Speed Up Your Internet Connection

Can I connect a wireless router to an existing adsl router to enable wireless connectivity?

The adsl is served by a bt router, can I connect via RJ45 to my netgear and make it a wireless setup without messing with IP addresses etc...?

Public Comments

1. Hi, No your can't connect two routers in order to setup wireless access then you need a wireless access point.
2. The router you choose to do this with needs to be capable of being setup in DHCP mode. This is a typical setting on a cable router (for cable networks like Virgin Media). I don't know if your netgear can do it, but the steps for a cable router work easily/simply via the "quick start wizard" and choosing DHCP when you get to the selection criteria indicating "PPPoE; PPPoA; DHCP etc" When connecting the two, I connect the RJ45 into the WAN port on the router serving the wireless connectivity. Again, it may be only specific routers that can do it.
3. Hi, try to write down all of the settings which are in the BT router - ID, password etc., IP range - if you want to stay with the same ones, connect phone cable to netgear and set up the same entries, if router is adsl, should work fine. TK