When you connect to a WiFi network, it's almost never by actual
address, but by recognizing and selecting an SSID -- the string that
identifies a specific service.  In the simplest case, you add your
second router, and you select which router a client connects to by the
SSID.

  So when you say you don't want to have to switch the address, I think
what you want is for both routers to broadcast the same SSID, and for
your clients to automatically connect to whichever signal is "loudest"
at the moment.  Note that this will require other settings -- password
and encryption -- to be compatible:  password and encryption the same,
and non-overlapping DHCP scopes.
  ("Enterprise" solutions typically divide the functionality up so that
the radio hardware is on multiple "access points" while DHCP, routing,
and other management functions are handled by a single central
controller, and you kind of need that if you want to be able to "roam"
from one radio to another without having to start a new session, but
these solutions only start to make sense at about 20 radio locations or
more....)

  Generally, my experience with various sorts of "range extenders" has
not been good.  I suspect they do okay at providing additional range in
a low-noise environment, but that in a noisy place like an apartment
building, they just tend to amplify everything -- including neighbors'
interfering signals.

David Gillett


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCBUILD] wireless connections
From: "Hachmeyer, Mr. Paul S." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, October 17, 2014 7:53 am
To: [log in to unmask]

I have FIOS now for my internet service. They provide a wireless router
which works pretty well, but at the far reaches of my apt, signal is
sometimes weak. Since I had wired the apt. with CAT5 years ago, I'm
wondering if I can add another wireless router connected via the CAT5
but still use the address of the Verizon router. It would be
inconvenient to have to switch the wireless connection from one address
to another depending on which room I might be in. I haven't looked into
signal amplifiers or relays or anything like that. 
Paul Hachmeyer
 

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