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Hello,
I have a house with Cat5e cable in the walls with all lines terminating in the electric box in the basement at the front corner of the house.
My Bell Fibe comes in through the wall into my dining room on the main floor near the back of my house.
I don't know much about VPNs but I'm told it's good to have one.
I subscribed to a VPN service but it is too much trouble to use it.
I was thinking of getting a second wireless modem/router/switch (I don't know the terminology) and programming the VPN into that modem/router/switch so that every device could be connected to the VPN modem/router/switch and all devices therefore automatically connected to the VPN.
Is this a good plan?
What type of wireless modem/router/switch would be good for that?
Related question...If I connected my dining room ethernet jack to the modem and then bought a 16 or 24 port wired managed switch for the basement electric box I could then connect all the house's ethernet ports to the network and even plug in my HD HomeRun devices into the network as well.
Would this work?
 
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Discussion starter · #6 ·
Thanks everyone for your advice!

I figure the Bell installer was focusing on central location of the Bell modem for wireless reception. He never asked about wired internet, and to be fair, I didn't think to mention it. If he had installed in the basement at the front corner where the ethernets terminate, we probably would have needed extenders.

If I still have the Bell modem working but I add a second modem/router/switch (don't know the terminology), couldn't the Bell wifi NOT have the VPN and the other one HAVE the VPN? There is a reason why I would like to have a VPN on at least my work computer at times, and another reason I'd like to have a VPN on a couple of other devices some or all of the time.
 
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Discussion starter · #10 ·
Thanks all for the advice.
I'll tinker with my setup, let you know what I did, and report on results.
 
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