2 Wireless routers sharing same SSID

richardttu

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I have a house with an external garage. I have Verizon FIOS with the wireless gateway which feeds my set top boxes, and provides wireless internet to my home.

However, I cannot get wireless signal inn the garage (large metal building). it sort of works with an extender in the home garage and both garage doors opens, but this is not a good solution.

There is a cable connection in the eternal garage, and a STB box which works fine. I think I can put a splitter on the coax and send a feed to a MOCA adapter. Then connect another router to have wifi in the shop.

The question is: Can I set the second router so it will share the same network as the main router? That way I can access my Networked Storage to access manuals, stream music etc in the workshop?

Maybe I do not really need a router, but an extender connected to the MOCA. I am open to suggestions. Verizon sold my service to Frontier who has no clue, based on my calls to technical support.

Thanks in advance
Richard



 
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USAFRet

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A MOCA device, absolutely.

If you have the same coax running out to the garage (with a STB out there), all you need is a coax splitter.
Off one leg, the STB. Off the other leg, a MOCA. After the MOCA output, either a switch to provide ethernet to multiple devices, or a switch and an Access Point off that switch, if you need WiFi out there.
You could use a 'router' instead of an Access Point, but then you'd just have to dumb down the router to be...just an access point.

And you only need ONE MOCA device. I have pretty much the same setup, and use a MOCA to provide ethernet upstairs in the house. Just comes off the shared coax line. Works just fine.
 

richardttu

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This sounds like the perfect solution. Would most any router work? It is important that the wireless in the workshop is connected to the wireless in the house, so I can access those resources (Network Storage, Network printer, etc.).

Are there "tricks" to the set up of the second router? Can it share the same SSID? I know from all the routers at work it is possible, just not sure which settings are at play.

Thank You for your answer so far.
 

USAFRet

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How to use a Router as an access point:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/36406-43-convert-wireless-router-wireless-access-point

But yes, it will all be on one LAN. Everything can see everything else.
And you're not connecting WiFi to WiFi, but rather through the FiOS coax. The router out in the garage will be merely an AP, and maybe switch (LAN ports).
 
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