connecting 2 different wifi networks on different routers

[rohitshakti_sehgal]

Hi friends,

I have 4 floors and two wifi connections. Comway and anonet. Comway is setup on 3rd floor and through it, i have taken a cat 6 cable and joined a router on my 4th floor, then i used another cat6 cable which is going down to 2nd and 1st floors to connect 2 routers in a series. But as comway broadband was giving problems, i took another connection of anonet and got it installed on the 1st floor. Now I have two routers installed of two different companies on the 1st floor.

Now can i do a setup by connecting both of them together such that if one gets disconnected, i can use the other service provider on all the 4 floors ? I can connect them together using a CAT6 cable. Moreover, I have one jio router lying unused (if it can be used somewhere).

If yes, pls tell how to do it.

 

[patkim]

I doubt if you can connect two independent routers (that are connected to 2 different ISPs) like that. It may not serve any purpose. If I correctly understand, there are something called as Dual-WAN routers that allow you to use 2 ISP simultaneously with load balancing and all. But I have no much experience is setting them, so won't be of much help here.
Try to explore more in that direction as well.

Just for example here's one from TP Link - *www.tp-link.com/in/business-networking/soho-router/tl-r480t+/
I have not read the detailed specs, so can't be sure if this will work but this is just for example only.
Also you need to check what is the setup of your ISPs, if they are Ethernet based or Fiber etc.

 

[rohitshakti_sehgal]

I am also aware of these dual routers but as I already have the basic setup and don't want to buy another router, hence taking the advice.

Moreover, I am another jio router with me, is there any method to use it as an extender, if yes, please share.

I doubt if you can connect two independent routers (that are connected to 2 different ISPs) like that. It may not serve any purpose. If I correctly understand, there are something called as Dual-WAN routers that allow you to use 2 ISP simultaneously with load balancing and all. But I have no much experience is setting them, so won't be of much help here.
Try to explore more in that direction as well.

Just for example here's one from TP Link - *www.tp-link.com/in/business-networking/soho-router/tl-r480t+/
I have not read the detailed specs, so can't be sure if this will work but this is just for example only.
Also you need to check what is the setup of your ISPs, if they are Ethernet based or Fiber etc.

 

[patkim]

Generally a router can be used as a wired extender. Even if router does not explicitly have AP mode. There are plenty of guides on YouTube that show how to do that.
You need to give it a try and check if your Jio router can work as AP. If it came from ISP, it might be locked for some settings.