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musicmanuk · 19-02-2010, 17:56

After some discussion with Virgin Media over the quality of service and the price I am paying, they have decided to "sweeten me up" by sending a new cable modem (ambit 256) and a wireless router. This is the first wireless router I have received from Virgin Media, although I have been using one of my own for some time. It's connected via a long ethernet cable from the modem (downstairs) to an office (upstairs). Wireless signal is OK upstairs, but could be better downstairs. Can I use the second wireless router via an ethernet switch connected to the cable modem? I know I connect one wireless router to another using one of the LAN ports, but this is not want I want to do, as it would mean another very long LAN cable to connect two routers, upstairs / downstairs.

Some cable companies wil give out 2 IP address per cable modem, but I don't know about Virgin Media. I am on an original C&W network, which then became NTL, then Virgin Media.

Can anyone help please?

19-02-2010, 17:56	#1
musicmanuk Inactive Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2	Connecting a switch to the cable modem and then two wireless routers After some discussion with Virgin Media over the quality of service and the price I am paying, they have decided to "sweeten me up" by sending a new cable modem (ambit 256) and a wireless router. This is the first wireless router I have received from Virgin Media, although I have been using one of my own for some time. It's connected via a long ethernet cable from the modem (downstairs) to an office (upstairs). Wireless signal is OK upstairs, but could be better downstairs. Can I use the second wireless router via an ethernet switch connected to the cable modem? I know I connect one wireless router to another using one of the LAN ports, but this is not want I want to do, as it would mean another very long LAN cable to connect two routers, upstairs / downstairs. Some cable companies wil give out 2 IP address per cable modem, but I don't know about Virgin Media. I am on an original C&W network, which then became NTL, then Virgin Media. Can anyone help please?