Soldato
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I set up a new modem/router and wireless access point for my dad the other week to replace his aging and partly broken old networking equipment.
I used a TP-Link 300mbps wireless-N modem/router in the PC room, and then a cat5 cable running upstairs connected to a TP-Link Wireless N Access Point.
I had a hell of a time figuring out his insane tangle of connections, switches and devices, but eventually got the router set up and then accessed the wireless point with the aim of just extending the network, so wherever you are in the house you'll get a wifi signal from either the router or the access point.
I tried setting it up in bridge, access point and multi-SSID mode, but each time I ended up with the same issue. I could connect to either the router or the access point depending where I was in the house, but they had different names and seemed to be acting as separate networks. I would have to disconnect from one and connect to the other (or let the device do it automatically if it completely lost the signal from one).
I was hoping that the access point would just extend the main network and boost the signal all over the house without having them appear as two different connections and having the need to actually change from one connection to the other - but I couldn't get it to do that.
I ran out of time there in the end and had to get the kids back home for bed, so had to stop experimenting and leave it as it was. But I've been thinking... there must have been a way to do this, mustn't there? Anything I should try next time I'm round there?
I used a TP-Link 300mbps wireless-N modem/router in the PC room, and then a cat5 cable running upstairs connected to a TP-Link Wireless N Access Point.
I had a hell of a time figuring out his insane tangle of connections, switches and devices, but eventually got the router set up and then accessed the wireless point with the aim of just extending the network, so wherever you are in the house you'll get a wifi signal from either the router or the access point.
I tried setting it up in bridge, access point and multi-SSID mode, but each time I ended up with the same issue. I could connect to either the router or the access point depending where I was in the house, but they had different names and seemed to be acting as separate networks. I would have to disconnect from one and connect to the other (or let the device do it automatically if it completely lost the signal from one).
I was hoping that the access point would just extend the main network and boost the signal all over the house without having them appear as two different connections and having the need to actually change from one connection to the other - but I couldn't get it to do that.
I ran out of time there in the end and had to get the kids back home for bed, so had to stop experimenting and leave it as it was. But I've been thinking... there must have been a way to do this, mustn't there? Anything I should try next time I'm round there?