Thanks for a very clear and helpful walkthrough. I needed to reset my EA9500 access point and couldn’t remember how I’d set it up in the first place. You walked me straight through with total clarity and no helpdesk jargon. Thank you!
Thanks for the video, this saved me the cost of purchasing an extender. I had several Routers in storage, set aside as spares, I did not know the potential. Now, we have full bars in the far corners of our home.
don't buy an extender ever. The main reason to setup an access point is to maintain your current network at much larger distances. With an extender you are losing half your bandwidth before the signal ever leaves your extender and by the time it reaches your device your only getting a fraction of the half of bandwidth that's left. with an access point you keep 100% of your bandwidth. at least till it starts hitting your wireless devices which then your still limited by the device itself. but still a lot better than what you will get with an extender.
hi, i have double nat and need to put in bridge mode on my router. do you know how to do this?i know you have to go to dmz tab but it asks me for source ip and destination ip adress and i dont know what to put in there?
This is amazing, thank you so much! I have 50 devices on my EA9500 and internet speed was slow. I purchased a second EA9500 since I like the modem so much (extremely reliable for years) and added it as an access point exactly the way you explained. I tried previously, but kept failing because I didn't click "manual" setup and it kept wanting internet connection or to login to the Linksys ecosystem. Everything works perfectly now and I have half my devices on one and the other half on the other EA9500. I actually have the 3 Linksys Atlas Max 6E but prefer 2 EA9500's. My one question - does your EA9500 used as an access point have the 8 white lines on top of the router constantly flash? I've turned off the LED's via the administrative system, but can't figure out how to turn off the flashing white lines. I'm guessing it doesn't like being setup as an access point and is wanting an internet connection via the internet port vs. the 8 router ports. Any ideas except for putting black electrical tape over the front LED's?
Since you are obviously a power user, I would look into a business grade setup. Purchase a dedicated router/switch combo from Ubiquiti. This will provide gateway, and router functionalities to hardwire all of your devices. Then you want to purchase 2 UAC-AC-PRO dedicated access points, also from Ubiquiti. Hardwire them both into your router/switch after configuring them. What you're left with is a business grade setup, same thing you'll find in hotels, schools, etc. They will rarely need reset and will provide much more reliable service. Best part is, the price you pay is comparable, or less than your consumer grade setup. If a device does fail for any reason, just replace the failed device since you no longer two "jack of all trades - Master of none" devices
I was actually planning to go with the Ubiquiti, but got a 20% off deal on these routers. Plus they are a little easier to configure and I haven't had any "reliability" issues so far.
Hello , that is a very nice and powerful wireless router , I watch your video , to get some incite to run my old Netgear router as a access point , to minimize running so many cat 6 lines to other units , I do have a switch now that connects with my main router , but also want to take the other wireless and make it a Access point for wireless and land lines , but after seeing your setup as you say overkill , your have a identical router , which you do not absolutely need , viewing your setup , the problem with your signal is that you have your Linksys , in the basement , the lowest floor , surround by cement walls and on top of that to boot , directly behind your television , which makes big interference with the wifi signal , first of all wireless signals are trap in the basement , you need to get your main router on the first level floor away from the basement , preferably in the center of the main floor somewhere away from tv and entertainment units , run the Cat 6 lines down to the basement from your main router on the main floor , you have 8 ports to work with that is a lot of units hard lined in , this is a powerful router , when it's place properly , you should be able to pick up powerful wifi all through your house , and even pickup signal outside about 300 feet away , your have no need for that identical second router , a lot of extra money you did not need to spend , if you really need more extra ports then the eight you already have , you can get a very nice Linksys switch which only needs one Lan port from your main router and they even come with 4 and even 8 ports , for about 80 to 100 dollars , my main point to this comment is that your router placement setup is wrong , You do not absolutely need that second router , that router is one hungry mean ass router ,,,, send me the other one you waisted money on ,,,, lol ,,, anyways you did a great job on your video very informative .
Tha'ts your problem putting the router behind the tv and in your basement. The electric components in the tv are killing your Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi signals drop not rise. That's why communication companies have their huge antennas on mountains.
Just to follow up, I did also wind up setting my EA9500 in Bridge Mode to serve as an access point (connected via ethernet to the main router). Works great! But is there a way to see which devices are actually connecting to this EA9500 access point? Aside from a speed test in the far reach locations (which if fast means it connected), I can't see anything in the router settings that shows the devices connected, just the blended list of devices on the main router's settings screens. Thanks!
One point I wonder about: when you initially plug the laptop into the ea9500, how should the laptop ethernet be set up? I'm guessing DHCP although I'm not sure where the server is. In other words what needs to be done to ensure the two can communicate?
RDAllen, I have a 5000 square foot home all on one level. I have tried various solutions, but currently have six Eero mesh devices and I am struggling with stable and fast throughput. I am seriously considering the EA9500 with a second as an access point. Thanks for the review and my question is, now that your review was published in January, would you do the same or something different? Thanks...
No, won't change things! Absolutely loving these routers, no problems at all with speed or connection. I don't know if these would be the best solution for you though, in my case the second router made sense for me because I wanted the Ethernet ports as well as the access point at the second location. May want to check some of the Ubiquiti Unifi AC access points, they do take a little more experience to configure though. If I did not need the Ethernet ports, this is what I would have gone with for my second access point.
Hi RDAllen and thanks for your video. I've read that the "linksys" way to configure a router as AP is to connect the main router to linksys WAN port and to select "bridge mode" in its menu , giving to linksys a fixed IP outside of dhcp range of the main router. The question is: the procedure in this video do have some advantages? wich ones? Thanks in advance!
Out of curiosity...is there any way to set this router up as a wireless extender. I have a EA9500V1 and the LED lights on the front panel are failing. It works fine, however. I just purchased a used EA9500V2 and have it set up. I believe your instructions for setting up as an access point require ethernet cable connection between the two routers, correct? If I wanted to replace my RE9000 range extender with the older EA9500, is there any way to do that? Or is wired access point the only way? I looked in the Linksys menu and didn't see any configuration that indicated I could do that. Thanks.
Not sure if its my modem from the cable company, but I lose connection every couple days. I have to reboot it everytime and it comes back. Kinda annoying if you ask me, just happy it comes back on.
I've had that with the cheap routers the ISP provides. I've never had that problem with Linksys routers, which is why I usually always get my own router.
Why not simply use bridge mode for the second router so that all your devices will talk to eachother on one LAN? The Linksys firmware has the option under connection settings / Connection type
you just simply need wireless range extenders in the house and bridge them using WPS mode. So it’ll only act as 1 SSID & WPA Key on the entire house. When you move around the house, no need to worried abt switching to different ssid. You already have lan switch that goes to the wall outlets, why would need 8 ports more on the Router? Is your LAN switch managed? You can set the bandwidth for each port individually. And make sure to use Cat6 cables and not more than 50meters. 1 cable from router to switch are not enough.. say 8 lan devices accessing the internet will go thru 1 cable to your router. Maybe consider to use 2 ports and link aggregation to the router also your router placement was the main issue for low signal
The routers both have the same SSID and key so the devices will just connect to which router has the best signal, don't need to worry about have to switch. Ranger extenders in my experience are junk, are only as good as the signal they get. Not a managed switch also you can do 100m cable runs with Cat 6. Also one cable from the router to the switch should suffice as the Internet speed is much slower then the speed between the router and switch.
Didn’t work for me. Not sure if it’s more recent firmware but I just purchased 2 EA9500’s. Ran one as primary, setup secondary just like you showed. No internet to second router. Contacted linksys and was told to plug into wan port on second router instead of other numbered ports... with this setup no connectivity to any hardwired devices on second router. As a last resort setup in bridge mode, the guest network isn’t broadcasting from second router in bridge mode.
This should still work, did you disable the DHCP Server on the second router? If you don't then the second router will be providing IP address, but does not have an internet connection.
Can this EA9500 only be used as a WIRED bridge? Or is there a way to have it work as a WIRELESS bridge as well? I'l like to repurpose my EA9500 to put in another room so it can wirelessly connect to my main cable modem/wireless router and then wire-connect from the EA9500 to an old TiVo. Thanks.
I don’t think you can do a wireless bridge with these. Only possibility would if they make ddwrt firmware for this router then that will allow for wireless.
So I have a 9500 that I want to use as a wireless repeater. All of your steps work (exact name, pw, changing the local ip to a unique #) until I get to Connectivity>Internet Settings>Edit>Type of Internet Connection. The last option is Bridge. In my case running wires is not an option at this point. Am I missing something obvious?
what is the fastest wireless you have gotten? I have gigabit internet but i can only pull about 600Mbps with this router on wireless... Do i need to change something?
Hi, RDAllen. Does your Internet Service Provider handover a static public IP that is why you opted to have a primary router (with Linksys Internet port used facing ISP)?
@@radozeman Does this mean that your setup uses 2 NATs? 1. ISP Cloud (WAN - Public IP) > ISP Modem (LAN IP - Private) 2. ISP Modem (LAN IP - Private) > Primary Linksys Router (Another LAN IP - Private) I came up with this idea because you mentioned that your Primary Linksys router is facing the ISP via the WAN/Internet/Yellow Port. Thank you for sharing your setup!
I love this router it's a beast and I'm getting googlle fiber this weekend and they're going to come me with 2 google wifi Gen1 routers 2 of them and to be honest I want the Linksys to still be the main router. But how about I made the google wifi my main after they set it up and I add this Linksys EA900 as a AP? Or do I need to put it in bridge mode? I can't see myself boxing up this Linksys in exchange for google only.
I'm using a Linksys EA9500 as my main router and have two older routers (WRT610N & N900) that I think would make for good wireless access points. I thought the EA9500 would cover my entire home, but the signal is much weaker in our back addition and much like yourself I don't know what in the home is causing the coverage to weaken. Am I wasting my time with such a project or should I give this a try? I'd hate to spend more money on a newer router when I can possibly repurpose the older models. Would I apply these same steps if I were to give it a try? Again, this would be a wireless setup. Thank you in advance for any input you might have.
I watched another review and it mentioned attaching the router to a powerline adapter. Would I need that for what I want to accomplish or do I simply just plug it into an outlet with no worries? I hope I'm not bothering you with so many questions, but it's greatly appreciated. BTW, thanks for the timely reply.
You would need to run an Ethernet cable between the 2 routers, or like you mentioned using powerline adapters. At least with the setup I am using in this video, I am not using the routers as extenders (which aren't very good anyway in my opinion) but as access points.
can I set 1st router ssid as linksys_5G, and 2nd router as linksys-5G? underscore and horizontal line ，does it make a different? My computer looks them as the same or 2 pcs? i hope tell out which is which router. does 2ND router add Ext after ssid showing it is AP?
Thanks for the video. I have an EA8300 for my main router I was going to return my EA7300 and I brought an RE6500. I was very upset to learn the RE6500 wants to connect as an extension with an ssid labeled my "ssid_ext". I very much wanted that whole seamless wifi experience they boost about. So I'm going to use my EA7300 in the manner you did. But I have a few questions does your set up work in the seamless max stream manner where it will connect to the strongest network with out input from you? Under the internet settings tab did you change auto config/ static ip/PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP/bridgemode/wireless repeater/wireless bridge? And under advance routing tab leave it on nat or dynamic routing (rip)? I've watched several vids I would much rather go with the wired set as you did and don't wanna mess with ddwrt since it doesn't seem necessary.
Yes this does give seamless connection and it does connect to the strongest signal, as far as everything else other that what I showed in the video, I left everything at default
@@radozeman I can never access the web interface via 5G, for me, its only accessible through the 2.4G network. Other than that, the thing is a beast! My only wish is that it had VPN capability...sigh
@@radozeman Thanks. Something must be wrong since it does not reach far outside like it did when i had it set as primary. Installed to opposite side of home to try and get better reception on that side plus outdoor
Very nice video sir! When you connect all other devices (i.e. tv, game console, etc) to your AP, does that mean the other ports acts as a wired connection to those devices? Or do you still have to setup the external devices using the Wifi of that AP(SSID you gave the AP)?
Thanks for the video, i am looking at purchasing this router and was curious about it. I was wondering if that backup power supply under your router might be the problem, they produce a very strong magnetic field and will dissipate/degrade the wifi signal quality.
True the backup power supply could be causing some of the issues, I still say though it’s the walls that are in the house, thin coat plaster doesn’t matter where I put the router, more than 2 rooms away you won’t get a signal
Hi bud, really appreciate the video, somehow I've gone well over a year doing a pretty much similar setup but completely forgot to change dhcp, it all still worked as a wireless access point but locked me out the router, I've now reset and setup just as you have, ethernet from main router into port 1, the main router is only reporting the linksys is getting 100mb and my computer on the same main router is getting 1000. any ideas on this one? I've got cat 5 upto my computer, cat 5 into the linksys but somehow its only getting 100mb, under internet connectivity settings in linksys its set to auto on both ipv4(dhcp) and v6 as it's not using the internet port are these settings ignored or causing the issue?
Hi Randy, fixed it, simple silly thing as is always the way. got rid of the small female to female r45 extension plug doo dahh I was using for setup and all is well now :) thanks again!
Hi again randy, still banging my head against the wall, I believe these routers have issues where any conflict even momentarily straight up change the ip address of the router, locking you out This has always been my issue, my setup requires me keeping a IP provided modem router as a router purely for the rents WiFi which uses the guest WiFi account on first router so it's his own wifi network, I then use ethernet from the IP router to the ea9500. I can get WiFi devices working on internet no matter how i set up really, but everything I've tried it's always randomly changing the ea9500 ip which then means I can't access any of its settings or see the usb sticks attached though both WiFi and ethernet. I'm going to have to tell rent to get his own modem install as they won't give me a second under my name, bridge mode on ea9500 does keep the IP but then it disables all the other features making it useless. Really struggling and not sure if you've noticed ip changing on you, I know it keeps working for WiFi internet access but is annoying me to no end for my plans to add a pihole and make use of the usb attached storage, any suggestions?
Is there any benefit to setting the secondary to bridged mode within the router configuration instead of just using the secondary as a switch as you are doing here? I'm using an EA9200 as my primary and am trying to set up an EA6900 as my secondary/AP. For some reason whenever I disable the DHCP server on the EA6900, set it to 192.168.1.2 and enabled bridged mode, I'm unable to access the configuration page (192.168.1.2) again, even through LAN only to my desktop. I've had to factory reset it and set it back up multiple times. Thanks for any help.
I had to disable NAT on 2nd router.. Had same problems like you. And manually specified IP address, when disconnected 1st router (no more DHCP from 1st router).
Hello! A question.. Do you hook the 2nd router to the first router or do you hook both to the modem? I am sorry I missed that. Also, I have the exact model as you (love it) and was wondering when you hooked up the 2nd modem did you notice much decrease bandwidth next to first modem? I was wondering if it would be much lag if I had 2 modems. I have a 2 story house with about 115-120 mbps and downstairs its maybe 10 slower. Would it be worth it to get 2 of them. My house is about 3000 sq feet so I would not mind the extra power. But I'm happy with the speed upstairs just don't want to lose a lot. I got that new extender with Linksis (RE7000) but those just slow things down unless you are out of signal. Thanks for your thoughts good videos!!!
Depends on your modem setup, in my case I hook the second router up to the first router, you should not notice any speed decrease this way from one router to the next router, other than what is caused by the strength of your Wi-Fi signal. And you can add more than 2 routers this way, just connect them all to router 1 (main router that is connected to the modem). I don't think you can do 2 modems unless you have 2 connections and I won't recommend that.
No. Speed should be the same between whichever router you connect to. The only slow down you might experience would be a result of the Wi-Fi connection speed between the router and your device, which as long as your close enough to the router you shouldn't have any loss in speed.
RDAllen thanks you got an awesome setup. Do you prefer flat vs round cable? I'm thinking doing what you are doing with 50 ft of Cat 7 cable. what's the distance between your access point. notice any difference in speed or performance. thanks!
I've always used the round cable, doesn't really matter though whichever you prefer. I'm am using Cat 6 and don't notice any speed difference. Technically you can even use Cat 5e since it is only 1 Gbps connections.
Great video this helped me a lot getting my linksys set up. Everything works fine. But the bars on top of the linksys are flashing as if there's no connection, ( there is, the wirelss works fine), and I can't log into the router anymore thru the network even though I'm connected to it by wifi. Is this normal ?
Yes, normal for it flash like that, I'm not aware of a way to turn that off unfortunately. You should still be able to log into the router though! Did you set it to one IP address higher (and/or higher) than your main router? IE 192.168.1.1 for main and 192.168.1.2 for the access point router and they should be connected LAN to LAN port, don't use the WAN ports to connect the routers.
Thanks RD. yes connected LAN-LAN. my main modem/router IP address is 10.0.0.135 and the linksys is still at default which is the 192.168.1.1. is that the issue maybe ? do i need to allocate the linksys a 10.0.0.136 or higher ?
Chris K If your main routers IP is 10.0.0.135, you need set your second routers IP address to anything between 10.0.0.1-254 (but not 135), 10.0.0.136 as you said would work.
Very interesting and helpful video. I’m trying a similar setup on EA9300 as secondary router and TP-Link Archer AX11000 as primary. For some reason this setup isn’t working for me. Primary router is 192.168.1.1 with the Ip range of 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200 Secondary router is 192.168.1.2 with DHCP disabled. LAN1 from primary router is connected to LAN1 of the secondary router. LAN2 of secondary router is connected to the PC. Despite all the aforementioned setup, no internet connection on the PC connected to the secondary router. Any idea what other settings should be tweaked to make this work? Appreciate any input.
RDAllen - Main router works fine. All devices on the primary router are working. It’s just the secondary router that is having the issue when connected to the primary router. On secondary router no internet icon and no Ethernet cable (wan) light is on.
You should disable NAT on 2ndrouter... Otherwise I could not connect anymore to 2nd router after this changes. Also routers are connected with ordinary ports, not on WAN on the 2nd one..
Hi, in your new router, what is the connection mode you choose after disabling DHCP. It does not have the option of ACCess point. Help appreciated... Also is there a speed dip between the mail router and the one you setup as a access point
@@radozeman, when you disable DHCP, you have to choose a connection mode and the options provided are Static IP, PPP0E, PPTP, L2TP, Bridge Mode, Wireless Repeater, Wireless Bridge. Currently mine is on Bridge mode and is connected but my speed from my secondary router with is connected by cable is 1/3 of what i am getting from the main router which is the ED9500. From the video above, the light on your laptop had washed out the view so could not see the settings... Also if there a difference in speed between your primary router compared to the Access Point. Help Appreciated
@@achalamalkanthi6756 I had the exact same problem. No access point options, only the ones you stated already. When I disabled DHCP and had it in bridge mode it became pretty much useless so I'm currently stuck. If you find a solution anywhere else, pleeeeeeeease update me because I'm currently at a loss...
Enable DHCP again, set and save settings, then choose your option to use (I just left mine as it came) then set and save again with reboots or whatever is required, then disable DHCP. For whatever reason the options can not be changed when it is disabled.
awesome video... question please..... all working great. however having trouble.. want to look at my linksys again.... my primary router is 0.1..... thinking i left linksys as 1.1 thank you with any ideas
So you have one as 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 and the other as 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0? That would make the routers on different networks. Doesn't matter to much which way you go but the first 3 sets need to be identical, so either 192.168.0.# or 192.168.1.#
but.. can you please told me because i read somewhere you can put this 2 routers and use only 1 ssid and when you get out of range of one this continue with the 2 router and you didnt need to hit the wifi in your phone for switch to the 2 router.. hopefully you understood me
@@radozeman Nice video BUT ... I BELIEVE using same SSID is not considered a "best practice" PLUS you should consider using only channels 1,6 or 11 for the 2.4gHz (different for each device). I'm not looking for a debate but just sharing what the experts have told me. I am not an expert.
I thought you need to set second router to bridges and use the internet port according to Linksys. You also need to make sure both are on different channels
thanks for the video, i'm wondering if you could do a video with the same routers but connecting them via wifi (i don't have the ethernet cable upstairs, but i do want to use this as a switch) so it would catch the wifi signal and the switch it to the xbox, ps4 etc.) can the EA9500 do that? thx
uncheck dhcp， change ip， and how about internet settings, this button just next to local network button, -- internet connection type -- drop down list-- static ip/bridge mode/wireless repeater/wireless bridge/pppoe which one ?
Definitely there's some blocking or weakens your signal upstairs. We live in 2nd flor apartment and I still get good signal on the parking garage at the ground floor. Maybe moving your router on the top floor?
I have tried before, used to be on top of the desk in the next room over, signal in the living rooms would be 1 (YES 1) bar! Just from 1 room over! I declare the rooms in this house are made out of lead or something.
Yeah too bad I heard reading stories like that with their ea9500. Looks like you should better off with Ubiquiti Unifi AP since the solution will be more effective and probably cheaper --- for the price of 1 ea9500 you can get few ubiquity and properly placed all over the house. --- you probably know that already.
I would have gone with a Ubiquiti, but I wanted the Ethernet ports, so this seemed like a good "all in one" solution. I don't think there is anything wrong with either of the EA9500. I have been through a few routers now and have always suffered from extremely poor WiFi. The EA9500s so far have been by far the best ones I have had.
Me too. At first I'm quite sceptical if I can really see better signal over over my good old e4200 and wrt54g but whatever I got very good deal and I'm simply blown away with the results.
VERY HELPFUL VIDEO!!! Question....some reviews of the router complain that access speed significantly degraded once they updated the firmware (they had auto update set ON). The problem was resolved by initiating a factory reset and then turning automatic updates to OFF. Did you encounter any similar problems? Is your router set for auto updates? Thanks again for the video. Regards.
Thank you for the quick response. I will be purchasing the router today from Linksys. They have a sale and I can get it for 315.00. Now I just have to make space for this huge unit. 😊
Hi RD, I have a EA9500 as router and it is really great, would like to use my EA6700 and EA6900 as AP's or just to make my coverage at home bigger for my sons game gatherings, but not able to see what you put into the gui for 192.168.1.1 so please do more thorough explanation for the ones that has not the best eyes following your screen or - just a wish here from Denmark as I would like to almost follow your great example 😊 Kindest Klaes
You just need to set them so no 2 have the same IP address, and you only want to change the last digits. so I would suggest 192.168.1.2, and 192.168.1.3.
For the best signal you would want both routers to be connected via an ethernet cable. You can also plug other devices via ethernet into the second router.
First of all, great video. I am having the same experience another person posted. After setting up the second router to be an access point, it just continues to blink, but signal strength is great. I cannot log into the router even though, I gave it the next sequential address as directed (i.e.192.168.1.2). My question is, will the second router also receive automatic firmware updates as well as I noticed upon installation the firmware was different than the main router?
RDAllen interesting, I thought you said that you didn’t have them try to troubleshoot or fix it because they were going to charge for that? The symptoms of the problem sound like something I’ve seen before and have been able to resolve so I’m surprised they didn’t fix it if then if that were the case.
My lynksys lasted just under one year as well. They sent me a new one that went out as well 9 months later, but they now won't back it up because they go by the original date of purchase, not the time they sent the new router. Good video, but lynksys is junk.
this could have been a 90 second video and you should have used bridge mode. that turns dhcp and all the routing features off and it just becomes a switch/access point.
Help! I need help setting up my network. I want to make sure i am getting the most out of my network and need help connecting these devices in the right order. Here is what i'm working with, -(ISP) Spectrum 400 mbps down/400 mbps up -Modem 4 ports with wifi (wifi can be turned on or off) -Router, Linksys EA9500 Max Stream -Router, Linksys Velop 3pk -Switch, TP Link 24 Gigabit Switch (TL-SG1024D) I have about 17 devices in my house that can be wired through ethernet and 5 that are wifi only. Thank You so much!!
I would say that depends on which device you want as the main device? The modem or the router?Option 1 would be to connect everything to the modem (routers and switches)Option 2 would be to use the EA9500 as the main device so modem > EA9500 > then other router and switch to the EA9500.I would connect all the wired devices to the switch. If you go with option 1 you can spread the modem and routers out for better Wi-Fi coverage.
@@radozeman I'm using the ethernet wire to connect computer to router. I found my problem though I had to click close on a window that was open & then it worked. Thank you for responding so quickly. I'm watching your video now to finish setting up.
the 9200 has known problems, first is the usb ports stop working. which is what happened to 3 units , I just gave up on it and went with the ea8500. No problems with the ea8500
Thanks for a very clear and helpful walkthrough. I needed to reset my EA9500 access point and couldn’t remember how I’d set it up in the first place. You walked me straight through with total clarity and no helpdesk jargon. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
I have been trying for ages to set up my second router as an AP. Instructions on Linksys page are so confusing. Great video helped me a lot.
finally some one that has more wires then me fantastic setup
LOL, if it can be wired, I wire it!
Excellent tutorial. I used this to set up a Linksys ea7500 as an AP and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
nice!
Thanks for the video, this saved me the cost of purchasing an extender. I had several Routers in storage, set aside as spares, I did not know the potential. Now, we have full bars in the far corners of our home.
Oh yes this is perfect if you have spares around!
don't buy an extender ever. The main reason to setup an access point is to maintain your current network at much larger distances. With an extender you are losing half your bandwidth before the signal ever leaves your extender and by the time it reaches your device your only getting a fraction of the half of bandwidth that's left. with an access point you keep 100% of your bandwidth. at least till it starts hitting your wireless devices which then your still limited by the device itself. but still a lot better than what you will get with an extender.
I set up a second router using MOCA. Your video made setting up the access point super easy.
Thanks my dude!
Now you have a Double NAT restricting traffic / port forwarding. You should have set Internet Access to Bridge mode not Automatic.
hi, i have double nat and need to put in bridge mode on my router. do you know how to do this?i know you have to go to dmz tab but it asks me for source ip and destination ip adress and i dont know what to put in there?
@@otaconwolf1835 so easy brahdah. all u gotta do is use google.com httplmnopqursuvwrxynz
Do you know how to fix the double nat? I’d like to fix that. My ports are all fucked up from this
This is amazing, thank you so much! I have 50 devices on my EA9500 and internet speed was slow. I purchased a second EA9500 since I like the modem so much (extremely reliable for years) and added it as an access point exactly the way you explained. I tried previously, but kept failing because I didn't click "manual" setup and it kept wanting internet connection or to login to the Linksys ecosystem. Everything works perfectly now and I have half my devices on one and the other half on the other EA9500. I actually have the 3 Linksys Atlas Max 6E but prefer 2 EA9500's. My one question - does your EA9500 used as an access point have the 8 white lines on top of the router constantly flash? I've turned off the LED's via the administrative system, but can't figure out how to turn off the flashing white lines. I'm guessing it doesn't like being setup as an access point and is wanting an internet connection via the internet port vs. the 8 router ports. Any ideas except for putting black electrical tape over the front LED's?
Yes mine flashes as well, like you said because it’s not directly hooked to the internet. I put a piece of black tape over it myself.
Since you are obviously a power user, I would look into a business grade setup. Purchase a dedicated router/switch combo from Ubiquiti. This will provide gateway, and router functionalities to hardwire all of your devices. Then you want to purchase 2 UAC-AC-PRO dedicated access points, also from Ubiquiti. Hardwire them both into your router/switch after configuring them. What you're left with is a business grade setup, same thing you'll find in hotels, schools, etc. They will rarely need reset and will provide much more reliable service. Best part is, the price you pay is comparable, or less than your consumer grade setup. If a device does fail for any reason, just replace the failed device since you no longer two "jack of all trades - Master of none" devices
I was actually planning to go with the Ubiquiti, but got a 20% off deal on these routers. Plus they are a little easier to configure and I haven't had any "reliability" issues so far.
Your setup is crazy
thanks
Hello , that is a very nice and powerful wireless router , I watch your video , to get some incite to run my old Netgear router as a access point , to minimize running so many cat 6 lines to other units , I do have a switch now that connects with my main router , but also want to take the other wireless and make it a Access point for wireless and land lines , but after seeing your setup as you say overkill , your have a identical router , which you do not absolutely need , viewing your setup , the problem with your signal is that you have your Linksys , in the basement , the lowest floor , surround by cement walls and on top of that to boot , directly behind your television , which makes big interference with the wifi signal , first of all wireless signals are trap in the basement , you need to get your main router on the first level floor away from the basement , preferably in the center of the main floor somewhere away from tv and entertainment units , run the Cat 6 lines down to the basement from your main router on the main floor , you have 8 ports to work with that is a lot of units hard lined in , this is a powerful router , when it's place properly , you should be able to pick up powerful wifi all through your house , and even pickup signal outside about 300 feet away , your have no need for that identical second router , a lot of extra money you did not need to spend , if you really need more extra ports then the eight you already have , you can get a very nice Linksys switch which only needs one Lan port from your main router and they even come with 4 and even 8 ports , for about 80 to 100 dollars , my main point to this comment is that your router placement setup is wrong , You do not absolutely need that second router , that router is one hungry mean ass router ,,,, send me the other one you waisted money on ,,,, lol ,,, anyways you did a great job on your video very informative .
Tha'ts your problem putting the router behind the tv and in your basement. The electric components in the tv are killing your Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi signals drop not rise. That's why communication companies have their huge antennas on mountains.
Well I don't have a mountian to put it on
RDAllen but you can remove it from the back of your tv.
Just to follow up, I did also wind up setting my EA9500 in Bridge Mode to serve as an access point (connected via ethernet to the main router). Works great! But is there a way to see which devices are actually connecting to this EA9500 access point? Aside from a speed test in the far reach locations (which if fast means it connected), I can't see anything in the router settings that shows the devices connected, just the blended list of devices on the main router's settings screens. Thanks!
Only way I know of is what you already said.
(2023) video doesn't work for me. Change it to Bridge Mode and bang! it became an AP.
One point I wonder about: when you initially plug the laptop into the ea9500, how should the laptop ethernet be set up? I'm guessing DHCP although I'm not sure where the server is. In other words what needs to be done to ensure the two can communicate?
By default DHCP is on (router is the server), so when you first connect it shouldn't be a problem.
RDAllen, I have a 5000 square foot home all on one level. I have tried various solutions, but currently have six Eero mesh devices and I am struggling with stable and fast throughput. I am seriously considering the EA9500 with a second as an access point. Thanks for the review and my question is, now that your review was published in January, would you do the same or something different? Thanks...
No, won't change things! Absolutely loving these routers, no problems at all with speed or connection. I don't know if these would be the best solution for you though, in my case the second router made sense for me because I wanted the Ethernet ports as well as the access point at the second location. May want to check some of the Ubiquiti Unifi AC access points, they do take a little more experience to configure though. If I did not need the Ethernet ports, this is what I would have gone with for my second access point.
Hi RDAllen and thanks for your video.
I've read that the "linksys" way to configure a router as AP is to connect the main router to linksys WAN port and to select "bridge mode" in its menu , giving to linksys a fixed IP outside of dhcp range of the main router.
The question is: the procedure in this video do have some advantages? wich ones? Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure if there is advantage over 1 way or the other.
Out of curiosity...is there any way to set this router up as a wireless extender. I have a EA9500V1 and the LED lights on the front panel are failing. It works fine, however. I just purchased a used EA9500V2 and have it set up. I believe your instructions for setting up as an access point require ethernet cable connection between the two routers, correct? If I wanted to replace my RE9000 range extender with the older EA9500, is there any way to do that? Or is wired access point the only way? I looked in the Linksys menu and didn't see any configuration that indicated I could do that. Thanks.
Not sure if its my modem from the cable company, but I lose connection every couple days. I have to reboot it everytime and it comes back. Kinda annoying if you ask me, just happy it comes back on.
+Jeffrey Myers I have the same issue it's been that way since we got it! We bought a new router and still have to reset it every so often!
I've had that with the cheap routers the ISP provides. I've never had that problem with Linksys routers, which is why I usually always get my own router.
RDAllen good to know! Thanks Randy!!
RDAllen I bought this router from the store, its a Netgear.
I had a Netgear for a while, wasn't that impressed to be honest and ended up going back to Linksys.
Why not simply use bridge mode for the second router so that all your devices will talk to eachother on one LAN? The Linksys firmware has the option under connection settings / Connection type
Works the same way this way as well, plus fewer problems in my experience, bridge mode seems buggy at times
you just simply need wireless range extenders in the house and bridge them using WPS mode. So it’ll only act as 1 SSID & WPA Key on the entire house.
When you move around the house, no need to worried abt switching to different ssid.
You already have lan switch that goes to the wall outlets, why would need 8 ports more on the Router?
Is your LAN switch managed? You can set the bandwidth for each port individually. And make sure to use Cat6 cables and not more than 50meters.
1 cable from router to switch are not enough.. say 8 lan devices accessing the internet will go thru 1 cable to your router. Maybe consider to use 2 ports and link aggregation to the router
also your router placement was the main issue for low signal
The routers both have the same SSID and key so the devices will just connect to which router has the best signal, don't need to worry about have to switch. Ranger extenders in my experience are junk, are only as good as the signal they get. Not a managed switch also you can do 100m cable runs with Cat 6. Also one cable from the router to the switch should suffice as the Internet speed is much slower then the speed between the router and switch.
If it is an older home, Plaster pays hell with wifi signal
I didn't think of that, we have thin coat plaster, not drywall.
Didn’t work for me. Not sure if it’s more recent firmware but I just purchased 2 EA9500’s. Ran one as primary, setup secondary just like you showed. No internet to second router. Contacted linksys and was told to plug into wan port on second router instead of other numbered ports... with this setup no connectivity to any hardwired devices on second router. As a last resort setup in bridge mode, the guest network isn’t broadcasting from second router in bridge mode.
This should still work, did you disable the DHCP Server on the second router? If you don't then the second router will be providing IP address, but does not have an internet connection.
Can this EA9500 only be used as a WIRED bridge? Or is there a way to have it work as a WIRELESS bridge as well? I'l like to repurpose my EA9500 to put in another room so it can wirelessly connect to my main cable modem/wireless router and then wire-connect from the EA9500 to an old TiVo. Thanks.
I don’t think you can do a wireless bridge with these. Only possibility would if they make ddwrt firmware for this router then that will allow for wireless.
So I have a 9500 that I want to use as a wireless repeater. All of your steps work (exact name, pw, changing the local ip to a unique #) until I get to Connectivity>Internet Settings>Edit>Type of Internet Connection. The last option is Bridge. In my case running wires is not an option at this point. Am I missing something obvious?
I don't think you can use these as a repeater with the Linksys software.
what is the fastest wireless you have gotten? I have gigabit internet but i can only pull about 600Mbps with this router on wireless... Do i need to change something?
What's the wireless connection speed? It should say what speed it is connected at.
Hi, RDAllen. Does your Internet Service Provider handover a static public IP that is why you opted to have a primary router (with Linksys Internet port used facing ISP)?
They use dynamic for the ip addresses.
@@radozeman Does this mean that your setup uses 2 NATs?
1. ISP Cloud (WAN - Public IP) > ISP Modem (LAN IP - Private)
2. ISP Modem (LAN IP - Private) > Primary Linksys Router (Another LAN IP - Private)
I came up with this idea because you mentioned that your Primary Linksys router is facing the ISP via the WAN/Internet/Yellow Port.
Thank you for sharing your setup!
I love this router it's a beast and I'm getting googlle fiber this weekend and they're going to come me with 2 google wifi Gen1 routers 2 of them and to be honest I want the Linksys to still be the main router. But how about I made the google wifi my main after they set it up and I add this Linksys EA900 as a AP?
Or do I need to put it in bridge mode? I can't see myself boxing up this Linksys in exchange for google only.
I'm using a Linksys EA9500 as my main router and have two older routers (WRT610N & N900) that I think would make for good wireless access points. I thought the EA9500 would cover my entire home, but the signal is much weaker in our back addition and much like yourself I don't know what in the home is causing the coverage to weaken. Am I wasting my time with such a project or should I give this a try? I'd hate to spend more money on a newer router when I can possibly repurpose the older models. Would I apply these same steps if I were to give it a try? Again, this would be a wireless setup. Thank you in advance for any input you might have.
Yes, these routers should work just fine, no Wireless AC though, just N, which is still fast enough for most things. And the steps would be the same.
I watched another review and it mentioned attaching the router to a powerline adapter. Would I need that for what I want to accomplish or do I simply just plug it into an outlet with no worries? I hope I'm not bothering you with so many questions, but it's greatly appreciated. BTW, thanks for the timely reply.
You would need to run an Ethernet cable between the 2 routers, or like you mentioned using powerline adapters. At least with the setup I am using in this video, I am not using the routers as extenders (which aren't very good anyway in my opinion) but as access points.
Thanks! I appreciate your help. You got yourself a new subscriber.
Did the signal strength on first floor improve?how much these routers are expensive
I get full strength through the entire house, and I figure in the event the main router fails I have a backup.
can I set 1st router ssid as linksys_5G, and 2nd router as linksys-5G?
underscore and horizontal line ，does it make a different?
My computer looks them as the same or 2 pcs?
i hope tell out which is which router. does 2ND router add Ext after ssid showing it is AP?
If you do that they will be different! If you want them to be the same use the exact same name on both and your computer will connect to either
Thanks for the video. I have an EA8300 for my main router I was going to return my EA7300 and I brought an RE6500. I was very upset to learn the RE6500 wants to connect as an extension with an ssid labeled my "ssid_ext".
I very much wanted that whole seamless wifi experience they boost about. So I'm going to use my EA7300 in the manner you did.
But I have a few questions does your set up work in the seamless max stream manner where it will connect to the strongest network with out input from you?
Under the internet settings tab did you change auto config/ static ip/PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP/bridgemode/wireless repeater/wireless bridge?
And under advance routing tab leave it on nat or dynamic routing (rip)?
I've watched several vids I would much rather go with the wired set as you did and don't wanna mess with ddwrt since it doesn't seem necessary.
Yes this does give seamless connection and it does connect to the strongest signal, as far as everything else other that what I showed in the video, I left everything at default
I had the same question did you get an answer for this?
Two years later...are you still happy w the 9500's? Have you had any issues accessing them via the smart wifi portal?
No complaints so far! And I always log into them through the web interface
@@radozeman I can never access the web interface via 5G, for me, its only accessible through the 2.4G network. Other than that, the thing is a beast! My only wish is that it had VPN capability...sigh
I've seen allot of people that setup the 2nd Router using Wireless Bridge, is that even necessary, or did you leave that set on automatic?
Just tried this and is the main light on the second router supposed to blink? Mine does and did exactly like you showed to do. Thanks
It does yes, it blinks when it doesn’t have anything plugged in the WAN port for internet.
@@radozeman Thanks. Something must be wrong since it does not reach far outside like it did when i had it set as primary. Installed to opposite side of home to try and get better reception on that side plus outdoor
Could I use this Router EA9500 as a Repeater? or something wirelessly connected to my Main Router.. without running any wires..???
I don’t think you can with this router. Linksys doesn’t typically support repeater mode. Unless you can get DDWRT firmware for it.
@@radozeman ahhh that sucks.. no firmware update for this machine.
Very nice video sir!
When you connect all other devices (i.e. tv, game console, etc) to your AP, does that mean the other ports acts as a wired connection to those devices? Or do you still have to setup the external devices using the Wifi of that AP(SSID you gave the AP)?
Yes, they will act as wired connections.
Thanks!!!
Thanks for the video, i am looking at purchasing this router and was curious about it. I was wondering if that backup power supply under your router might be the problem, they produce a very strong magnetic field and will dissipate/degrade the wifi signal quality.
True the backup power supply could be causing some of the issues, I still say though it’s the walls that are in the house, thin coat plaster doesn’t matter where I put the router, more than 2 rooms away you won’t get a signal
I am in for the same thing. I need a fast wifi accespoint and more than 6 gigabit Lan ports.
Perfect router then!
Hi bud, really appreciate the video, somehow I've gone well over a year doing a pretty much similar setup but completely forgot to change dhcp, it all still worked as a wireless access point but locked me out the router, I've now reset and setup just as you have, ethernet from main router into port 1, the main router is only reporting the linksys is getting 100mb and my computer on the same main router is getting 1000.
any ideas on this one? I've got cat 5 upto my computer, cat 5 into the linksys but somehow its only getting 100mb, under internet connectivity settings in linksys its set to auto on both ipv4(dhcp) and v6
as it's not using the internet port are these settings ignored or causing the issue?
Hi Randy, fixed it, simple silly thing as is always the way.
got rid of the small female to female r45 extension plug doo dahh I was using for setup and all is well now :)
thanks again!
Ah that’s what I was going ask if something was wrong with the wire or connection.
Hi again randy, still banging my head against the wall, I believe these routers have issues where any conflict even momentarily straight up change the ip address of the router, locking you out
This has always been my issue, my setup requires me keeping a IP provided modem router as a router purely for the rents WiFi which uses the guest WiFi account on first router so it's his own wifi network, I then use ethernet from the IP router to the ea9500.
I can get WiFi devices working on internet no matter how i set up really, but everything I've tried it's always randomly changing the ea9500 ip which then means I can't access any of its settings or see the usb sticks attached though both WiFi and ethernet.
I'm going to have to tell rent to get his own modem install as they won't give me a second under my name, bridge mode on ea9500 does keep the IP but then it disables all the other features making it useless.
Really struggling and not sure if you've noticed ip changing on you, I know it keeps working for WiFi internet access but is annoying me to no end for my plans to add a pihole and make use of the usb attached storage, any suggestions?
Is there any benefit to setting the secondary to bridged mode within the router configuration instead of just using the secondary as a switch as you are doing here? I'm using an EA9200 as my primary and am trying to set up an EA6900 as my secondary/AP. For some reason whenever I disable the DHCP server on the EA6900, set it to 192.168.1.2 and enabled bridged mode, I'm unable to access the configuration page (192.168.1.2) again, even through LAN only to my desktop. I've had to factory reset it and set it back up multiple times. Thanks for any help.
I had to disable NAT on 2nd router.. Had same problems like you. And manually specified IP address, when disconnected 1st router (no more DHCP from 1st router).
Thanks, I just did this with my EA9500...
Nice!
Indeed, your video made it ez-pz. just added my new WRT32X, from Best Buy TIN, to the mix as my main router....
Hello! A question.. Do you hook the 2nd router to the first router or do you hook both to the modem? I am sorry I missed that. Also, I have the exact model as you (love it) and was wondering when you hooked up the 2nd modem did you notice much decrease bandwidth next to first modem? I was wondering if it would be much lag if I had 2 modems. I have a 2 story house with about 115-120 mbps and downstairs its maybe 10 slower. Would it be worth it to get 2 of them. My house is about 3000 sq feet so I would not mind the extra power. But I'm happy with the speed upstairs just don't want to lose a lot. I got that new extender with Linksis (RE7000) but those just slow things down unless you are out of signal. Thanks for your thoughts good videos!!!
Depends on your modem setup, in my case I hook the second router up to the first router, you should not notice any speed decrease this way from one router to the next router, other than what is caused by the strength of your Wi-Fi signal. And you can add more than 2 routers this way, just connect them all to router 1 (main router that is connected to the modem). I don't think you can do 2 modems unless you have 2 connections and I won't recommend that.
RDAllen thanks. how about the original speed. did it slow you down at all
No. Speed should be the same between whichever router you connect to. The only slow down you might experience would be a result of the Wi-Fi connection speed between the router and your device, which as long as your close enough to the router you shouldn't have any loss in speed.
RDAllen thanks you got an awesome setup. Do you prefer flat vs round cable? I'm thinking doing what you are doing with 50 ft of Cat 7 cable. what's the distance between your access point. notice any difference in speed or performance. thanks!
I've always used the round cable, doesn't really matter though whichever you prefer. I'm am using Cat 6 and don't notice any speed difference. Technically you can even use Cat 5e since it is only 1 Gbps connections.
Great video this helped me a lot getting my linksys set up. Everything works fine. But the bars on top of the linksys are flashing as if there's no connection, ( there is, the wirelss works fine), and I can't log into the router anymore thru the network even though I'm connected to it by wifi. Is this normal ?
Yes, normal for it flash like that, I'm not aware of a way to turn that off unfortunately. You should still be able to log into the router though! Did you set it to one IP address higher (and/or higher) than your main router? IE 192.168.1.1 for main and 192.168.1.2 for the access point router and they should be connected LAN to LAN port, don't use the WAN ports to connect the routers.
Thanks RD. yes connected LAN-LAN. my main modem/router IP address is 10.0.0.135 and the linksys is still at default which is the 192.168.1.1. is that the issue maybe ? do i need to allocate the linksys a 10.0.0.136 or higher ?
Chris K If your main routers IP is 10.0.0.135, you need set your second routers IP address to anything between 10.0.0.1-254 (but not 135), 10.0.0.136 as you said would work.
Very interesting and helpful video.
I’m trying a similar setup on EA9300 as secondary router and TP-Link Archer AX11000 as primary. For some reason this setup isn’t working for me.
Primary router is 192.168.1.1 with the Ip range of 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200
Secondary router is 192.168.1.2 with DHCP disabled.
LAN1 from primary router is connected to LAN1 of the secondary router. LAN2 of secondary router is connected to the PC.
Despite all the aforementioned setup, no internet connection on the PC connected to the secondary router.
Any idea what other settings should be tweaked to make this work?
Appreciate any input.
Do both routers show as connected? And does it work if you try it from the main router?
RDAllen - Main router works fine. All devices on the primary router are working. It’s just the secondary router that is having the issue when connected to the primary router.
On secondary router no internet icon and no Ethernet cable (wan) light is on.
Having the same issue, along with occasional packet loss and ping spikes
You should disable NAT on 2ndrouter... Otherwise I could not connect anymore to 2nd router after this changes.
Also routers are connected with ordinary ports, not on WAN on the 2nd one..
Thanks for the tips. You really helped me out. Now we have awesome internet. 👍
Cool!
EA9500V2 is out now with 1GB RAM and a new 1.8GHz Quad Core processor. Linksys really beefed it up.
Go figure, oh well, the ones I have seem to be good enough
i know man it sucks when they release a new version after you just bought the previous one.
JayzBeerz got my v1 free from best buy tin, so oh well...
To bad the EA9500V2 is still unavailable as of 02/03/2018 !!
No wifi test?
Hi, in your new router, what is the connection mode you choose after disabling DHCP. It does not have the option of ACCess point. Help appreciated... Also is there a speed dip between the mail router and the one you setup as a access point
Just disable DHCP. There shouldn't be any speed loss.
@@radozeman, when you disable DHCP, you have to choose a connection mode and the options provided are Static IP, PPP0E, PPTP, L2TP, Bridge Mode, Wireless Repeater, Wireless Bridge. Currently mine is on Bridge mode and is connected but my speed from my secondary router with is connected by cable is 1/3 of what i am getting from the main router which is the ED9500.
From the video above, the light on your laptop had washed out the view so could not see the settings... Also if there a difference in speed between your primary router compared to the Access Point.
Help Appreciated
@@achalamalkanthi6756 I had the exact same problem. No access point options, only the ones you stated already. When I disabled DHCP and had it in bridge mode it became pretty much useless so I'm currently stuck. If you find a solution anywhere else, pleeeeeeeease update me because I'm currently at a loss...
Enable DHCP again, set and save settings, then choose your option to use (I just left mine as it came) then set and save again with reboots or whatever is required, then disable DHCP.
For whatever reason the options can not be changed when it is disabled.
So if you want the secondary router to be the only wifi access point you simply disable wifi on the primary router?
You could yes.
awesome video... question please..... all working great. however having trouble..
want to look at my linksys again.... my primary router
is 0.1..... thinking i left linksys as 1.1 thank you with any ideas
So you have one as 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 and the other as 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0? That would make the routers on different networks. Doesn't matter to much which way you go but the first 3 sets need to be identical, so either 192.168.0.# or 192.168.1.#
but.. can you please told me because i read somewhere you can put this 2 routers and use only 1 ssid and when you get out of range of one this continue with the 2 router and you didnt need to hit the wifi in your phone for switch to the 2 router.. hopefully you understood me
That is how I have it setup, both have the same SSID and Password and your device will simply connect to watchever one has the best signal.
@@radozeman Nice video BUT ... I BELIEVE using same SSID is not considered a "best practice" PLUS you should consider using only channels 1,6 or 11 for the 2.4gHz (different for each device). I'm not looking for a debate but just sharing what the experts have told me. I am not an expert.
Thanks! Works great!
Just curious, I have an Linksys ac3200 same as the one you have that died. I need an entanna, any chance I can buy one from you.?
No I’m still using it as a WiFi bridge
I thought you need to set second router to bridges and use the internet port according to Linksys. You also need to make sure both are on different channels
Using the WAN port doesn’t sound right, I just leave the channels on auto and that seems to work
Why did you no just put it in bridge mode?
Its ridiculous at that size linksys still uses an external power supply. I use the wrt3200acm, same issue. Get with it linksys!
thanks for the video, i'm wondering if you could do a video with the same routers but connecting them via wifi (i don't have the ethernet cable upstairs, but i do want to use this as a switch) so it would catch the wifi signal and the switch it to the xbox, ps4 etc.) can the EA9500 do that? thx
You want to use it as a WiFi repeater/extender. I don't believe that is possible with this one.
@@radozeman thx mate
uncheck dhcp， change ip， and how about internet settings, this button just next to local network button, -- internet connection type --
drop down list-- static ip/bridge mode/wireless repeater/wireless bridge/pppoe
which one ?
Doesn’t matter as the second router is not directly connected to the internet.
Can you do this with two different routers. I have this same router but it’s getting old so I just ordered the ASUS RT-AX 88u. Gets here on Saturday?
Yes you can!
RDAllen Thank you
Can you roam around your house, switching seamlessly between routers without any drops in connection?
Yes, or at least not that I have noticed.
Saw your FarmingS17 and I liked it veary much, and then I decided to Sub u. ;)
Cool!
Definitely there's some blocking or weakens your signal upstairs. We live in 2nd flor apartment and I still get good signal on the parking garage at the ground floor. Maybe moving your router on the top floor?
I have tried before, used to be on top of the desk in the next room over, signal in the living rooms would be 1 (YES 1) bar! Just from 1 room over! I declare the rooms in this house are made out of lead or something.
Yeah too bad I heard reading stories like that with their ea9500. Looks like you should better off with Ubiquiti Unifi AP since the solution will be more effective and probably cheaper --- for the price of 1 ea9500 you can get few ubiquity and properly placed all over the house. --- you probably know that already.
I would have gone with a Ubiquiti, but I wanted the Ethernet ports, so this seemed like a good "all in one" solution. I don't think there is anything wrong with either of the EA9500. I have been through a few routers now and have always suffered from extremely poor WiFi. The EA9500s so far have been by far the best ones I have had.
Me too. At first I'm quite sceptical if I can really see better signal over over my good old e4200 and wrt54g but whatever I got very good deal and I'm simply blown away with the results.
cannot access ap login after set ip address as 192.168.2.1, should i set it as 168.1.2?
Yes you want to set it to .1.2!
2 words.... HOLY COW!!!
I thought it need more wires to.
keep up the good yt vids
VERY HELPFUL VIDEO!!! Question....some reviews of the router complain that access speed significantly degraded once they updated the firmware (they had auto update set ON). The problem was resolved by initiating a factory reset and then turning automatic updates to OFF. Did you encounter any similar problems? Is your router set for auto updates?
Thanks again for the video. Regards.
Yes, I have update on and have not noticed any slow downs.
Thank you for the quick response. I will be purchasing the router today from Linksys. They have a sale and I can get it for 315.00. Now I just have to make space for this huge unit. 😊
Ha yes this unit takes up some space!
My first router is xfinity IP 10.0.0.1. Do I have to change the address in Linksys to 10.0.0.2? for this to work?
Correct.
Ur really a Linksys fan
Yep, I’ve had a few different brands over the years, always found Linksys to work the best.
Hi RD, I have a EA9500 as router and it is really great, would like to use my EA6700 and EA6900 as AP's or just to make my coverage at home bigger for my sons game gatherings, but not able to see what you put into the gui for 192.168.1.1 so please do more thorough explanation for the ones that has not the best eyes following your screen or - just a wish here from Denmark as I would like to almost follow your great example 😊 Kindest Klaes
You just need to set them so no 2 have the same IP address, and you only want to change the last digits. so I would suggest 192.168.1.2, and 192.168.1.3.
Thanks a lot :-)
Can you set in downstairs after seting it up or do u have to run enthernet cable back to main router
For the best signal you would want both routers to be connected via an ethernet cable. You can also plug other devices via ethernet into the second router.
Thanks dude
First of all, great video. I am having the same experience another person posted. After setting up the second router to be an access point, it just continues to blink, but signal strength is great. I cannot log into the router even though, I gave it the next sequential address as directed (i.e.192.168.1.2). My question is, will the second router also receive automatic firmware updates as well as I noticed upon installation the firmware was different than the main router?
Should be able to log into the router using its address 192.168.1.2. Not sure if the automatic update works or not.
Can I ask why you did not just set it up as a bridge?
Seemed like the easiest way to do it.
Does the 2nd router have any speed drop off? Or does both run as the same speed
Not that I’ve noticed
Hey men thanks a lot!
what is your Speed Test?
For internet only 15 mbps
Did you try to prioritize your devices in router settings?
Only for the Vonage box that is connected to the main router
There’s nothing wrong with your old router, you simply need to go into the settings and manually reconfigure it.
Tried that, also even had Linksys support have a go at it!
RDAllen interesting, I thought you said that you didn’t have them try to troubleshoot or fix it because they were going to charge for that? The symptoms of the problem sound like something I’ve seen before and have been able to resolve so I’m surprised they didn’t fix it if then if that were the case.
Ben7seven7 No I had them trouble shoot it, didn’t cost anything, they even completely reset it, nothing worked.
RDAllen oh okay.
My lynksys lasted just under one year as well. They sent me a new one that went out as well 9 months later, but they now won't back it up because they go by the original date of purchase, not the time they sent the new router. Good video, but lynksys is junk.
Wow, other than 1 router, I haven't had any issue with Linksys routers.
this could have been a 90 second video and you should have used bridge mode. that turns dhcp and all the routing features off and it just becomes a switch/access point.
Maybe, I personally have not had much success with that and this way gives far more control.
Lol..i guess the first floor is off limits to routers an Wi-Fi
The other router is on the first floor.
RDAllen and you don't get signal up an down stairs... you must have a mantion... I have 1 of these and I'm hella happy with it
Help! I need help setting up my network. I want to make sure i am getting the most out of my network and need help connecting these devices in the right order. Here is what i'm working with,
-(ISP) Spectrum 400 mbps down/400 mbps up
-Modem 4 ports with wifi (wifi can be turned on or off)
-Router, Linksys EA9500 Max Stream
-Router, Linksys Velop 3pk
-Switch, TP Link 24 Gigabit Switch (TL-SG1024D)
I have about 17 devices in my house that can be wired through ethernet and 5 that are wifi only.
Thank You so much!!
I would say that depends on which device you want as the main device? The modem or the router?Option 1 would be to connect everything to the modem (routers and switches)Option 2 would be to use the EA9500 as the main device so modem > EA9500 > then other router and switch to the EA9500.I would connect all the wired devices to the switch. If you go with option 1 you can spread the modem and routers out for better Wi-Fi coverage.
Thank you for your help
you know what,i can't see what are you showing us with your camear.
I turned my wifi off & typed in the 192168.1.1 in the search bar & it did not work
Are you connected via wire then?
@@radozeman I'm using the ethernet wire to connect computer to router. I found my problem though I had to click close on a window that was open & then it worked. Thank you for responding so quickly. I'm watching your video now to finish setting up.
I think the ea9200 has a 3 year warranty
I was told 1 year and I was 2 months outside of that.
the 9200 has known problems, first is the usb ports stop working. which is what happened to 3 units , I just gave up on it and went with the ea8500. No problems with the ea8500
Sped test
Lots of wires, care to hook mine up? Lol
RDALLEN I have FS17
Sure, that is always the fun part hooking up the wires!
2 yrs later
I need 2 of those also my isp is bad
Oh yes, seems like a really good router so far!
RDAllen did you set up your network at home? looks nice
Haha my router setup is only 20 times simpler... and 20 times worse😂
Well this may look complicated when you break it down, it is not that complicated.
Why u so far from screen?!!!!!
You lost me at Hello.
Oh boy....
how big is your house? lol
Not very big, but signal seems to drop fast!
cisco is a confusing interface
Not really, once you get used to it.
RDAllen wish I had fiberoptic ware I live
They don'y have any robust features that Asus or Netgear put in their firmware. You can't even set Linksys routers to AES in the security.
But cool
Too far away from your computer cannot see nothing. Words are good pictures are worth 1000 words