I cannot put the Home Hub 4000 in my office where I want it to be and I want to know if a second router can be a solution.
I currently have DSL internet. My Home Hub 2000 is in my office plugged into my phone line. It is my only source of Wi-Fi and gives the rear of my house adequate coverage, however coverage in the front of my house could be improved. My computer is connected to it via Ethernet, and other devices in my office get a strong Wi-Fi signal of course. Bell is decommissioning the copper lines and I must switch to fiber. The fiber optic cable can only be installed in my basement. Therefore the Home Hub 4000 unit must go in my basement (the worst place in the house to put it).
This might provide the front of my house slightly better Wi-Fi coverage but will provide poor Wi-Fi coverage to my office. Since I cannot have the Home Hub 4000 in my office, I would then prefer to have a second third party router in my office to which I could connect my computer via Ethernet, and have a strong Wi-Fi signal there as well. I do have a CAT5 Ethernet cable installed from my office to the basement area. I would like to connect a third party router via this ethernet cable to the Home Hub 4000 in the basement. I would like to use this router similar to a "range extender" and have it run on the same Wi-Fi network as the Home Hub 4000, and also plug my computer into it via an Ethernet patch cable. In other words, use the second router to replicate the setup I currently have in my office, but still use the Wi-Fi from the Home Hub 4000 for improved coverage in the front part of the house.
Bell Tech Support told me that I could connect a second router but would have to either run it as a second network and have devices switch in between the two, or turn off the Wi-Fi signal on the Home Hub 4000. I do not want to have a second or separate Wi-Fi network. Instead I want to use the additional router in a way that is similar to the way a Pod Wi-Fi extender would work, except for the fact that this second router will be connected via Ethernet to the Home Hub 4000 and provide Ethernet ports in my office for my computer.
My question is, is what I have described possible? I know that the Home Hub 4000 does not have bridge mode capability, and I have read other threads that offer very complicated solutions that I am not capable of executing. Can I simply plug in a third party router via Ethernet cable to the Home Hub 4000 and use it in the way as described without complicated settings on either router? My first preference would be to have the Home Hub 4000 in my office. My second backup option would be to have a second router in my office to be used as described. Worst case scenario is I am stuck with the Home Hub 4000 in my basement with no better solution. I would even prefer to have an Optical Network Terminal installed in my basement connected to my own third party router in the office via Ethernet, but this is not an option. Please help.
