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I have moved to a new big house of three floors, I also have three ASUS RT-AC3200 routers
I already have Ethernet cables connected to all the rooms with cat6, which is all connected to a business grade Cisco switch, the switch is connected then to the ISP fiber optics router which is the source of internet. So basically I have wired internet in all rooms.
I know that asus routers have three modes: wireless router, AP and bridge or something this is an example http://ec2-54-202-251-7.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:8080/Advanced_OperationMode_Content.asp . I dont want any of them to run as repeater because to my understanding it connects the router to the host router as client which doesn't sound so efficient.
Should I connect all of them as wireless router or AP?
What are the options in regards to creating one wireless network with the three routers operating all under the same SSID so no matter where I am my wireless devices has coverage?
 
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On the second part of your question you have a choice between 2 not so good options. All are the same network if you use your "router" as a AP if you use it as actual router then you have even worse problems because you have 3 networks.

You can make the SSID the same and the end devices will "attempt" to choose the "best" network. They tend to pick a best and stay with it never changing to another device until the signal is almost unusable. You could be connected to 1 AP walk over and put the device on top of a different AP and as long as it has a barely usable signal it will not switch. The key advantage it is simple to configure and you can force it to change by manually disconnecting.

The other is to use different SSID. In...
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On the second part of your question you have a choice between 2 not so good options. All are the same network if you use your "router" as a AP if you use it as actual router then you have even worse problems because you have 3 networks.

You can make the SSID the same and the end devices will "attempt" to choose the "best" network. They tend to pick a best and stay with it never changing to another device until the signal is almost unusable. You could be connected to 1 AP walk over and put the device on top of a different AP and as long as it has a barely usable signal it will not switch. The key advantage it is simple to configure and you can force it to change by manually disconnecting.

The other is to use different SSID. In that case you the person are responsible for deciding when to move from one to another. Obviously you will do better than any software but many people just do not want to deal with it.

There are commercial systems that can even solve the issue of roaming between different routers that have different IP addresses but only large enterprise customers feel the huge costs are worthwhile.
 
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In this regard, one consideration is how other users will deal with the network. Will a non-technical spouse or child feel frustrated selecting between multiple SSIDs and just want one simple way? One solution is to have a common SSID and set up an alternate unique SSID on each AP so users who are staying in place can easily attach to one particular access point.
 
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I guess I never considered that option.....use both the same and different SSID at the same time. Keep forgetting that the newer consumer products have been adding feature like having multiple SSID other than the stupid guest one.
 
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It is something I did on an Asus AP because my wife was having wifi trouble on a specific tablet that was almost always used within range of one particular AP. It ended a problem of a faulty the internet connection due to what I guess to be flipping between APs.
 
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The ISP device is supposed to be a router too, although im not sure it is now that I looked to the product page
http://huawei.com/en/products/fixed-access/fttx/ont/hg8247/index.htm
I found this in the PDF manual couldn't understand it though
http://s16.postimg.org/i3in44qlx/sfe.png
Isn't it the switch's job to provide all rooms which includes the routers with dynamic IPs?

My previous house had the same ISP device which was running its own wifi network, and I had asus rt66u connected to it running in wireless router mode. so im assuming the ISP device has that router capability? or do I still have to place on of the routers between the ISP device and the switch?

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thank you for the ideas, I will probably have different SSID and will explain to the less savvy family members to switch between the networks if they need to, but I think the routers will cover pretty well its already overkill.
 
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Based on the diagram you provided, it does look like the HG8247 functions as a router. You would not have to place one of the Asus units inline with the HG8247.
 
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