possible to set up two routers for lan game?

anon01 · 27-06-2012 4:45pm #1

ok so im planning on playing battle for middle earth 2 tonight with 3 friends the problem we are having is where the router is in the house we cant get wireless signal in his room, so would we be able to say connect a second router to the main one and bring it to his room so we could all just use the Ethernet ports in the second router?

sorry if im not explaining it properly, any ideas?

thanks in advance

Cuddlesworth · 27-06-2012 7:53pm

Do you need internet access? Or is it just a local lan game.

anon01 · 28-06-2012 1:03pm

just a local lan game is all we need, managed to get it going last night on the wireless it was just a a bit awkward since we had to place all laptops on one side of the room

Cuddlesworth · 28-06-2012 5:11pm

Then you could have just disconnected it and moved it into the room.

anon01 · 29-06-2012 12:35pm

theres other people in the house who need the internet tho, its all good now i got a second router up and running in the room

thanks anyways cuddlesworth

Nothingbetter2d · 29-06-2012 3:12pm

the best option is to buy a switch then run a cable from one port on the router to the one port in the switch.

you can buy a 4 port switch for about €25 and get a length of patch cable made up to suit your needs.

Cuddlesworth · 29-06-2012 5:04pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

the best option is to buy a switch then run a cable from one port on the router to the one port in the switch.

you can buy a 4 port switch for about €25 and get a length of patch cable made up to suit your needs.

If he has a wireless router handy, then he already has a 4 port switch handy. I have yet to see one without four ethernet ports.

possible to set up two routers for lan game?

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