mk e wrote:
Brian A wrote:
IIRC you dropped a Cat5 or Cat6 cable in the trench. That is even better than a coax because you can plug one end into a router in the house and plug the other end into one of your extra routers in the garage. You configure the garage router as a Wifi Access Point and use the same access key as in the house.
I'm not sure I can configure it that way? The Verizon routers are proprietary from what I read....they link with coax, Moca 2.0 whatever that is, I know very little about this stuff other than my attempt to set the router as an access point failed since it kept trying to link to the main Verizon converter thing instead on the existing router like the expander they sell is supposed to do.
Getting a cat5/6 is a little challenging. My house router is in the study (kind of middle of the house) with just a coax so I'd need run the line from there or move the router and risk not having wifi throughout the house. I guess it shouldn't be a big deal though to pop in a wall box.....
First off; don't worry. You have everything you need to set up a good system. It's just a matter of figuring out the technology.
It is possible that Verison is using proprietary stuff, but unlikely. If nothing else, you can just use the modem part of their box and output it to your own router. From there, you can hook up as many WAPs and ethernet switches as you want.
As for the wiring, well, you'll have to figure out what is technically possible and astetically pleasing.
You might consider bringing in a WIFI expert to set things up for you. I would expect that such an expert would split the coax signal coming into the house to a branch that goes to your TV video boxes and a branch that goes to your internet modem. The latter could be located close to where the coax enters the house with all the rest of the internet system (hard wire and WIFI) run off of ethernet cables. It sounds like you need to get ethernet cables to all places where you want WAPs (house and garage).