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blacklex

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Hey guys, I have a problem where I cannot move my router to another ent of the house for better reception. I wanted to do this originally to get better speeds but I cant do that plus my Verizon router has a 20mb/s cap. So my solution to this problem(or so i think) is to rank a cat 5 patch cable in the attic to the other side of the house where my computer is and plug it in to a seperate router there. I only have a few questions though.
1. Will running a 100ft cable from the original router to the other on the other side of the house cause the connection to be slower?
2. If I do this, will the 20mb/s wireless cap from the original router transfer to the new second router?
3. Can you guys see anything wrong happening when I do this.
A reply would be appreciated!
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Blacklex
 
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Keep it simple!!! Buy a good wireless range extender/repeater and plug it 40 to 50 ft away from your router (where you get good signal from your router). This extender will boost the existing signal to at least 50 more ft. There will be speed-loss for sure. I guess max speed you get from this booster will be around 60% of your main router. But its WIRELESS. Opt for it if you are not concerned about the speeds much. it will not be disappointing.
There are couple of boosters in the market which are very good for e.g. Fritzbox, Airport extreme, or Almond (from Securifi, I have seen Almond extending ranges up to 100 feet)
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1. 100ft is not a problem. You could theoretically go to 100 meters without issue.
2. If you are looking for WiFi at the 100ft away location, you don't need a second 'router', but rather an access point. You can turn a router into an access point, Turn off most of the router functions.
If you're not needing WiFi, then a simple switch will work to allow multiple devices.

The 20Mbps speed is regulated by the ISP, not the routers.
All the devices (PC, tablet, access points, etc) all talk back to the central router. Whether WiFi or wired.
 
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Here's what you do: (this will involve pissing off the spouse for an afternoon)
Get 150' Cat5e cable.
Plug one end into the Verizon router, the other end into your PC.
This verifies that that length cable works (it will).
Now take that PC to the other end of the house. Upstairs, across the hall, wherever.
You've got a sloppy looking cable strung all along the house.
But it works!
If you need multiple devices at the other wnd, plug that wire into a switch, and plug shorter Cat5e from the devices into that switch (or AP).
Hey...it still works!

Now you can route that 150' wire properly, out of sight and spouse friendly.

Plug everything back in and verify it still works. It will.

(Above, I said start with 150' Cat5e because you can always make it shorter, but making it longer is far more a PITA. And neat routing is always longer than it looks.)
 
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Not that this matters but you had told me a few days back that some of the actiontec routers had a 20mb/s cap (MI424WR).
 
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blacklex

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Are you saying there is no need for this new access point or are you saying to do that and plug it into the access point? My only problem with getting multiple switched and such would be that I would need to make wall plugs where if I got an access point, I could just drill one hole and be done.
 
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Yes...in the WiFi realm.
If you have a hardwired link from the ActionTec router to an access point, then you could WiFi at whatever speeds tour devices allow.
A hardwired switch, of course, is unfettered by whatever WiFi the ActionTec limits itself to.
 
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blacklex

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Yea, that's what I meant, I meant wireless, sorry if I did not make that clear enough :)
 
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A good quality AP. hard wired to the router, will not be affected by the ActionTec WiFi speed limit.
A good quality AP, getting its signal via WiFi from the ActionTec, will be limited to whatever the ActionTec will provide.
 
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We have a very long house Our router can cable modem is in the garage in a room we built just for our computers we ran a 110 ft cat 5 cable to the front room for our media center we have no problems we still get 15 to 20 megs on a bandwith test same as we do in the garage. Hope this helps.
 
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Keep it simple!!! Buy a good wireless range extender/repeater and plug it 40 to 50 ft away from your router (where you get good signal from your router). This extender will boost the existing signal to at least 50 more ft. There will be speed-loss for sure. I guess max speed you get from this booster will be around 60% of your main router. But its WIRELESS. Opt for it if you are not concerned about the speeds much. it will not be disappointing.
There are couple of boosters in the market which are very good for e.g. Fritzbox, Airport extreme, or Almond (from Securifi, I have seen Almond extending ranges up to 100 feet)
 
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