You can certainly do that. You could configure the second router to
operate as a run-of-the-mill access point. That is, you'd configure the
second router to use the same SSID and same WPA key but you'd disable
its DHCP server and firewall (and any other routing services...NAT, QoS,
etc). In this configuration, your existing gateway/router will provide
DHCP and NAT services for your entire network which is usually what you
want. In my experience, you'll want to plug the new ethernet cable from
the house into one of the LAN ports on the second router instead of the
WAN port but this might vary from device to device.
These days most wireless clients are smart enough to assume that since
both radios are broadcasting the same SSID that they're on the same
network and will seamless hop between them if signal quality is better.
So you could walk from your house to your shop and back without any
disruptions.
But before you fish cables under the driveway, you might want to look
into directional WIFI antennas. You can even build one yourself. 50
(or 125) feet to your shop is nothing.
On 08/08/15 16:53, john niolon wrote:
> things are sure quiet here on shop-talk... guess itbs just too hot to
> type.
>
> so... herebs a question
>
> Using Uverse for home network... wireless works in most of the house but
> outside the brick walls is dead... I want to extend to the shop... 50 feet
> from the house and roughly another 75 across the house to the gateway... I
> plan on fishing a cat-5 cable under the driveway to the shop then I can plug
> in my laptop in the shop... Then I let my mind get idle and it started
> thinking on itbs own (dangerous) Can I add another wireless router (a
> Belkin I used before U-verse)) at the shop end of the cat 5 and use it to
> connect my phone, ipad and laptop wireless in the shop ??
>
> will that be the same wireless I have now ?? or will it be a second one I
> must log into ?? will they conflict ??? tell me Ibm crazy.
>
> john
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