2 bt home hubs?

[Gamepro105]

Hello everyone,

I have 2 BT homehubs ver2 and 1 of them is sitting around doing nothing i have looked all over Google and i cant find the answer but is it possible to get them both to work in my house. because i basically want the wireless to be stronger downstairs.

i can run an Ethernet cable to downstairs but i want this to work on phones and ipods.

can any one help?

Thanks
Luke Hopkin

 

[jamesriley94]

You can't have 2 modems running off the same line afaik.

The homehubs are modem/routers, which need connecting through ADSL.

You'd need a standalone router, and then run an ethernet cable to downstairs like you say and set that up as an access point.

 

[Gamepro105]

oh right dose than mean i will have to get the wall adapters? or can i plug 1 home hub into the other using an Ethernet cable or is that classed as running 2 routers through an ADSL?

 

[FTLN]

If they support bridge then you could maybe use one of them as a Wireless extender...

 

[jamesriley94]

If they support bridge then you could maybe use one of them as a Wireless extender...

It is possible to do I think, but it requires more effort than it would be to just buy a second router, then run an ethernet line, or even powerline adapter to that - or just get a powerline kit with an access point built in:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Netw...-7438RPN+N300+Wi-Fi+Extender+?productId=54143


or


http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Netw...N+300Mbps+Router+[TL-WR841N]+?productId=30989

 

[SavageCupcake]

I set mine up to do this kind of thing. just connected them together with an ethernet cable, disabled dhcp on the 2nd router and set the ssid and wireless password to the same. That was using the home hub 3 and some old tiscali router

 

[Gamepro105]

Thanks for you help guys i think i have found it out here http://www.avforums.com/forums/networking-nas/1361096-bt-homehub-2-0-setting-up-repeater.html i hope it works!