- Oct 21, 2001
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I'll try to make this short.
I have an SMC router in an attached, converted garage bedroom and I can't move it. Because it's in the garage, which is attached but separated from the house by a common and solid wall, I need better range than I am currently getting. With the SMC in the garage bedroom I can't get connectivity in the rear of the house 80Ft away.
I can run CAT5 through the wall to the AP or 2nd router which whould get the wifi inside the house. If so then I may as well turn off the SMC's wifi and rely on the AP or 2nd router to do my wireless work. Will this work?
Seems like it should be easy if hardwired to the existing SMC. Wouldn't the SMC provide the IP dynamically leaving the AP or 2nd router to function as if connected to my cable modem, thereby allowing me to set up my wireless connections as if it were a normal router?
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I have an SMC router in an attached, converted garage bedroom and I can't move it. Because it's in the garage, which is attached but separated from the house by a common and solid wall, I need better range than I am currently getting. With the SMC in the garage bedroom I can't get connectivity in the rear of the house 80Ft away.
I can run CAT5 through the wall to the AP or 2nd router which whould get the wifi inside the house. If so then I may as well turn off the SMC's wifi and rely on the AP or 2nd router to do my wireless work. Will this work?
Seems like it should be easy if hardwired to the existing SMC. Wouldn't the SMC provide the IP dynamically leaving the AP or 2nd router to function as if connected to my cable modem, thereby allowing me to set up my wireless connections as if it were a normal router?
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