4-Router Cascading Set Up constantly disconnecting

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DaArFI

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I recently bought 4 new routers to upgrade my home network as they were getting to old and too unreliable.
I decided to go with 4 x DIR-809 routers, with the intention to use them in a cascade set up(As I think it is called). After reading multiple threads online I configured all of them following this tutorial (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/33700-42-ultimate-modem-router-setup-thread) and they worked fine for a couple of hours. After that, every 3 hours or so the network disconnects and I have to Unplug the master router and plug it back in.
I have disabled DHCP on all slave routers and changed the master's DHCP range to exclude the static IP Addresses I gave to the slaves. Disabled UPNP on all except the master as well as gave all of them static IPs ranging from 1-4.
They are also wired LAN-LAN.
All of them share the same SSID and password.
Also, I have a Arris TG862 from my ISP, that's providing the internet to the master.
Is there something I am missing or doing wrong?
Or even a better way to set up my home network?
Any tips/tutorials will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
 
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I would use different SSID so you really know what device you are connecting to. You have to plan the channel ranges very carefully. It tends to be almost impossible with the new routers to not get overlap.

802.11ac uses blocks of 4 channels on the 5g band and there are only 2 blocks of 4 channels. On the 2.4g they use 40mhz channels which uses 2/3 of the bandwidth and guarantees 2 device will overlap.

If you think it is dhcp just hard code the ip on your pc and see if you still get disconnects.
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bill001g

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I would use different SSID so you really know what device you are connecting to. You have to plan the channel ranges very carefully. It tends to be almost impossible with the new routers to not get overlap.

802.11ac uses blocks of 4 channels on the 5g band and there are only 2 blocks of 4 channels. On the 2.4g they use 40mhz channels which uses 2/3 of the bandwidth and guarantees 2 device will overlap.

If you think it is dhcp just hard code the ip on your pc and see if you still get disconnects.
 
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hang-the-9

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If you were planning to connect them this way, getting routers was not the way to go, it's like buying sets of silverware but then just keeping the spoons and tossing the rest instead of just getting spoons to begin with. Switches and access points are what you should setup, not routers with the routing part shut off. If you can return those 3 extra routers, do so and look into extending things with switches and access points instead.
 
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