KillerPotato
Limp Gawd
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- May 14, 2005
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I have a decently complicated problem that I'm hoping can be solved by somehow combining the two networks in my house. So we have Verizon Fios and the Actiontec MI-424-WR router that comes with the service, which by itself, works fine. But we also have a second router in our basement, a floor below the Actiontec, because we run an office there and the office computers have terrible wireless signal, so a router needs to be in the basement to connect to them. The second router is an Apple Airport Extreme, which we also feel is generally more secure, another reason for its being used in the office. The Airport is connected with an ethernet cable through the floor to the Actiontec.
Now my main computer is on the second floor, a floor above the Actiontec. Whenever both routers are in use, the Actiontec is very slow, but the Airport remains reasonably fast despite being a floor lower, and when the Airport is off, the Actiontec is at least as fast as the Airport. I'm assuming the networks are tripping over eachother somehow (my knowledge of wireless is very limited ;[ ), and that the Apple router must be overpowering the Actiontec because it's signal is generally strong no matter what.
Now I would connect to the Apple router all the time, but on the first floor, there is a microwave directly in between where I am on the second floor and where the Apple router is in the basement, and whenever it gets used, my signal is completely destroyed. So what I am really hoping to find out is if there's some way to prevent the Apple router from tripping up the Actiontec, whether it's by somehow making them part of the same network or something, or whatever else. I'd greatly appreciate any input you guys can give, and thanks in advance!
Now my main computer is on the second floor, a floor above the Actiontec. Whenever both routers are in use, the Actiontec is very slow, but the Airport remains reasonably fast despite being a floor lower, and when the Airport is off, the Actiontec is at least as fast as the Airport. I'm assuming the networks are tripping over eachother somehow (my knowledge of wireless is very limited ;[ ), and that the Apple router must be overpowering the Actiontec because it's signal is generally strong no matter what.
Now I would connect to the Apple router all the time, but on the first floor, there is a microwave directly in between where I am on the second floor and where the Apple router is in the basement, and whenever it gets used, my signal is completely destroyed. So what I am really hoping to find out is if there's some way to prevent the Apple router from tripping up the Actiontec, whether it's by somehow making them part of the same network or something, or whatever else. I'd greatly appreciate any input you guys can give, and thanks in advance!