Use two routers on same network with cable splitter?

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Probably has been asked before but couldn’t find answer to my question.
I have weak wifi signal upstairs in my bedroom ever since I moved the router to downstairs in living room to hook it up to cable TV box for TV viewing. I’ve used various wireless adaptors in the past and they don’t last long and often drop connections. I’m looking for a solution that will give me strong and long lasting connection in my bedroom.
I have coaxial cable which probably comes from outside somewhere and runs all the way on stairs into my bedroom. It is also split at the bottom of the stairs with a splitter so a second coaxial cable runs to living room in which the router is hooked up on to. I was thinking what if I get a second router for my bedroom connected to the coaxial cable to be used as wireless extender? Will this work and bring an end to my nightmares of weak signals or not?
 
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"I was thinking what if I get a second router for my bedroom connected to the coaxial cable to be used as wireless extender? "

No, that will not work.
Your ISP delivers a single IP address to your house, via the coax line. Adding another router directly off that coax will not work. It will be attempting to be the main router.

What WILL work, if you do have coax throughout the house, are MOCA devices.
https://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-Ethernet-Adapter-without-Routers/dp/B008EQ4BQG

Assuming there is coax near your current router, it gets connected like this:

Router->Cat5e -> MOCA device->house coax->MOCA device->Cat5e->switch, Access Point, or PC
The MOCA devices convert and push the signal through the house coax lines.

I use this to...

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"I was thinking what if I get a second router for my bedroom connected to the coaxial cable to be used as wireless extender? "

No, that will not work.
Your ISP delivers a single IP address to your house, via the coax line. Adding another router directly off that coax will not work. It will be attempting to be the main router.

What WILL work, if you do have coax throughout the house, are MOCA devices.
https://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-Ethernet-Adapter-without-Routers/dp/B008EQ4BQG

Assuming there is coax near your current router, it gets connected like this:

Router->Cat5e -> MOCA device->house coax->MOCA device->Cat5e->switch, Access Point, or PC
The MOCA devices convert and push the signal through the house coax lines.

I use this to deliver an ethernet signal upstairs.
 
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