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threezero · 01-12-2016, 05:01 PM

Guys, need a little pointer to figure out how to do this. Trying to get internet network to all corners of the new place.

ISP is shaw, the modern/router from shaw is upstair in a room inside the panel box. There are couple hard line ethernet running out from shaw's box to various wall outlet throughout the place.

Downstair gets almost no wifi signal from the box upstair. My original plan was to get a ethernet to wifi range extender to extend the wifi network. On my trip to memory express i was informed that no product can convert ethernet to wifi. All the wifi extender only provide a ethernet out. So I was advice to buy a router and try and bridge the connections.

So now I have a router setup downstair, ethernet connection from the wall is connect to lan port 1 and the router has a different assign ip than the one upstair. Everything else connected to the downstair router can access interenet but now i have 2 different wifi network, one that accessible upstair (shaw's box) and one that is accessible downstair (from the router i brought)

I would like to install some IP camera (via wifi) in a couple room downstair to add to the professionally installed surveillance system that is already hardwire to the shaw box upstair. Thus I would like to bridge the two wifi network together into one single network.

I cannot figure out how to do this, is bridging router firmware dependant? How do i go about doing this?

01-12-2016, 05:01 PM	#1
threezero OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 5,185 Thanked 1,379 Times in 578 Posts Failed 96 Times in 53 Posts Member's Picture Albums	Home networking help Guys, need a little pointer to figure out how to do this. Trying to get internet network to all corners of the new place. ISP is shaw, the modern/router from shaw is upstair in a room inside the panel box. There are couple hard line ethernet running out from shaw's box to various wall outlet throughout the place. Downstair gets almost no wifi signal from the box upstair. My original plan was to get a ethernet to wifi range extender to extend the wifi network. On my trip to memory express i was informed that no product can convert ethernet to wifi. All the wifi extender only provide a ethernet out. So I was advice to buy a router and try and bridge the connections. So now I have a router setup downstair, ethernet connection from the wall is connect to lan port 1 and the router has a different assign ip than the one upstair. Everything else connected to the downstair router can access interenet but now i have 2 different wifi network, one that accessible upstair (shaw's box) and one that is accessible downstair (from the router i brought) I would like to install some IP camera (via wifi) in a couple room downstair to add to the professionally installed surveillance system that is already hardwire to the shaw box upstair. Thus I would like to bridge the two wifi network together into one single network. I cannot figure out how to do this, is bridging router firmware dependant? How do i go about doing this?