Need help on extending my wifi signal in my home.

[bane007]

Hello. I have the actiontec MI424WR rev. I

I live in a 2 level home. Due to the location of our coax cables, the router in located in the upper level of the in the farthest right room of the house. I am having issues with a weak signal in the lower level farthest left room. We have virtually no signal in that room. We have the 75/35 Quantum internet. Moving the router in out of the question due to where my coax cable is located.

I tried all the router channels with no increase to the wireless signal in the lower level rooms.

To attempt to extend my wireless signal, I bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034CQSKW/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It did nothing.

I also bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E98O7GC/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. This didnt work either. It wouldnt let any devices connect to the internet while in use.

I read that there are repeaters, range extenders and other routers that COULD work.

If anyone has any devices that I could buy to increase my wireless signal, please let me know.

Also, if you have any intructions that I could follow to increase my wireless signal, that would be helpful.

I am considering buying this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UBNGY6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Should I get the range extender listed above, buy a different one or do something else to increase my wifi signal?

[Telcoguru]

This is what I use in my house. It works like a charm. http://www.shopactiontec.com/collections/for-verizon-customers/products/wcb3000n  It works off of a coax wire on another floor and uses the existing SSID and wireless password as your Rev I router. Order it from here it is cheaper. https://teleproducts.verizon.com/fios/index.cfm/eh/DisplayDetails

[jfalk1]

Thanks, Telcoguru.  Just bought one of these from TigerDirect yesterday (it doesn't seem to be on the Verizon site any more -- $99 at Tiger Direct) and it solved a problem I've had getting Internet to the back of my house for over a decade.  And it solved it in under 5 minutes!  Couldn't be happier.

[eljefe2]

FWIW, that link that Telcoguru showed worked here just now. 

I've been thinking about trying a WCB300n and decided to give it a go.  I ordered from that Verizon link at a price of $74.99 plus tax and shipping.

[jfalk1]

Ah, this has almost the same ID as the one I bought...(WCB3000N VS. WCB3000N01)  Mine is Actiontec branded, not Verizon.  It also includes a splitter in the box as well as two ethernet cables and a short piece of coax.  Maybe that accounts for the price difference, but it's hard to tell.

[eljefe2]

Sounds like you didn't go wrong.

Hope the new toy works for both of us. 

[mcparkin]

This is great, guys. I had the same question and thanks for posting. Quick question, though....do you need the Ethernet cable connected for this to work, or will it just go through the coax?

[eljefe2]

Just coax will connect the device to your FiOS network.  You can use an inexpensive coax splitter to feed the WCB3000 and whatever else the coax was already feeding, probably a TV.

With coax connected you'll have WiFi output as well as Ethernet output through the two RJ-45 ports available.

[mcparkin]

Great! Thanks! I'm going to buy one now...

[eljefe2]

Update:

WCB3000N was just delivered.  I had it up and running in about 10 minutes.   It's feeding two devices via the its Ethernet ports.  They work fine as does the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz WiFi.

FWIW, as I prefer to do, I changed the SSIDs being broadcast by the 3000N to unique ID's, so I can tell which network I'm actually connected to.  I also changed the 2.4 Ghz channel to one that doesn't conflict with the other 2 WAPs in our house.

Bottom line....I'm smiling.