# Networking Questions.

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Saturday, 21-Mar-2015 4:19:45

Hello, all.
So, I purchased another wireless router, as I was getting sick of our connection continuously buffering when streaming media. Now, I have my roommate's old router (which I messed something up and had to reconfigure.) However, our apartment is wired with Ethernet jacks throughout the place, so in order to access the internet, you just connect the router to the jack. My question is do I have a separate line or something, because when I connect the second router, I am able to give it a completely different SSID and password than the first. Does this mean that it is its own independent network of the other?
Just wondering.
Nathan.

## Post 2 by forereel (Just posting.) on Saturday, 21-Mar-2015 15:05:39

No. Same connection.

## Post 3 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Saturday, 21-Mar-2015 19:47:45

So, what does that mean? Why can I give the other router a separate SSID than the other? What does this router allow me to do then?

## Post 4 by forereel (Just posting.) on Saturday, 21-Mar-2015 22:10:51

A simple explination is.
It has a different extenchen.
If you look at the wireless profile of each item you have connected, you'll see they all have different addresses.
There is a website for that router that will explain it better.

## Post 5 by forereel (Just posting.) on Sunday, 22-Mar-2015 12:29:02

This article might help you understand.
It is not a link, so you need to copy and paste it if you are interested in reading it.
Even one router can be set to have different addresses in one box.
http://www.howtogeek.com/148664/how-and-why-all-devices-in-your-home-share-one-ip-address/