A router infront of a router?

[Dann]

I feel like this is the stupid question I've ever asked anyone.

Anyways, I have a router for the house, with one line going into my room. Can I hook a second router up to that, and have multiple connections off of the line coming in from the first router?

[dxqcanada]

Yes you can.

The second router will use the first router as it's default gateway.
The second router will normally create a new network segment that those attached devices will be on also.

The first router would be setup to have a route to the second routers network.

Though, this may depend on how your routers can be configured.

I have this kind of setup with two Wireless routers to setup two routable networks ... also if one Wireless connection is having interference then I will be able to switch to the second Wireless connection.

[coopstah13]

You could just use a network switch instead, it will make the networking less messy