MacGyver973
join:2009-05-18
West Orange, NJ
| Router question
When we moved into our house it already had Verizon hardware set up (ONT, router, etc.) The problem is the wireless router was installed in the basement right next to the battery backup unit. So occasionally I get a fairly weak signal and/or dropout on my computer I think because the router is poorly placed in the basement. The router has a coax plugged into it and an ethernet cable which goes behind a wall so I can't see what that is connected to. Would it be possible to move the router upstairs and plug it into a coax connection upstairs to help improve reception? Is there anything else that needs to be connected besides the incoming coax? |
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SQUIDWARD360
join:2008-06-11
Leesburg, VA | Probably should ask in the Fiber Optics section. |
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PoloDude
Premium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
East Northport, NY | reply to MacGyver973
We need to know what type of ONT you have. If a Tellabs is it a 611 or 612. if a 611 that cat5 is plugged into the WAN port on the router. you then need to run a new cat5 to where you want it along with having to have a coax available. |
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inuyasha320
join:2005-06-07
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to MacGyver973
Re: Router question
if the router gets both internet and connects to the STB's using the coax cable then all you need is some extra coax cable and a coax splitter and just add it anywhere in the coax line near a better location in your house.
PS you can also get a better signal by using a parabolic reflector
»www.freeantennas.com/projects/te···dex.html
it works well if the router already covers the house but in some areas the signal is too weak to use, you can use the reflector to improve the signal in 1 or more locations if all of the locations are in the same path of signal
another solution is to buy a rp-sma cable and attach the antenna to it and then attach the cable to the router then you can move the antenna somewhere else |
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More Fiber
Premium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
 ·Bay Area Internet ..
| reply to MacGyver973
said by MacGyver973  :The router has a coax plugged into it and an ethernet cable which goes behind a wall so I can't see what that is connected to. Would it be possible to move the router upstairs and plug it into a coax connection upstairs to help improve reception? That depends on how the router is connected to the ONT.
•If you have a cat5 connection between the ONT and router, then you will need to extend the cat5 cable to where ever you want to move the router.
•If your WAN connection is over coax to the ONT, then yes, you can move the router to anywhere you have any active coax connection.
As PoloDude tried to say, if you have a 611 or 612 ONT, those models do not support MOCA WAN, so your WAN connection can only be cat5. later model ONT support either coax or cat5 WAN between the ONT and the router, so if you have a later ONT, you could have either type of connection.
Easiest way to check is to login to the router. On the main status page, in the left column, it will show "connected broadband (ethernet)" or "connected broadband (coax)". |
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