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I have a few specific questions regarding multiple routers in one home.

1. Would it be possible to have (2) verizon supplied routers such as Actiontecs working in one home over Coax? to be more specific i would like one router in one room of the house connected to coax and providing hardwired/wireless. and another of the same type in a different room doing the same.

an installer told me something to the effect that there would be wireless interference between the two. my next question is if I am able to have two routers connected over coax. could I log in to one and Set Wireless to OFF? thus eliminating wireless interference? if not what would be the issue? could i use a non-verizon supplied router (which i understand there is no support for) ? could i use a Wired router?

there is no wireless coverage issue here. simply personal preference. i need the ability to hardwire systems without running cable around the house ie:cat5 from router to another room.no wireless bridges or other configurations.

these routers are excellent in features and performance and having a second would be nice.

my last resort option would be to connect the router to my GE smartconnection center that i have in my home. coax to router router to cat5e thus braodcast throughout the house depending where i choose. this is my last resort since it is a steel enclosure and would hinder wireless performance.

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tsauter1

Check out this website. It has all the different network configurations, along with the pro's and con's of each set up.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios/3.0_Networking

You can also set up the wireless to adhoc mode, which will allow you to connect the second router to the first wirelessly and extend your network without running cable to the other end of the house.

Spike1

so according to this: http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1318858~6e80162b278a9b90ae3b0deed9103b29/Remote20Actiontec.gif

and this: V i would be able to have two of the same routers each with its own configuration providing me with much needed wired connection?

2) Using a MOCA router (Actiontec MI424-WR, Westell 9100EM) as a MOCA LAN bridge.

Having completed #1 or #2, any devices connected to the MOCA bridge, should now be able to get an IP address from the DHCP server in your primary router and connect to the internet.

Spike1

^^^according to what i just posted i should be able to do what i was asking about?

PGJK

This was offered on another post: My Solution which was similarly posted elsewhere on this forum as well, so I do not take full credit for it just extending the knowledge to others. BTW I could find the original otherwise I would have posted that one.

viafax999

@Spike1 wrote:
I have a few specific questions regarding multiple routers in one home.
1. Would it be possible to have (2) verizon supplied routers such as Actiontecs working in one home over Coax? to be more specific i would like one router in one room of the house connected to coax and providing hardwired/wireless. and another of the same type in a different room doing the same.
an installer told me something to the effect that there would be wireless interference between the two. my next question is if I am able to have two routers connected over coax. could I log in to one and Set Wireless to OFF? thus eliminating wireless interference? if not what would be the issue? could i use a non-verizon supplied router (which i understand there is no support for) ? could i use a Wired router?
there is no wireless coverage issue here. simply personal preference. i need the ability to hardwire systems without running cable around the house ie:cat5 from router to another room.no wireless bridges or other configurations.
these routers are excellent in features and performance and having a second would be nice.
my last resort option would be to connect the router to my GE smartconnection center that i have in my home. coax to router router to cat5e thus braodcast throughout the house depending where i choose. this is my last resort since it is a steel enclosure and would hinder wireless performance.

If you have a smart connection center you should be able to put your moca router wherever you want then run a patch cable to a cat5 wall jack which goes to the connection center. At the connection center add a switch and then connect the router and the cat5 jacks of any other rooms you want to the switch - probably should use a gig switch as it will speed up your in home machine to machine access but won't help with the interent access speed.

You could then also ad a cat5 connected wireless bridge/router/access point elsewher in the house by the same method.

If you go the coax or ethernet route there is no need to switch wireless off on any of the routers as they won't interefer with each other. Enable auto connect on your wireless devices for all the WAP's and the the device will connect to the one with the strongest signal.

lasagna

On the wireless part ... if you do as was suggested, make sure that you put both wireless on the same SSID with the same encryption type / password, and on DIFFERENT frequencies (say, one on "1" and one on "6"). Then as indicated, your wireless devices will connect to whichever access point has the stronger signal.

spacedebris

@Spike1 wrote:
I have a few specific questions regarding multiple routers in one home.
1. Would it be possible to have (2) verizon supplied routers such as Actiontecs working in one home over Coax? to be more specific i would like one router in one room of the house connected to coax and providing hardwired/wireless. and another of the same type in a different room doing the same.
No, cannot do this. On any line there can only be one router connected. Now you can connect one router to another via ethernet. But for what you are describing, the answer is no.
an installer told me something to the effect that there would be wireless interference between the two. my next question is if I am able to have two routers connected over coax. could I log in to one and Set Wireless to OFF? thus eliminating wireless interference? if not what would be the issue? could i use a non-verizon supplied router (which i understand there is no support for) ? could i use a Wired router?
not really an issue as it wont work the way your describing. There are other ways of getting the same results. But not in this setup.
there is no wireless coverage issue here. simply personal preference. i need the ability to hardwire systems without running cable around the house ie:cat5 from router to another room.no wireless bridges or other configurations.
running ethernet is really the way you want to go if you want to eliminate headaches and costs. But if running ethernet is not an option for you, then there is one option that I can think of off the top of my head. That would be to place the Verizon router in one location then use a Moca translation device like a Motorola NIM 100 to convert the coax to ethernet in the rooms in question. Then connect the routers to the nim. The only issue here is cost. It would be as expensive if not more so than just running the ethernet.
these routers are excellent in features and performance and having a second would be nice.
my last resort option would be to connect the router to my GE smartconnection center that i have in my home. coax to router router to cat5e thus braodcast throughout the house depending where i choose. this is my last resort since it is a steel enclosure and would hinder wireless performance.
This is actually the best idea. Once you have ethernet run to each room. THEN placing in wireless routers and the such are easy peasy.

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