2nd line needed for another gateway in front of apartment??

[slowlane1]

My apt layout is one of those old long nyc ones.  The DSL/phone line comes in at one end, where the wireless gateway is.  The signal reaches about halfway down the apartment.  A booster thing relays the signal a bit further but not all the way to the front room.  I thought I could get an additional wire from the outside run to the front and put another gateway there.  But is there another way?  There is a Verizon connection point on an exterior wall of the building at grouind level.  It seems to feed all the apartments from there.  It is a small building.  Help is appreciat

[smith6612]

If you plan on installing another DSL Gateway, a second line would be needed. You can only have one DSL modem connected and active on a phone line at a time.

To accomplsih what you're doing the best, you may be best using Powerline networking or running an Ethernet cable to connect up a wireless access point (which could be a Gateway configured to act like one, a router, or a dedicated access point).

In addition, what may work in this case is a high sensitivity directional antenna. If your router has removable antennas, you could replace them for something that might work a bit better.

[slowlane1]

I will look into running an ethernet cable, but also is "powerline" where it uses the electrical wires?

[smith6612]

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@slowlane wrote:

I will look into running an ethernet cable, but also is "powerline" where it uses the electrical wires?

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Correct. Performance can vary based on how good your electrical wiring is, and based upon electrical noise, but for the most part it's a decent tech.