MultiWAN router + three Wireless Router/Modems, do I need an access point?

notneps · Sep 18, 2015

If I have three Wifi Modem/Routers (the ones provided by my ISPs) all connected to a multi-WAN router (which will be handling DHCP), how can I get WiFi if the multi-WAN router is not wireless? Will I still be able to connect to the three routers if they no longer assign IP addresses? I don't mind the WiFi not being multisourced as long as it has internet access. Or will I need an additional wifi access point?

DSL Line 1 -----> Wifi Router/Modem -----> |
DSL Line 2 -----> Wifi Router/Modem -----> | Multi-WAN router ---> Switch -------> Client PCs
DSL Line 3 -----> Wifi Router/Modem -----> |

Solandri · Sep 18, 2015

You need to get your own wifi router and use it as an access point. (Wifi access points without the router are still sold, but due to economies of scale they're more expensive than wifi routers.)

1. Assign your new wifi router a static IP address on your LAN (so you can configure it later). Do this via its LAN settings, not WAN settings.

2. Turn off its DHCP server so it doesn't conflict with the DHCP on the main router.

3. Cover its WAN port with a piece of tape so someone doesn't try to use it while troubleshooting something 2 years from now.

4. Plug an ethernet cable from your multi-WAN router into any LAN port on your new wifi router.

5. (optional) Turn off the wifi on your DSL router/modems, unless you specifically want to be able to connect to one DSL line wirelessly instead of using the multi-WAN router.

gbb0330 · Sep 18, 2015

notneps :

sounds like you are doing this for a business.
buy an access point, you can get a nice one for about 70 bucks. buying a router to use as an access point is for home users that don't know what they are doing.

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