Good day! How to connect a router to a router via WiFi? This question arises from many users. I will try to answer this question in this article. Many people are quite often found with the problem of a minor range of wireless network, which much complicates the use of netbooks, tablets, smartphones and other devices that are connected to the network.
Such situations appear in apartments, offices and other premises. It would be nice to choose the 2nd router to connect the same firm as the main one. So you will not raise the question of incompatibility when connected.
Router connection circuit
There are two main options for connecting two routers. The easiest way is the connection through the wire. I think he will not be so interesting for you, but I will still say a few words about him. The second option is a wireless connection connection (Wi-Fi).
How to connect a router to the router via wifi through the wire
In this case, we need a wire twisted pair (UTP cable) compressed on two sides with a length equal to the distance between two routers.
Take 2 any Wi Fi router. The first router (that on which the global network is configured) is connected to the "LAN" port "UTP cable", in the second router (one that will transmit the Internet signal further) Insert the "UTP cable" to the "WAN" port.
Wireless connection router to router
The complexity of this option is contained in the equipment setting. We need any Wai Fi Router to which the global network and a router that functions as an access point in the repeater mode will be connected. Similar access points are full. There are both cheap and expensive.
I will offer you an access point from companies TP LINK "TP-LINK TL-WA901N". She is reliable and simple in tincture. After we set up and connected the global network to the first router, install and connect the PC to the second router. Next, on the example of Windows 7 OS:
- Go to "Start", find the "Control Panel" there, click on "Network and Internet", then the "Network and Shared Access Control Center".
- Lay out the "Change Adapter Settings" item, right-click on the "Local Network", in the list that appears, select "Properties".
- Highlight the Internet Protocol version 4 (TPC / IPv4) "and click the Properties button.
- Move the point to "Use the following IP address" and make settings:
Click on "OK". Now open any browser and enter in the address bar 192.168.1.254 (This is the default point address). Next, click "ENTER". The "Login and Password" authorization window should appear by default "Admin and Admin". Select next: Wireless Network -\u003e "Wireless Settings". Opposite the inscription "Mode of operation", specify the "universal repeater".
Click on "Search". In the list of wireless networks, find the network and click on "Connect"
Now you need to click on the "Save" button and restart the access point. Now you need to configure security settings. Go to "Wireless Network", then select "Wireless Safety". The most important thing is to set the same security settings as on the first router.
Once again, reboot the point. Go to the "Status" tab and updating the page take a look at the "Channel". It changes it, it means that security configuration problems.
Conclusion
In this article, I told you about how to connect a router to a router via WiFi. Everything is simple here. Select a suitable way and apply it.
IMPORTANT! Before you configure the phone, first check if you are in the zone of this or that wireless Wi-Fi connection. You can use your home wi-fi, and you can connect the iPhone to free networks, for example, in cafes or shopping centers.
So, start:
- We go to the home screen and go to the "Settings" menu.
- Then the search for available Wi-Fi will automatically be launched.
- Select the name and connect.
This method is suitable for connecting to unprotected routers, for example, in public places.
If you connect to the protected Wi-Fi, then the sequence will be somewhat different:
- Open the "Settings" menu.
- We are looking for a "Wi-Fi" string and turn on the option.
- After automatic search, Wi-Fi, choose the desired access point.
- Enter the password and click "Connect".
If this manner fails to connect the phone to Wi-Fi, then you enter the wrong password. In order to find out true, contact your Wi-Fi administrator.
DO NOT FORGET! To connect the phone to the protected Wi-Fi, you need to know the password, next to such connections, the "Castle" icon is displayed.
There are also situations where you need to connect the phone to a hidden access point, which is not displayed in the overall list. To connect the smartphone, you need to know the exact name Wi-Fi:
- Open the "Settings" menu.
- We are looking for a "Wi-Fi" string and turn on the option.
- Click "Other" and enter the exact name.
- We click "Security".
- After that, you need to choose the type of protection, as shown in the illustration below.
- Return to the "Other Network" point and enter a password.
- Click "Connect".
The most common problems, when trying to connect the phone on iOS to Wi-Fi
Very often, it happens that it seems to be done correctly and followed instructions, but non-mea it is impossible to connect the phone with the IOS operating system to Wi-Fi. It is not necessary to despair, and think that the saying "Technique in the hands of monkey is a piece of iron" about you. Most likely, the point is not in some technical failure.
If you cannot connect the phone to Wi-Fi, do the following:
- Check the router connection. And also make sure you are in the action zone.
- Check that the Wi-Fi option is enabled on your smartphone. Go to "Settings", then in "Wi-Fi". If there is a blue tick in front of the desired name, it means that the connection in the phone is performed and the problems are observed in the router.
- If you want to connect the phone to Wi-Fi at home, check if the cables are properly connected and the router is correctly configured.
- Restart the phone running on iOS, and re-configure it.
- Restart the router and also re-configure it.
If nothing helps, try to do the following:
- If you are trying to connect your smartphone in a public place, consult an employee of the institution and ask you to configure Wi-Fi.
- Check the connection on other devices, for example, on a laptop, or ask others if your internet works. If there are no connection on other devices, then problems with the Internet provider. Contact your company, Internet provider.
- Try connecting anywhere else or another Wi-Fi. If attempts are unsuccessful, pay to the service center to check your iPhone.
- Update the version of the router firmware and check your smartphone in the list of supported devices.
How to connect Android to Wi Fi
Many believe that the iPhone is really not an occupation out of simple. With this statement, few people will argue. But what about Android, many believe that these are easy to use smartphones with which even a child will figure out. However, on the fact, when you try to configure Wi-Fi, some difficulties may arise here.
Generally, the popularity of Android grows every day. Probably there is no longer a person who would have had in the arsenal home appliances of a smartphone or tablet with the Android operating system. Even the smallest kids today actively use these gadgets instead of familiar toys, dolls, machines, etc. But at the same time few people know how to configure Wi-Fi correctly.
It is worth connecting the smartphone once and later the smartphone will independently connect to Wi-Fi. But you can not rarely observe situations when you need to configure Android manually.
For visual illustration, we will use the LG G4 smartphone with the version of the Android 5.1 operating system. However, the model does not matter, android smartphones are practically the same.
Before you start setting up Android, you need to install Wi-Fi by turning on the adapter. The adapter is turned on in two ways:
- Through the toolbar.
- Through device parameters.
The first method is great convenience: spend your finger across the screen (from top to bottom) and see the toolbar, as in the picture:
We are looking for a Wi-Fi button with the corresponding icon. Press it and, thus activate the Wi-Fi model.
After that, the search for the system of available wireless networks is launched and this list appears on the screen:
Select the desired and connect. If it is protected by a password, we enter a combination of characters and click "Connect". The whole process is automated and will not take much time.
Another question is if the connection or DHCP function is disabled in the router parameters. Then you need to configure Android manually.
How to configure Wi Fi on Android manually if you are hidden connecting to the router
As in the first method, we first need to turn on the adapter. But the methods listed above are not suitable for this. We change the strategy: first go to the "Settings". But then we are already acting depending on the version of the phone. We find the item "Wi-Fi" and open its menu. Turn on the adapter. If you have an earlier model, find the item "Wireless Networks" and select "Wi-Fi Settings". Transfer the adapter to the location.
Next, go to manual search for available connections: You will be offered a list of access points that were automatically found. If you connect to a hidden network, click "Add Wi-Fi":
Enter the exact name of the hidden access point (SSID) and go to safety, as in the illustration below.
Wi-Fi provides quick wireless Internet access without binding to wires and a modem. Only a device with a Wi-Fi module is necessary - using it, several devices can be connected to the network.
To properly configure the router, you will not need special education
Buying and configuring the router will take a little time and does not require special knowledge. To consider in detail all the stages of connection, we will use the settings for the TP-LINK models most popular with a large number of users.
Before you go to install Wi-Fi, you need to find out how to put the router and make sure it is possible.
How to connect a Wi-Fi router? First, choose the place for him - the main thing is that it does not stand on the table where the computer is located or on the system unit, because in such cases there is no interference in the work. Therefore, we are a little removing it from other equipment and have closer to the center of the house so that the waves covered as many squares as possible.
To find out how much the router covers the room, after installation, download special applications - they will make the work of the device as productive as possible.
On the reverse side of the router there are the following connectors (in the baseline):
- 4 LAN - port for connecting to PC. To one device simultaneously you can connect a maximum of 4 computers. Insert the cable into one of the ports, you connect the other part to the rear connector of the system.
- A cord with an Internet connection is installed in the WAN-cable socket.
- The power grid cable is included in the outlet.
Also here you will see the reboot button and turn on / off - their functions are clear. When you dealt with the wires and inserted them where you need, a new connection icon appears on the bottom of the desktop. Now we need to know whether your PC installed the router correctly.
Device Manager - Configuring Computer Operation with Router
How to enter the router settings and check if the equipment recognized the computer correctly. We use the control panel, stop at the chapter of the Network Connections - if you have Windows XP, in Windows Vista / 7/8 this section is indicated as "Network and Management", "Network Management Center and Common Access".
Here will appear current connections - select "Connecting on the LAN", we look at the property. Now you will see a list of components where you stop at the TCP / IP Internet Protocol. Here we check how the checkboxes are indicated:
- Usually highlighted lines in which we are on the automatic receipt of the IP address and the DNS server.
- Some service providers fit manually, so you will see the filled lines. Check them with the data in the contract or instructions for the device, make the right numbers if they do not match.
The next step is to go to how to go to the router settings.
Browser and entry in parameters
Routher setup is carried out using a browser.
In the address bar, fit your IP address. In most cases, this is a combination of 192.168.1.1 - a standard version of the address, which, however, is different from some Internet service providers. After pressing Enter, you will see the settings of the Wi-Fi router. If this did not happen, it means that the IP address does not fit and need to enter other numbers.
How to find out the IP address:
- In documents or on the back of the router.
- If, when you enter the properties of "connections on a local network", the IP address field was previously filled, and did not have an automatic definition - copy it.
- Try to check other addresses - the last two values \u200b\u200bmay look like 0.1, 0.2, or 1.2.
- Enter on the command line (it opens through the "Start") action CMD, and then - ping 168.x.1, and all device parameters will be shown.
After IP administration, you appeared a form for login and password. Both lines here we fill in the word admin, after which the parameters of the router itself will appear.
Refracting equipment
First of all, the router setting starts with flashing it to the current version - after the release of each model there is a lot of time during which improvements are made, errors are fixed. Therefore, the installation of the most relevant version will avoid troubleshooting.
You can get it on the manufacturer's website. Load the file and go to the settings again (how to go to the router settings through the browser, you know) in System Tools, the Firmware Upgrade subsection. Here you select "Review ...", load the file and after clicking Upgrade will start updating.
Refinement: The firmware is optional, so you can do without it - it will not interfere with the device.
Setting up Internet connection
After restarting Wi-Fi equipment (it will automatically occur), we start setting the parameters to access the global web. In the System Tools section, select the Password tab and enter your new data to enter the settings at its discretion.
Now in the Network section, you stop at the WAN column, where we select the type of connection provided by the provider. Mainly this is a dynamic IP (Dynamic), but in some cases this option is not correct.
How to find out your connection type?
It is specified in the documents along with the rest of the data to configure the Wi-Fi-router. If they are missing, learn them on the website of the Internet service provider or contact a specialist by phone.
Note: If you need another connection type (not dynamic), please add additional information to the fields located in this form after selecting the desired parameter.
The remaining fields when choosing the Dynamic IP version will be filled automatically.
Go to the Wireless section. We put a tick opposite Enable (if there is such a line), in Wireless Network Name or SSID invent the name for the connection that everyone who wants to use Wi-Fi. The tab can be located to select your country - indicate it, save the changes made and go to the next step of our setup.
Wireless Security - To fill this part of the parameters, it is serious, because here you can secure your network from unauthorized access. Select WPA / WPA2 and install the password in the PSK PSSWORD field - no one can install the connection with your Wi-Fi.
Optional: Mac Address and copying it
Sometimes providers tie the Wi-Fi access point to the PC network card. This equipment has a personal MAC code that we copy to the router settings - for this you need to click the "Clone Mac - Code" button.
Where to find it? Depending on the manufacturer, the address may be located in different sections, mainly in Wireless. In the most common TP-LINK models, the MAC address is located in the Network folder, you need to select a special graph to copy it.
The Wi-Fi router setting is successfully completed. Confirm the reboot - you will be offered to make it a router, then all the changes made will come into force.
Wireless access is convenient, practical, to establish such an Internet is simple, for this you need a little time and a drop of effort. Now you know how to go to the router settings and fill out all the necessary fields for quick access, regardless of which part of the room you are, and use the Internet on any device supporting this technology.
