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Disclaimer: I know that this is a comon question, but none of the others have been healpful

I am moving in with my Grandmother soon. She has Fios already set up with one router (pluged into coax). The router is in her bedroom and therefore cannot be conected to anything via ethernet without drilling holes in the floor/wall/ceiling. We cannot unplug (or therefore move) the router to a better location. The office has a coax port in the wall. I have a Fios router from my dad's house that he no longer needs. Can I plug my dad's router into the coax in the office and have it give me internet through ethernet? This would be without any further setup of the secondary router. If not, can I do this without unpluging the already set up router, with some setup of the new router?

Thank you in advance for any (helpful) answers.

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Edg1

Yes but there will be some configuration that is required. Login to your Dad’s router at 192.168.1.1 and go to My Network/Network Connections/ Network Home/Office settings and change the IP Address to something of than 192.168.1.1 like 192.168.1.99 for example. Then scroll down to IP Address Distribution and set to Disabled and click Apply.

Fred_Flinstone

How do I log in to my dad's router?

jonjones1

@Fred_Flinstone wrote:
How do I log in to my dad's router?

Edg1 told you how to do it.

from your web browser connected to your fathers network in the url bar type.

192.168.1.1 there will be a login to the router page. You will need your fathers logon name and password to access his router.

after logged in if your father gives permission to do so follow the other posters instructions.

Fred_Flinstone

I assume I need to plug my Dad's router into coax and plug my computer into my Dad's router, yes?

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