Ok. So I bought a 100$ white D-link to get better range. Since I have a garage. But the modem my ISP Gave me has built in Wifi, and I get great range in my garage without the router.


Well with the Router, and the modem I have two wifi connections.


Well, I don't seem to be getting the speeds I want. I just got this internet keep in mind. It's DSL, and I had sattelite, and that seemed to be faster.



So I was wondering if having two connections would be slowing the connection down, since it's basically splitting the connection into two?

Having two routers probably won't slow the connection down unless you have multiple people connecting to both. For example, try going to speedtest.net with just the ISP's wireless router (with your router unattached), and then going to speedtest.net after plugging in your separate router and connecting to that. You'll probably notice that there are no differences in speed.

However, keep in mind that most ISP's routers need to be configured to enable bridging, and this is not a setting that is generally enabled by default. You will probably have to contact your ISP to get it working correctly, and you'll probably have to talk to a tier 3 technician, meaning you'll be on the phone for at least an hour before you'll talk to one of them, and then another 30-60 minutes before everything is actually configured correctly.

Is there any particular reason why you want to have your own separate wireless router apart from the wireless router that is provided by your ISP?

I asked the guy to set the one up I bought so he did.

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This post was edited by Tylercool44 on Apr 15 2013 04:46pm

What guy? Someone that worked for the ISP? Because if it wasn't someone that works for your ISP that you had to call, he is very unlikely to have had access to make the changes necessary to set it up. If it was just someone that configured YOUR router, then the job is incomplete.

And you didn't answer why you actually wanted a separate router. You said you had great service in your garage already without the second router.

There is no need for the second router now as the built in one does the job. I just though two connections could be better, but come to find out it was slowing it down, and everything I want to do can be done on the one.

The second router can act as an extra access point to create a bigger wireless area, but it certainly won't make it faster. The bottleneck isn't the wireless connection, unless you are at the very edge and get massive packet loss. The second router will still go through the same DSL modem, and the DSL connection is what's limiting your speeds. How you connect to the modem won't matter.