Can a wireless router support 2 wireless networks at once?
There's already a wireless network at my house, but I want to set up another one. I'm wondering if I can use our router to set up this network, but not have to replace the existing wireless network.
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1. Depends on what brand of router you have. Some routers do support virtual networks.2. Why do you need 2 networks? Why not just use 1?
(Yes you can using subnetting)
3. the only way to have 2 seperate wireless networks is to have 2 vlans and 2 SSIDs associated with thoughs vlans. This cannot be done with a home wireless router. I would recommend a MikroTik routerboard access point for this and they run at about $300. This is assuming that you want your 2 wireless networks completely seperate. If you just want 2 different wireless networks but attached to the same network you could buy another wireless router and plug the 2 together not using the internet port on the second router. You would need a crossover ethernet cable to do this, and then setup the second router with whatever wireless network you want. Im am not sure why you would want to do this though...
