Who knows how to configure routers?
The gist: we have a fios quantum gateway router that only produces enough signal for half of my house. I have 2 powerline adapters, so one is attached to an Ethernet cable from the LAN port on the fios router, and at the other end I have a few-years-old Linksys router, which has an Ethernet cable connecting it to the powerline via the LAN port. The Linksys router is on repeater mode but it’s still only broadcasting the WiFi network associated with that router, not the main Verizon network, so in spots where there’s overlap it will stay on whichever network I was closest to last even if in that spot the other network is producing a stronger signal. So in essence, I have to manually switch networks whenever I walk across the house. How do I configure the Linksys router to broadcast the same network as the Verizon router (or vice versa, whichever is easier)? The Linksys router doesn’t let you do much with the setting once it’s on repeater mode, so I should think it’s configured correctly.
Tl;dr: help me use an old router as a wireless repeater, because I set it up but it’s not working.
The gist: we have a fios quantum gateway router that only produces enough signal for half of my house. I have 2 powerline adapters, so one is attached to an Ethernet cable from the LAN port on the fios router, and at the other end I have a few-years-old Linksys router, which has an Ethernet cable connecting it to the powerline via the LAN port. The Linksys router is on repeater mode but it’s still only broadcasting the WiFi network associated with that router, not the main Verizon network, so in spots where there’s overlap it will stay on whichever network I was closest to last even if in that spot the other network is producing a stronger signal. So in essence, I have to manually switch networks whenever I walk across the house. How do I configure the Linksys router to broadcast the same network as the Verizon router (or vice versa, whichever is easier)? The Linksys router doesn’t let you do much with the setting once it’s on repeater mode, so I should think it’s configured correctly.
Tl;dr: help me use an old router as a wireless repeater, because I set it up but it’s not working.