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I have two stores in two different sides of the same street, Each one has an ADSL connection with a wireless router and a different IP address.
So I have two different wireless networks connected to the Internet separately.
I want to share these networks so that when one ADSL router is disconnected from the Internet it will connect to the other network wirelessly to keep the connection.
I want the networks to be connected 24/7 in both the stores, and in case of ADSL problems in one of the networks, the other network will back it up.
I can't connect a cable between the stores, because there is a road between them.
How can I configure the routers to share my networks?
EDIT: The reason I'm asking this question:
I have two CCTV systems with DVRs, one in each store. Each is connected to its own router, and I want them both to be online even when one internet connection is lost.
This way I can always connect to the CCTV of both stores using my phone or home computer and know that everything is OK...
The solution of creating one wireless network seems good, but I need the DVRs to work on both networks, so I need the routers to connect to each other wirelessly (is that a word?).
I would also accept a solution involved with changing my hardware.
Thanks...
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Well you can try it with two VPN-Routers and set a secondary gateway to the opposite Router.
– Meintjes – 2013-07-31T14:23:21.2802You could put both routers on the same IP subnet, but just have each router use a different range for DHCP (say... 2-50 for the first one, and 100-150 for the second one). You could even use the same SSID, set one for channel 1, and the other for channel 6 or 11... and then just leave them alone. Devices within range will connected to the strongest, and if one goes down, devices will just use the one that is up. – Bon Gart – 2013-07-31T17:13:03.340
@Bon, can I connect the router to the other router's network? – Shahar – 2013-08-13T09:54:55.937
1Since both routers would be using the same SSID and IP Subnet, it would essentially be a single network. You ask if you can connect the "router" to the "other router's" network... that all depends on if you have a router that can wirelessly connect to another source (aka a wireless access point). However, that would require altering the configuration when you wanted to set it up like that. – Bon Gart – 2013-08-13T16:18:34.090
1→ Shahar: no you don't need your 2 routers to connect to each others wirelessly. Your DHCP scheme will depend if they do "see" each other. – dan – 2013-08-19T18:46:45.247
I need the DVRs to connect to the Internet through the wired routers – Shahar – 2013-08-19T22:52:52.973
→ Shahar: I think I answered you too quickly. Could you clarify 3 technical details in your original question: • do your 2 wireless routers see each other (wirelessly of course)? • can you manage them completly so as to define their DHCP ranges and routing protocols? • which of these failures do you want to protect you from: failure of one of your ISP or a failure of your internal (and external) wireless network? – dan – 2013-08-21T14:07:11.083