Modem to router to two Wireless Access Points - Do i have it right?

anywhereman · Oct 19, 2015

I am currently trying to increase the WiFi signal coverage through my home - My wife and I decided to homeschool our three kids and currently their is no WiFi in the school room.

Because of the layout of my house and the way I can fish wires through walls what I wanted to do is this -

Cable Modem (enters in the basement) connected via Ethernet Cable to a DLink 628 Wireless router (with WiFi turned off) connected with Ethernet cables to two wireless Access Points (Tenda W300A) at opposite ends of the house.

Will this work? Do I need to set up the AP's with the same SSID and Passcodes to create a single WiFi network? I am assuming that I can use Sticky Tutorial that adds one wifi router but modify it for two... sound reasonable?

Thank you in advance for any help the forum wants to provide - I am just trying to work with what I already have to cut costs and set up serviceable coverage for my whole house. I know I could probably spend a couple $$$ on a newer router but with homeschooling and one income the money train is doing the "I think I can, I think I can" chug up the hill.

Solandri · Oct 20, 2015

Yes your config will work fine. Set the APs up with the same SSID and passwords if you want your computers to switch seamlessly between them as you move around the house. Set them up with different SSIDs if you're having network problems and are trying to figure out which AP is faulty. You may want to force both APs to use different channels (1, 6, and 11 are the independent ones at 2.4 GHz in North America) so their signals don't interfere.

I don't know what the Sticky Tutorial is, but if it's a guide for setting up the AP, then plug in one AP and use the tutorial to set it up. Then turn off that AP, plug in the other AP and use the tutorial again to set it up. Then turn both APs on and you should be good.

You don't have to turn off the DLink wifi. You can use that as a third "access point" if you wish. Just be careful of interference if two of your wifi networks are using the same channel. That may be helpful if you need to use wifi in the basement where the cable modem and DLink are. The wifi signal from those little whip antennas spreads out mostly horizontally. The signal does not travel very far up or down.

anywhereman · Oct 20, 2015

Solandri :

Yes your config will work fine. Set the APs up with the same SSID and passwords if you want your computers to switch seamlessly between them as you move around the house. Set them up with different SSIDs if you're having network problems and are trying to figure out which AP is faulty. You may want to force both APs to use different channels (1, 6, and 11 are the independent ones at 2.4 GHz in North America) so their signals don't interfere.

I don't know what the Sticky Tutorial is, but if it's a guide for setting up the AP, then plug in one AP and use the tutorial to set it up. Then turn off that AP, plug in the other AP and use the tutorial again to set it up. Then turn both APs on and you should be good.

You don't have to turn off the DLink wifi. You can use that as a third "access point" if you wish. Just be careful of interference if two of your wifi networks are using the same channel. That may be helpful if you need to use wifi in the basement where the cable modem and DLink are. The wifi signal from those little whip antennas spreads out mostly horizontally. The signal does not travel very far up or down.

Thanks alot! Plan on trying this tonight. I will post my results.

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