I have two routers connected to each other (one set to bridge mode routing the other one's signal) so I can get wireless to the room with my Wii (my house EATS wifi). The problem with this though is that (I'm guessing) since the signal has to be processed by two routers the latency has been extremely bad. There's no lag in the games but whenever I push a button I wait .25 to .5 seconds before anything happens on screen and on a game like Super Smash Bros. that's extremely long. What would be the "best" way to direct internet to both routers without having to bridge one from the other? I was thinking of buying a switch, but I'm not sure if that would work for internet and if it would, I could more easily network my whole house. Thank you

A switch would be the answer if you can run all the necessary cables. In fact a switch would be the preferred solution for expanding a network. Another router just adds complications you can do without. Wireless is only a better solution than cable when portability is the requirement. The switch would work just as well for the Internet. In fact if your router has four ports, as most have, it is already using a built in switch. You take a cable from on of the ports on the router to the up-link port on the switch. There might still be some latency but not as much as going through two wireless routers. Stuart

Would I need to assign another Ip address if I use a switch from my modem to direct to the two routers? Wireless isn't really an option. The walls in my house are lined with firewall. Each wall it passes though is equivalent to passing through an inch of steal. (just getting out of the Computer room at the corner of the house it has to pass through at least 1 wall, most likely two.)

You cannot feed two routers from the modem other than bridging one the way you already had it unless you have two IP addresses from your ISP and that costs money. Get rid of one of the routers and use a switch. You wont have to assign an IP address. Switches themselves do not have an IP address of there own. All the switch does is look at the destination IP address of incoming packets and sends the packet out the port the computer is connected to. Computers connected to the switch get their IP address from the router the switch is connected to. Stuart