# can you put more than one router on powerlink
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765 "2006-10-11T17:22:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@BIGHANDS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BIGHANDS)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/1 "2006-10-11T17:22:15Z")
currently have 2 computers 1 printer pluged into my router in my house i want to drop a line out to my garage/shop can i plug another router in out there from the one inside and plug in 2 more computers can it be done easilly with out having to change ip adresses and stuff
---
### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/2 "2006-10-11T17:23:16Z")
yup, easy to do, just slave the 2nd router to the first. should say how to do it in the users manual. I’ve got a 24 port switch pluged into my primary router.
---
### Author:  [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/3 "2006-10-11T17:29:53Z")
You won’t be changing IPs, if your router is set to DHCP it will automatically assign an IP to any new system on the network.
Why not just run a WAP? Less time and effort on the setup, and less cable to deal with.
---
### Author:  [@BIGHANDS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BIGHANDS)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/4 "2006-10-11T18:01:14Z")
ok thats what i thought can i use a hub instead of router
id do wireless but neighbors too close with wireless crap i need it secure
---
### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/5 "2006-10-11T18:16:57Z")
um…128bit WEP?
---
### Author:  [@Vile](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vile)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/6 "2006-10-11T18:49:23Z")
wep? sure… if u want to piss the h4x0r off for… 30 seconds.
---
### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/7 "2006-10-11T19:20:31Z")
Ok mr. 1337 haxor. I’m sure you can crack my wireless security in 30 seconds.
---
### Author:  [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/8 "2006-10-11T19:20:58Z")
> [@Vile](#):
>
> wep? sure… if u want to piss the h4x0r off for… 30 seconds.
then restrict by hardware address too! You can hold’m off for a whole minute!
---
### Author:  [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/9 "2006-10-11T19:25:51Z")
> [@sureshot007](#):
>
> Ok mr. 1337 haxor. I’m sure you can crack my wireless security in 30 seconds.
according to this there’s atleast 2 marketed software’s that can do it generally between 5 seconds and 5 minutes.
[http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1814](http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1814)
you can do anything with money.
or time…
or both…
do you neighbors have money? Oh wait, im’ sure they don’t care THAT much about the shit that you have on your computer to even take the time.
---
### Author:  [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/10 "2006-10-11T20:21:58Z")
> [@BIGHANDS](#):
>
> ok thats what i thought can i use a hub instead of router
>
> id do wireless but neighbors too close with wireless crap i need it secure
Yes you can use a hub instead of a router.
Unless you are sure your neighbors are l33t hax0rz then I wouldn’t worry too much about using wireless. Just lock it down by hardware address, and add WEP encryption. Change up the password every few days if you are really that paranoid.
---
### Author:  [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/11 "2006-10-11T20:24:45Z")
omg all this talk about haxing is turning me on.
---
### Author:  [@BIGHANDS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BIGHANDS)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/12 "2006-10-12T04:43:54Z")
wow honestly it would be easier for me to run cat 5 plus its like 200 feet away i dant want weak signal issues plus i dont want to buy all that wireless stuff i have a box of like a 1000 feet of cat 5 just sitting here im goona do that thanks for the help guys
---
### Author:  [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/13 "2006-10-12T13:26:16Z")
> [@BIGHANDS](#):
>
> i have a box of like a 1000 feet of cat 5 just sitting here im goona do that
Well if that’s the case, might as well use 10% of it :tup:
Planning to wire your entire house and got distracted?
---
### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/14 "2006-10-12T13:33:21Z")
Get a wireless access point use a wep key and turn off ssid broadcast…theres a bunch of other shit you can do also. Just do those and you will be fine.
---
### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/15 "2006-10-12T13:37:24Z")
Nah it would take me about 30 minutes to get your wep key.
All I need is two laptops with wifi cards, and two copies of backtrack livecd.
I’ve been practicing here at work, I setup a couple linksys routers with 128 wep keys, and can get them pretty fast.
> [@sureshot007](#):
>
> Ok mr. 1337 haxor. I’m sure you can crack my wireless security in 30 seconds.
---
### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/16 "2006-10-12T13:38:25Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#):
>
> Get a wireless access point use a wep key and turn off ssid broadcast…theres a bunch of other shit you can do also. Just do those and you will be fine.
Even with the ssid broadcast OFF, many programs can still see the network. This is a fact.
Your better off using wpa-psk, not wep at all.
---
### Author:  [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/17 "2006-10-12T13:38:41Z")
I would honestly like to see that.
---
### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/18 "2006-10-12T13:39:45Z")
Yeah, but you can see the authorized mac addresses on the network, then just change your mac to one of the authorized addresses.
> [@Haenszel](#):
>
> then restrict by hardware address too! You can hold’m off for a whole minute!
---
### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-put-more-than-one-router-on-powerlink/18765/19 "2006-10-12T13:45:21Z")
Just for the record, 99.999 percent of the population has any idea how to crack wep, so its probably safe unless you live next door to some techie.