Still reading up on access points now, will try to implement everything tomorrow providing all goes well.
At 36, I am still hesitant to farm out my tech to young’uns quite yet

I also am stubborn, and given some direction prefer to brute-force it if I have to...so I can learn...yes.
Thanks stumped and theducks, I appreciate the help more than you know!
Should I put the xfinity router in bridge mode?