Will this setup work? Any limitations or adverse conditions with this setup like speed loss or signal loss?
So I have a Netgear R7000 and a Actiontec Moca adapter setup next to the modem on the 1st floor and another Actiontec Wifi unit with 2 Ethernet ports I use on the next (middle) floor which helps me get a wireless connection to the 3rd floor, 1st floor in this instance is the basement.
Now I have a SSID for the R7000 on the 2.4, a different one on the 5.2 band and two different SSIDs on the Moca setup.
Is this setup ideal or should I combine SSIDs more? They are all on Different channels as well. Now I want to add a R8000 as my main Router. BTW, the R7000 uses Tomato FW and I was thinking of doing the same with the R8000.
So my plan is to make the R8000 the main router and put it on the middle floor and move the Modem and the Moca BASE Unit adapter there as well. Then use the R7000 as an AP but I cant run Ethernet without it being a PITA so I was going to use an additional Actiontec adapter on floor 1 to get the R7000 a Ethernet connection. Now will that actually work using a Moca adapters Ethernet port to "power" a Router as an AP or will it have adverse conditions even if it will work at all? Will the Speed of the R7000 not be able to run normally because the Ethernet is coming from Moca which I get a significantly less signal though stable at about 50-60Mbps?
I know to disable the DHCP on the R7000 in AP mode BUT Do I make the R7000 SSID the same as the R8000? And on Both bands? What to do with the 2nd 5GHZ band on the R8000? Same as the 1st SSID or different so I can dedicate a band to certain clients like all Gaming on the 2nd 5GHZ or maybe all cell phones on the 2nd one? Just thinking off the cuff there at the end but anyways any suggestions are welcome.
If this setup will work and work well, I can have it done in a jiffy tomorrow and not have to pay someone to run extra Ethernet cords and that will take time to get done. I figure I can then use the Moca Wi-fi upstairs where it should provide a better signal being on the floor that it really was purchased for because there is no Ethernet up there and the Wi-fi was non-existent.
Thanks in advance for any and all help, suggestions and recommendations.
If this idea is moronic, please kindly say so as well as I want to get this new router setup but I want to do it once and have it work properly instead of wasting my time with trial and error. Thanks a bunch -Tony
So I have a Netgear R7000 and a Actiontec Moca adapter setup next to the modem on the 1st floor and another Actiontec Wifi unit with 2 Ethernet ports I use on the next (middle) floor which helps me get a wireless connection to the 3rd floor, 1st floor in this instance is the basement.
Now I have a SSID for the R7000 on the 2.4, a different one on the 5.2 band and two different SSIDs on the Moca setup.
Is this setup ideal or should I combine SSIDs more? They are all on Different channels as well. Now I want to add a R8000 as my main Router. BTW, the R7000 uses Tomato FW and I was thinking of doing the same with the R8000.
So my plan is to make the R8000 the main router and put it on the middle floor and move the Modem and the Moca BASE Unit adapter there as well. Then use the R7000 as an AP but I cant run Ethernet without it being a PITA so I was going to use an additional Actiontec adapter on floor 1 to get the R7000 a Ethernet connection. Now will that actually work using a Moca adapters Ethernet port to "power" a Router as an AP or will it have adverse conditions even if it will work at all? Will the Speed of the R7000 not be able to run normally because the Ethernet is coming from Moca which I get a significantly less signal though stable at about 50-60Mbps?
I know to disable the DHCP on the R7000 in AP mode BUT Do I make the R7000 SSID the same as the R8000? And on Both bands? What to do with the 2nd 5GHZ band on the R8000? Same as the 1st SSID or different so I can dedicate a band to certain clients like all Gaming on the 2nd 5GHZ or maybe all cell phones on the 2nd one? Just thinking off the cuff there at the end but anyways any suggestions are welcome.
If this setup will work and work well, I can have it done in a jiffy tomorrow and not have to pay someone to run extra Ethernet cords and that will take time to get done. I figure I can then use the Moca Wi-fi upstairs where it should provide a better signal being on the floor that it really was purchased for because there is no Ethernet up there and the Wi-fi was non-existent.
Thanks in advance for any and all help, suggestions and recommendations.
If this idea is moronic, please kindly say so as well as I want to get this new router setup but I want to do it once and have it work properly instead of wasting my time with trial and error. Thanks a bunch -Tony
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