Verizon Box in attic. Do I need a bridge?

Question

I have the verizon internet box in the attic. I have 1 ethernet cable running from it down the wall into my router that sits in the middle of my home. The router it is running into is this model: R6700v3.

I have a room where I am setting up my office that is isolated. I have an extender EX6100v2 set up in that room. But, it's not doing the job. I have run an ethernet cable down the walls of that room from the attic. So, I have 2 ethernet cables chilling by the verizon box.

I don't want to have to run a second ethernet cable from where my router is currently, back into the wall.

I have an older router (l AC1200 model R6120). A friend of mine told me that I can set it up as a bridge. Run a cable from the verizon box into that R6120 (set up as a bridge), and 1 cable running from R6120 to the R6700v3 and into the concrete room.

Is this correct? OR, do I need to set it up a different way?

plemans · Answer

So what isn't doing the job? the R6700v3 or the EX6100v2?&nbsp;
Just to clarify, you're checking to see if you can/should replace the ex6100 with the R6120?
Not sure what you're asking.&nbsp;
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do you have the EX6100 setup in access point mode?&nbsp;
Or how is it setup?
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The EX6100 would actually perform better than the R6120 just for the mere fact its got a gigabit ethernet connection versus the R6120 is only 10/100mbps connection. Thats going to bottleneck the router.&nbsp;

Frescoj10 · Answer

R6700v3 is in use.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am asking if I can should set up R6120 as a bridge in the attic where I would run 1 ethernet cable to the R6700v3 and one to the cement room that has the extender in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The extender isn't doing the job.Basically, the R6700v3 is connected to the verizon box. I need to know if I need a bridge device (proposed to be the R6120) in the attic which would connect the R6700v3 to the verizon box and the extender to the verizon box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

michaelkenward · Answer

Frescoj10&nbsp;wrote:
I have the verizon internet box in the attic.
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Which one? That could describe many devices. Make and model?
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Verizon Box in attic. Do I need a bridge?

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