Creating One Seamless WiFi Network with Multiple Routers in Basement, Ground Floor, and Attic

Hello! I have a question. Well, I built a house and I'm going to lay all the cables and I figured out that in the basement I will connect a DSL modem from him switch and from the switch ethernet cables to each room, the house has a ground floor + floor + attic. And I wish there was a WiFi Router on every level. and here the problem begins, is it possible to have one network of all this, i.e. one wifi network
So, for example, wherever I was at home I would have a network, for example: "blacksmith-WIFI" and not 3 wifi, "blacksmith-WIFI, ground floor", "blacksmith-WIFI floor", "blacksmith-WIFI attic" and 2nd case Is the switch itself enough in the basement or would I have to connect the main router, i.e. MODEM ----> Router ----> switch to rooms + routers in the corridors.

Please also do not answer the type: why do you need 3 router or cable for each room ...

lolasss wrote:

... is it possible to have one network of all this, i.e. one wifi network?
So, for example, wherever I was at home I would have a network, for example: "blacksmith-WIFI" and not 3 wifi, "blacksmith-WIFI ground floor", "blacksmith-WIFI floor", "blacksmith-WIFI attic"

Can be.

lolasss wrote:

and the second thing is whether the switch itself is enough in the basement

Not enough ...
In the basement, there should be a router first - not a switch

Generally, if you set the same network name in each of them and encryption, it will be visible as one whole. However, you must remember to assign the appropriate addressing to each router. As for the next matter, there must be a router behind the modem that will assign addresses to other routers via a switch.

Yes, yes, I know the rest, and even if something is full of it on the Internet. So a banal solution. Thanks a lot ! ; )

I connect to the topic.
Hello, I would like to strengthen the network signal so that you can connect the Internet in the basement, the problem so far was the range of the router. To avoid high costs, I decided to use a second router (instead of an amplifier). signal between each other forming a network. (ie tp link tp link td in 8901g with vivanco virless) What are the possibilities of combining these routers to form a single network?

In the main router, you set everything normally and in the 2 that I will be connected to the main one, you set the ip to 192.168.154 (the highest that the main router assigns) then you set other channels so that the signals do not overlap. And the roters should be connected via the lan input and on the 2nd router you still need to turn off the dns server.

tomiok wrote:

lolasss wrote:

and the second thing is whether the switch itself is enough in the basement

Not enough ...
In the basement, there should be a router first - not a switch

It depends. If the operator gets a router-gateway, often called a modem, the switch itself is enough.

szaleniec wrote:

It depends. If the operator gets a router-gateway, often called a modem, the switch itself is enough.

A colleague wrote:

lolasss wrote:

... connect a DSL modem in the basement ..

I don't think he would get anything else home - something else in companies.

tomiok wrote:

szaleniec wrote:

It depends. If the operator gets a router-gateway, often called a modem, the switch itself is enough.

A colleague wrote:

lolasss wrote:

... connect a DSL modem in the basement ..

I don't think he would get anything else home - something else in companies.

An individual customer may also have the "Internet DSL" service - I know a few such cases. And even if it were a neostrada or other mass offer, a router-gateway is also often offered.

It's best to let a colleague @lolasss say what he has at home.

I have a regular wifi router + 2 WR702N portable routers. Everything set to Repeater mode. Here is a nice description of how to connect: http://www.tp-link.com.au/article/?faqid=397

Wifi works throughout the house and garden with one network name

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modem_kablowy_voip.png

I have such a modem ... As far as I know, neostrada has ADSL

lolasss wrote:

So, for example, wherever I was at home I would have a network, for example: "blacksmith-WIFI" and not 3 wifi, "blacksmith-WIFI ground floor", "blacksmith-WIFI floor", "blacksmith-WIFI attic" and

It's a matter of device configuration (same SSID and security)

lolasss wrote:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modem_kablowy_voip.png

Looks like some "cable" is supplying you with the internet. Then Modem-> Router-> Switch if you don't have enough ports from the main router itself.

Welcome back. I still have a problem with connecting the router (configuration of 2 routers) I have a router from the Neostrada network. I do not have access to its configuration, by entering the IP address of the router, I cannot find me on the TP-LINK website. The type of router is TP-LINK W8901G. Connection to the telephone network. I am asking for advice and information on how to configure these two devices together and any suggestions why the router and its settings are not visible on the page.

Hello lolasss: you think right, but ... I suggest to leave this router in the basement, while in each level install access points on each of them set a different channel, e.g. ground floor channel 11, attic channel 12 etc. mandatory on each access point ' turn off DHCP - gatewey will be the same leased everywhere from that router in the basement. In addition, on each access point set the same for the network, i.e. the router has, for example, 192.168.1.40 IP allocation from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200 and on the access points set "hard - manually" 192.168.1.50, .. .. 1.60 etc.
Install the Ekahau Heatmapper software on the laptop and check the range of each access point

Added after 6 [minutes]:

peyp: probably one of them is the so-called main ADSL2 + second you want to connect to the first one and here the question arises what is an ADSL or WAN / DSL router ??? If the WAN / DSL thing is simple, the cable from the main one, plug in the WAN, set the routing, ie the address of the "main" router, if it is ADSL separately, i.e. connect the computer, set the subnet the same as the main one and turn off DHCP nstp. you connect routers (to any port) VOILA should blink, if you don't understand something, write

I'll warm up the topic
in the company is dsl
the network looks like this:
dsl modem (from tepsy) - hereinafter TL-WR740N wifi router connected to it, cameras, 1 computer and 1 switch to a printer switch and a second switch at the end of the building.

Now I have to redo it so that there is wifi everywhere.

so it will be:
dsl modem - TL-WR740N router and two wifi routers in the extreme parts of the building (I'm interested in wifi and switches in them)

The question is what routers to buy? And how to configure them so that wifi and of course lan work?
Let's assume that the price for 1 router is around PLN 200 and preferably also tplink.
Probably the best solution should be assigned by 1 router.

If you are satisfied with the WR740N, you can purchase it and configure it as an AP - Link

thanks a lot for something like that
I am happy with the router, it works without problems so far, but I was thinking about something with 2 antennas to increase the WiFi range, I understand that no matter what router I buy a tplink for about PLN 200, it will work as I need it?

The two antennas have nothing to do with the range of the router. You only have a faster radio.

which is a plus that my boss will want to have, so I will order with two antennas
thanks for the help

I will step on the thread asking for help,

The network is standing and everything worked until it became necessary to expand with an additional router.
They are all TP-LINK TL-WR940 / 941
The first router is 192.168.0.1
on the cable
the second one is set as AP plugged in LAN 192.168.0.2 and
another cable is plugged into it, also as AP
only 192.168.0.3 and here the stairs appear because
when everything is plugged in, the first and the last one works
as it should, and the middle one seems to have conflicts
because the net disappears on it ??

A question for you and a request for help on how to set up the configuration
networks, change in those walking as AP
at 0.21 and 0.22 or something else that I mixed up :|

Greetings

Added after 42 [minutes]:

A little tinkering, and I figured out what I messed up :(

The one that was supposed to run as AP didn't have DHCP turned off and it was getting messy. Everything is already flashing.

Sorry for the confusion