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Extender or Bridge with separate security?

essential

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A friend of mine is moving in to a new place. The landlord said he could use the FIOS wifi that's already in the house for $20 a month. We were going to install a repeater or bridge upstairs in his apartment to increase the signal and give him a couple wired ports (desktop).

I've never done this, so I'm wondering about security. When setting up a repeater or bridge, in the setup, can you find/input the current SSID and password so the repeater/bridge receives the signal, but then have it output a secondary SSID and password so he has his own network and activity is secure/encrypted from the downstairs neighbor, or is something like this not possible?

Quickly scanning Amazon here are two products I found, any suggestions for something better are welcome.

$80 - http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-Univer...dp/B006V72AHC/

$80 - http://www.amazon.com/Securifi-Almon...dp/B0087NZ31S/

Thanks.
 
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