Can you have 2 routers working off 1 inet

[Technokat]

Hi all. I have need of having 2 routers in my house, for business reasons. Is there some way to accomplish this? What about if the wire went from modem to a hub, then the hub split the connections to 2 different routers? Any advice would be handy.

[Arinoth]

You need to explain yourself a bit more, do you need the two routers to be connected to two different modems. Or do you just want need x amount of connections to your router and your router only has y amount of connections. You can set a router to be just switch be disabling dhcp

[Perineum]

Yes you can do what you are asking but the actual goal in mind would be important to know. With telus, you can hook a hub up to the DSL modem and then have 2 IP addresses, one for each router.

You would then have 2 completely seperate networks from each other, they can't communicate locally..... only "though" the internet.

[MacJunky]

Originally Posted by Arinoth

Or do you just want need x amount of connections to your router and your router only has y amount of connections. You can set a router to be just switch be disabling dhcp

Or you could just buy a switch instead of turning a router into one. cheaper that way.

[Arinoth]

Originally Posted by MacJunky

Or you could just buy a switch instead of turning a router into one. cheaper that way.

That is true, wasn't sure if OP had 2 already or was planning on buying 2. If he has 2 what i suggested is the cheaper route, if he doesnt have any, your suggestion is the cheaper route

[Technokat]

as i said 1 internet, thus 1 modem. i already have 2 routers, one wired, one wireless. For work i need to run my work pc off the wired and not have any devices plugged into it, where as i have the rest of my house on my wireless. It would be nice to be able to split the inet perhaps into a hub? that splits the inet signal into 2, and one wire goes to the wireless, the other to the wired? i dont know if there is any other way to do this. Main point being, i am only supposed to have the inet plugged into the work router. But i dont want to lose inet for the rest of the house while i am working.

[Perineum]

What provider are you with? If they supply multiple IPs like Telus then what you are wanting to do is very easy.

[Technokat]

its rogers, i dont know if they supply multiple ip

[Perineum]

Here is the info page: Rogers.com - Rogers Cable Internet Services

.... and at the very bottom:

**Additional Dynamic IPs can be obtained through member services at a price of $9.95/month per IP (5 IP maximum).

Easiest way to have 2 completely seperate networks at home would be to get the second IP address and then have 2 routers hanging off your cable modem via a hub or switch.

[Technokat]

thanks, thats what i was envisioning. I actually called rogers to check this before your msg came up, got the same info. I think i will order the second ip. Thanks again.