I've been searching around online, but I'm not sure there are too many people trying to do what I'm doing.
First the background:
Right now I have a D-Link DIR-866L. On the second floor it works perfectly. On the first floor and basement it's horrible - much worse than the Actiontec I used to use when I had Verizon. For example, running the microwave interrupts the signal (this never happened with the Actiontec). Devices on the first floor and basement often get 802.11b speeds, not g or n. (Even though the devices support it) If I understand the physics of what I've read - internal antenna routers tend to be great for a one-story structure, but aren't good for multistory buildings.
Today I should have arriving ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router which SHOULD be good for reaching the other floors according to claims of how powerful it is and the fact that it has external antennas (that can even be replaced with larger gain antennas)
So what I want to do is this:
In my office, where the cable modem connection is, both Wifi routers will reside. Asus will be the primary, connected via WAN port to the modem. D-Link will be secondary, connected to the Asus via Ethernet, and is meant to only provide wifi for the second floor. Asus on channel 1 and D-Link on channel 11.
I know the D-Link doesn't support bridging, but is that only necessary if I'd wanted to use the D-Link as a repeater, sitting in another room rather than connected by ethernet? I can't seem to find anyone doing that, but I also understand that it'd probably be pretty rare for someone to need two access points, but be able to connect them both via Ethernet.
I already know the basics of what I need to do: only one router can do DHCP (the Asus), they can't both be 192.168.1.1, they should have different SSIDs, etc. On the more advanced side - I tend to run my own DNS and only use DHCP for a few of my devices that don't allow for static IPs. So the gateway is currently 192.168.1.1. Would that remain the gateway even if they were connected to the D-Link which would probably be 192.168.1.50?
Should this work? Or would it need bridging?
Thanks!
First the background:
Right now I have a D-Link DIR-866L. On the second floor it works perfectly. On the first floor and basement it's horrible - much worse than the Actiontec I used to use when I had Verizon. For example, running the microwave interrupts the signal (this never happened with the Actiontec). Devices on the first floor and basement often get 802.11b speeds, not g or n. (Even though the devices support it) If I understand the physics of what I've read - internal antenna routers tend to be great for a one-story structure, but aren't good for multistory buildings.
Today I should have arriving ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router which SHOULD be good for reaching the other floors according to claims of how powerful it is and the fact that it has external antennas (that can even be replaced with larger gain antennas)
So what I want to do is this:
In my office, where the cable modem connection is, both Wifi routers will reside. Asus will be the primary, connected via WAN port to the modem. D-Link will be secondary, connected to the Asus via Ethernet, and is meant to only provide wifi for the second floor. Asus on channel 1 and D-Link on channel 11.
I know the D-Link doesn't support bridging, but is that only necessary if I'd wanted to use the D-Link as a repeater, sitting in another room rather than connected by ethernet? I can't seem to find anyone doing that, but I also understand that it'd probably be pretty rare for someone to need two access points, but be able to connect them both via Ethernet.
I already know the basics of what I need to do: only one router can do DHCP (the Asus), they can't both be 192.168.1.1, they should have different SSIDs, etc. On the more advanced side - I tend to run my own DNS and only use DHCP for a few of my devices that don't allow for static IPs. So the gateway is currently 192.168.1.1. Would that remain the gateway even if they were connected to the D-Link which would probably be 192.168.1.50?
Should this work? Or would it need bridging?
Thanks!
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