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getdave
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4 years ago

need to set up a second router some 50 feet away from base router/modem. plan on putting in ethernet cable, do I need to register the second router, and also how should I connect the two?

need to set up a second router some 50 feet away from base router/modem. plan on putting in ethernet cable, do I need to register the second router, and also how should I connect the two?

  • Bruce's avatar
    Bruce
    Honored Contributor III

    Kudos for 2nd router and cable...but 50 feet?  Is it the Panoramic?

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      getdave
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      This is a small classroom that might have as many as 20 users. The first router will service the office with staff. these are portable buildings with  metal frames, so I suspect that there will be signal degradation from inside the buildings.

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        Bruce
        Honored Contributor III

        You're right.  Students and staff should have separate routers.

        How much do you want to spend?  Would you share a printer or storage-drive off the router(s)?  Who is supplying the devices?  What cards do the device have?  Hmm...I can't think of much more now.  I think I got the main considerations.