add an additional router?

[vin365]

Today I just upgraded my FIOS speed from 20/15 to 50/25. I decided to run a speediest and noticed the speed barley reaches 25mbps when using wifi, so I went a head and retook the test with wired connection and speeds went over 50. Now my question is, is there anyway I would be able to setup an additional router in my room upstairs (the main router is directly one room over downstairs from me.) that I would be able to use as both a wire and a wireless connection? I'm not to educated with this type of stuff so if anyone could help I'd really appreciate!

if this is too complicated are there any other suggestions on improving my download speeds? I'm using a Macbook pro

[YeOldeStonecat]

upgrade primary router would be my first choice....getting a nice dual radio N or AC unit.

[Philip]

Depends on your current wireless router... As already metioned, simultaneous dual band N or AC with gigabit ports would be the only thing to touch 50+ Mbps throughput imho.

[vin365]

upgrade primary router would be my first choice....getting a nice dual radio N or AC unit.

so would this do the job? (seeing as it's prob my best bet at purchasing another router, since I need action tech for the TV series to still work.)

https://teleproducts.verizon.com/fio...fm/eh/ShowCart

[YeOldeStonecat]

Without doing a wireless site survey....and not knowing what your existing router is.....it would be my first approach.

[vin365]

Without doing a wireless site survey....and not knowing what your existing router is.....it would be my first approach.

the model is MI424WR-GEN2

this is what the Fios speed test results are

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
SendBufferSize set to [66608]
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 16.51Mb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 15.59Mb/s

------ Client System Details ------
OS data: Name = Mac OS X, Architecture = x86_64, Version = 10.7.4
Java data: Vendor = Apple Inc., Version = 1.6.0_33

------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
Client Receive Window detected at 66608 bytes.
2.4 Gbps OC-48 link found.
Link set to Full Duplex mode
No network congestion discovered.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.

Web100 reports the Round trip time = 31.01 msec; the Packet size = 1448 Bytes; and
There were 1 packets retransmitted, 45 duplicate acks received, and 45 SACK blocks received
The connection was idle 0 seconds (0%) of the time
This connection is receiver limited 26.16% of the time.
Increasing the the client's receive buffer (65.0 KB) will improve performance
This connection is sender limited 72.02% of the time.
This connection is network limited 1.83% of the time.

Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: ON
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
Information: Network Middlebox is modifying MSS variable

[TonyT]

if this is too complicated are there any other suggestions on improving my download speeds? I'm using a Macbook pro

You'll never see 50 mbps wifi if your comp's wifi adapter is 80211g. You'll be lucky to get 50 mbps even if you have an 80211n adapter.

[vin365]

You'll never see 50 mbps wifi if your comp's wifi adapter is 80211g. You'll be lucky to get 50 mbps even if you have an 80211n adapter.

that's what I thought which is why I asked if adding another router in a separate room would be possible with Fios service