How routers can connect in series

Netizen "Far Away" recently asked small make up such a question: Two routers can be connected? If so, how to connect the router in series? For this question, the answer is yes, because it will involve a lot of router knowledge, so the small part of this article to introduce the general introduction.

Can two routers be concatenated?

The answer is yes, because routers can be used as switches, and if you use a router as a switch, you can connect to the router in tandem.

The LAN interface in the first router and the second router LAN interface can be connected with a network cable, where the router WAN for the switch is not available!

Learn more: How routers do switch routers when switching to a set method

In addition to being able to use a router as a switch, and a LAN port connection to a router, two routers can also implement a router relay or a router-connected router to set up a wireless network, which means that two routers can implement their own wireless networks.

This way is from a router LAN port, with a network cable to connect to the B router Wan, and then need to set the B router IP address, can not conflict with a router, also can not be in the same network segment, For example landlord a router default address is 192.168.1.1, then Netizen B router can set LAN address to 192.168.2.1.

Detailed set up the tutorial, can refer to the following: The router can also pick up the router? Router connects the router to set up a wireless tutorial.

It is worth mentioning that, two wireless routers can also implement WDS relay through wireless, router wireless signal enhancement, details: Open wireless router WDS to achieve wireless router signal enhancement.

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In short, two routers can be concatenated, which can also be derived from the expansion of a number of router functional knowledge, interested friends, may wish to go deep search.