New home wifi help

Question

I'm not very adept at IT and its terminology.&nbsp; I just bought a new house.&nbsp; The house has cable internet. I have an old Zoom router/modem.&nbsp; The only room that has wifi coverage is the living room where&nbsp;Zoom modem lives so I picked up a Nighthawk router to pick up the slack everywhere else.&nbsp; The problem is that now in the living room there is one wifi address and everywhere else has the 3 addresses from the Nighthawk (connected to the modem with an ethernet cable).&nbsp; I would like there to be only one or two wifi addresses across the whole house.&nbsp; Is there a setting that allows me to do this. Currenlty, if I leave the living room&nbsp;I have to disconnect from the weak signal and manually connect to a stronger signal.&nbsp; I would like one continuous signal throughout the home. Is anyone able to advise me on how this is feasable.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Thank you,
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Kal

Jay26 · Answer

Sounds like the Orbi system would work well for you. Costco has the router plus 2 satellites on sale for $350 until 9/2. I just picked up the system and it's awesome so far. Fast speeds and full wifi service all over the house.&nbsp;

Christian_R · Answer

Hello Retired_Member,&nbsp;

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Glad to hear you were able to pick up a Nighthawk! As Jay26 mentions below, an Orbi system would work great as well! In regards to your issue, I have a few questions:&nbsp;

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1. Is your modem/router set to modem only mode? If not, you may contact you ISP to help you with this and you will be able to use your router in router mode.&nbsp;

2. Where is the 3rd IP address coming from? I would assume the other 2 are coming from the Zoom modem and the Nighthawk router.&nbsp;

3. Can you confirm what kind of Zoom modem/router and&nbsp;Nighthawk router you are using? (Product Model Numbers)

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~Christian&nbsp;

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