Hello all:
I have a newer home with 16 dedicated cat6 lines. The way these are situated is in the closet its....dsl to router to 16 switch then to (8lines) upstairs and (8lines) downstairs. Being a noobie I thought I could setup (2) access points, one upstairs and one downstairs and still be able to connect to just one network. Learned that you can only use (1) access point.
Then I tried just boosting the signal with a 15 dbi antenna connection out of the access point. That worked better, but I still only get good to average signals upstiars......and if I swap, then downstairs is affected.
I was thinking this. I have 14 tv locations thoughout the house, 60% i dont use, each with (2) coaxials. Im not really using the other line at the moment, maybe later if I add cameras. Could I setup the access point say down stairs and route its antenna output (TNC) connector to the other coaxial line that I'm not using. Then use a splitter to say have (3) coaxil lines and attach a router type antenna to those (3) spots. I'm having trouble finding a "male tnc to male coaixial adapter" to work with the router type female tnc antennas.
It sound like it would work, does anyone have any info on something like this? The (2) access points dosent work because you can only have one reciever at a time, but if Im expanding the areas of the signal would it work this way? Sorry for the rambling, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Jonathan
I have a newer home with 16 dedicated cat6 lines. The way these are situated is in the closet its....dsl to router to 16 switch then to (8lines) upstairs and (8lines) downstairs. Being a noobie I thought I could setup (2) access points, one upstairs and one downstairs and still be able to connect to just one network. Learned that you can only use (1) access point.
Then I tried just boosting the signal with a 15 dbi antenna connection out of the access point. That worked better, but I still only get good to average signals upstiars......and if I swap, then downstairs is affected.
I was thinking this. I have 14 tv locations thoughout the house, 60% i dont use, each with (2) coaxials. Im not really using the other line at the moment, maybe later if I add cameras. Could I setup the access point say down stairs and route its antenna output (TNC) connector to the other coaxial line that I'm not using. Then use a splitter to say have (3) coaxil lines and attach a router type antenna to those (3) spots. I'm having trouble finding a "male tnc to male coaixial adapter" to work with the router type female tnc antennas.
It sound like it would work, does anyone have any info on something like this? The (2) access points dosent work because you can only have one reciever at a time, but if Im expanding the areas of the signal would it work this way? Sorry for the rambling, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Jonathan