forking out 50 quid for a wirless adapter for 360. Although i'm trying out bridging instead now on windows 7 to try get a better connection for 360, it was giving me NAT problems when using ICS. The NAT problem is why I want to connect 360 straight to router as it is really easy to set up and sort out that way.

Anyway, sorry if this post is a bit garbled . Thanks for any help!

Chris

Jaffa.

You won't get any better performance out of the wireless bridging, and setting it up might prove to be a pain if not impossible with the home hub. I should imagine you will need to get generic speedtouch firmware for both hubs (they are speedtouch routers underneath the plastic) if you were to have any chance of bridging.

Your bet bet is to keep to using the laptop to provide the xBox with Internet - you can sort out the NAT problems by using a cross over cable between the ethernet port of the laptop and the xbox.

gaming_guy

and on the router that connects to the xbox, you probably will have to turn off DHCP & the NAT option in the 2nd homehub

bribrian

Why not try homeplugs.............. http://www.homeplugs.co.uk/acatalog/XBOX_360.html