Connect Netgear WNR 1000v2 to comcast technicolor tc8305c gateway to extend wifi signal

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Mac762 wrote:

Ok People, I only know enough to be dangerours and Comcast is NO HELP at all so please go easy on me.  (Completely different topic that I could B*#^@% about for Days).  Anyway... I have Poor Wifi in areas of house from comcast technicolor tc8305c.   (tc8305c is in lower level of house and it's pretty much going to be very difficult to relocate and signal is very poor on second level addition to home)  I have run ethernet from the tc8305c up to an old wnr1000v2 in order to extend or repeat the wifi signal.  I have been able to get this to work using Lan from gateway (tc8305c) to wan port on wnr1000v2.  In that configuration, both have seperate SSID.  This does work, but wondering if some of the laging issues are due to double NAT I've read about.  The gateway (tc8305c) to internet uses an ip of 10.0.0.1 while the wnr1000v2 uses 192.168.1.1  Both  have DHCP enabled. 

 

In reading about this, it appears if I change the ethernet from Lan  to Wan over to Lan on  Gateway to Lan on Wnr10000v2 and give the wnr1000v2 a static ip address and disable DHCP that is supposed to work.  However I cannot figure out what the static address should be.  DHCP for the gateway is set  Beginning at 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.252 and I believe the wnr1000v2 needs to be set outside that?  (So 10.0.0.253?)

 

Yes.

I don't care if they have 2 seperate Ip address, however I have also read that going Lan to Lan, if I change the SSID on wnr1000v2 to match that of the gateway, then everything is "supposed" to flow seamlesly and would use whatever signal is strongest depending on where in house you are.   This apparently would also make a wifi network (Work)?  Hope this makes some sort of sense. 

Yes.  Make sure the wnr1000v2 is using a different Wi-Fi channel to avoid interference.  Generally, use channels 1, 6 or 11 for best results but neighboring Wi-Fi networks may force you to use different channels.

 

If the above isn't possible, what is the best way to get the signal to reach all areas of the house using an hard wired ethernet connection from the gateway up to addition.

Hardwired ethernet from the gateway is always the best solution.

Anyway, "ANY" help would be much appreciated.  I'll send out for  Scotch !  (Or Whiskey, whatever gets this thing working). 

Whiskey sounds good! 

Thanks Very Much

Mac

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