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[Ken]

Speaking of tech stupid, I'm thinking of adding a second router to my network. I have two new cheap linksys routers just sitting and our network is currently on a 13 year old wr54g or whatever plus our modem is a Wi-Fi router too but it sucks and will just drop the internet for no reason. Think I'd see better results tacking one of the new routers on or just replacing the old one with one of my cheap new ones or using the Comcast one and a second router.

Whats the best way to add a second router.

I just bought a WRT1200AC and it covers my duplex 100% throughout, which is awesome. Easy to set up, and has a lot of advanced features, should you want it. Also allows you to remotely access it. It's like $120ish on Amazon.

As for adding a second router, if you have hardwires run throughout the apartment, it's pretty easy. Just turn off the DHCP on the second one and just use the wireless - it will use the DHCP from the first (assuming you want them both on the same LAN.)

If you don't have hardwire running through, it's a little more tricky. They do have those range extenders but I've never used them. The more techy way of doing it is buying a DD-WRT eligible router (check their site) and configure one as a repeater bridge. I did that at my house at home and it worked great.