Question on steps to turn an Actiontec into a relay or AP --
I have Verizon DSL at home in NYC, 7Mbps down and 760±kbps up, Fast Channel with a low Ping to the CO. My current modem-router is an Actiontec GT784WN-VZ-1.1.18. I think it's pretty good. However, my wife's MacBook Pro is on the other side of a fairly thin wall from the Actiontec and is connected by WiFi to the Actiontec, but she complains she has difficulty sending email, especially sending email with attachments. (But she has no difficulty with anything else, such as buying on Amazon.)
So, after many hours of discussion with Vz this past week, including the possibility that our upload signal might have some intermittency, Vz did some work at the CO (maybe a "port change") but also sent me a D-Link DSL-2750B as a replacement modem-router. Its label says "Model: DSL-2750B; VZ Part #DLDSL2750B; Shipped Firmware Version: VZ_1.44."
Question - after I swap modem-routers, can I use the leftover Actiontec as some type of AP, relay, whatever, to give my wife's MacBook Pro a better connection? Never done this, and I don't understand the lingo.
I suppose there are two basic possibilities - but with the new D-Link as the primary modem-router in both cases:
A) Next to the D-Link, I connect the Actiontec by short network cable only to the D-Link and have the Actiontec send a separate WiFi signal on a different frequency with a different SSID and WPA2 Personal AES Passkey. Each of our devices sees both WiFi signals, and we can choose which WIFi signal to connect to. Maybe, in the other room, if the MacBook Pro connects to EITHER the D-Link OR the Actiontec by WiFi, it will have a better connection.
B) Bring the Actiontec to the other room (same room as my wife's MacBook Pro). Have it connect by WiFi to the D-Link a few feet away. Then wire the MacBook Pro to the Actiontec.
(I don't think it's possible to do (B) and also have the Actiontec send a separate WiFi signal for the MacBook Pro. But let me know if I'm wrong.)
1) What do you think about A and B?
2) Please give me links to the basics.
3) Issue: If A or B is doable, but the printer stays connected to the D-Link (probably by WiFi), will my wife's MacBook Pro be able to print - networking through two routers?
Many thanks. Happy turkey.
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