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I want to connect a wi-fi router to my Verizon router so that I can improve my wi-fi signal in the house. I already have an Ethernet cable running from the router to another floor -- I connected it to my DVR to improve Netflix streaming -- so I am going to take advantage of that. From the research I've done, I think the following are the general steps. Can anyone confirm that I'm on the right track?

1. Turn off wireless setting on Verizon router (I don't need it if I'm setting up a new wifi access point.)
2. Connect a laptop to the new router and change the IP address to something outside the Verizon range for DHCP address -- e.g. 192.168.5.1. And, disable DHCP on new router.
3. Connect my DVR to the new router (so, Ethernet from Verizon to new router, and Ethernet from new router to DVR.)
4. Power-cycle everything.

One other question: if I were to leave the Verizon wi-fi on, how would things work for something like my iPad which accesses the wireless network? If I were using the iPad near the Verizon router, and then I move upstairs, do I have to connect to a different wifi network? Or is there a way to use names so that it automatically picks up the wi-fi with the strongest signal?

Thanks in advance!
 
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In a PC you can set how bad the signal level gets before it looks for a new AP. This is called roaming aggressiveness in most nic cards in the hardware settings. The risk is if you set it too low and you have 2 signals of similar strength it may jump back and forth constantly. I know Apple you can set something similar but I do not know the details.

This is a major issue with corporate wireless where user want to move around the building and not loose connection or you want to dynamically rebalanced the users and force some to move from one AP to another less loaded one. It is possible to do, cisco demonstrates a video transmission from a user walking down a hall getting in a elevator walk over to another building. Even the IP...
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I wish that is how wifi would work but there is no roaming on wifi.

the system stays connected to the original access point until it looses signal and then connects to a new access point.

wifi does not automatically connect to the strongest signal.
 
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The Apple site says this about the criteria that iOS uses to join a network, so I wonder what would happen if I use the same security on both routers. I guess I would have to turn off wifi on the iPad, and then try to connect again.

If iOS finds more than one network, it will evaluate SSIDs by security level and choose one based on the following order:

Private network: EAP
Private network: WPA
Private network: WEP
Private network: Unsecure/open

If iOS finds multiple networks of identical type and security level, it will choose the SSID with the stronger RSSI.

 
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In a PC you can set how bad the signal level gets before it looks for a new AP. This is called roaming aggressiveness in most nic cards in the hardware settings. The risk is if you set it too low and you have 2 signals of similar strength it may jump back and forth constantly. I know Apple you can set something similar but I do not know the details.

This is a major issue with corporate wireless where user want to move around the building and not loose connection or you want to dynamically rebalanced the users and force some to move from one AP to another less loaded one. It is possible to do, cisco demonstrates a video transmission from a user walking down a hall getting in a elevator walk over to another building. Even the IP addresses change. They call this generically IP mobility. It requires a controller to run the AP and special loaded client software the AP controller can talk to tell the PC what to do.

The only real solution in a home area is as you suspect to turn the wifi on and off when you really want to force it to choose again. It is extremely frustrating that you can sit right next to a AP and it will still stay connected to the other AP even though it is getting lots of errors and running very slowly.
 
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