Connecting CCK/DECA to a second router

Did you just simply plug it into this new router or did you set the router to become an access point? If you left it set as a regular router it's probably assigning anything plugged into it new ips and keeping them segregated from the rest of the network.

 

Also, if your second router doesn't have a setting to be just an access point (without changing to different firmware), you could pickup just a regular wireless access point (you can find decent ones for ~$50 on Amazon)

 

You need to go into the setup somewhere and turn off the DHCP server. That'll stop it from assigning IP addresses (the main router will do that instead).

While you're in there, you might as well make the SSID and password the same to ease connecting. Maybe even set the two routers on different wireless channels to avoid interference.

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And be sure you're not using the WAN port on the second router. Disable it if software allows. Just plug in one of the LAN ports (and give it an IP/ mask / gateway to your main router.)

 

I guess I am totally confused here. Why on earth would you setup a second DECA/CCK to your DirecTV coax. One DECA/CCK puts the whole thing on the internet. As pointed out above, you have a high likelihood of getting IP clashes when you have more than one router trying to connect to your receivers on the DirectTV network. You only need the one connection point unless you have a totally separate dish running the "other half of the house".

 

He's using it to get the Internet signal onto a new router in a different part of the house. All the DECA does is concert coax to Ethernet and block out the TV signal.

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I did have it wrong. But, this is still the wrong piece of equipment to be using for the extension. A switch or hub would eliminate some of the problems I would imagine he will encounter in the future. The OP seems happy for now, so not much more to say for now.

 

If it's a long run and there is no easy way to run Ethernet, I say it works just fine

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Nothing wrong with wiring it this way. I did the same thing to the back of our house (no ethernet anywhere in our house, but every room has a coax wall outlet). Just have to set up the second router as recommended above.

 

Actually the opposite. ..

The DECA "blocks" or filters out to a codec the MoCA network signal (475-625 MHz) from passing through it while allowing the satellite SWiM signals (2.3 MHz and 950-2150 MHz, the "TV" ones you're referring to) to pass through unaffected.

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But what the OP wants is both a WAP and a ethernet switch at a remote location in the house. Therefore a router configured as a WAP is the cheapest way to go to serve both functions.

I'm using the same setup with a Linksys E2500 router which only has so-so WiFi perfomance, configured as WAP and connected by a DECA to the DIRECTV coax network and then on to the main home router (a Linksys WRT1900AC) located at the front of the house, to extend WiFi coverage to the rear of the house and backyard/garage areas.

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Does anyone know the connection speed of the DECA III. I know the DECA II is 100 mbps.

 

Same as the DECA I/II ...

10/100 ethernet.

The differences in the first three DECA module generations are not in the area of connection speeds.

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