Need to extend WiFi, but still have it work with T-mobile's WiFi calling

JTBarnzy · Jan 6, 2014

My wife and I depend on T-Mobile's WiFi calling ability to use our mobile phone inside of our house. Unfortunately the signal from my Asus RT-AC68R isn't quite strong enough at the front of my house for WiFi calling to work. No matter where I move the router, I'll lose signal strength to some portion of my house.

So, how can I extend the signal, and still have it work with WiFi calling? I tried this in my old house with a Cisco router and the Cisco Wireless-N Extender. But that just broadcast a second, identical SSID, with a different MAC address, so it confused the WiFi calling.

I do have wired connections available all over my house that I can plug an AP into. Is that the way to go?

Thank you

ronintexas · Jan 6, 2014

The best way to go would be to strategically place access points connected to the wired network with different SSIDs. The one drawback to wireless networks, is if you are walking through the house, expect a call to drop if one interferes with the other at some point, you are going to drop network a and connect to network b.

I would also suggest putting them on different channels so they do not "cancel the signal".

RealBeast · Jan 6, 2014

Yes, using an AP is the best way to go and you already have wiring so it will be easy.

Just attach a computer to a spare router, turn off DHCP, give it a static address that is in the network range buy outside the ASUS DHCP range, and connect them LAN to LAN.

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