Question about daisy chaining routers

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Hi,

My main router is in the very left hand side of my house, I have ran a cat5 cable from the main router to a TP-Link TD5970 router and set it as a DHCP client so it receives its ip from the master router and sends out a second wireless signal which works fine.

My question is can i take another cat5 cable from the second router and run it to a third router and do the same thing as I need another wireless signal to reach a deadspot in the very far side of the house?

I know i could run a 2nd cable from the master router to the third router directly but this means using twice the amount of cable which would be a pain.

Thanks
 
In this scenario you only really have one device that's doing any routing, which is the device on the left of your house that acts as your default gateway for LAN/WAN interconnectivity.

What you're doing is using your "router" device, but without the router part, so it's just a switch and wireless access point. I know you probably know this, but when you think about it that way all you're proposing to do is daisy-chain a switch to another switch, which in theory shouldn't cause any problems. It should work in exactly the same way your first one does, although I'd never rule out specific make/model issues :p
 
Can you not just set the 2nd and 3rd router up as wireless access points, would save the hassle of the Double & Triple NAT.
 
neodude said:
Can you not just set the 2nd and 3rd router up as wireless access points, would save the hassle of the Double & Triple NAT.
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Thanks for the quick replies guys.

How would setting them as wireless access points differ to what ive already done?
 
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If you already disabled the DHCP server on the second router and soon to be third then you don't need to worry about that.

It will work fine, the extra routers will just be functioning as a switch and AP.
 
As said, as long as DHCP is turned off on every router except the first one, then you're just using them as APs and switches. You've already done this once so know what you're doing - just do the same from third to second router.

I hope you're using routers that you've got lying around because if you're buying them you'd be better buying and using dedicated APs to achieve the same thing. Likely cheaper and lead to better positioning to be had to provide better coverage and faster wireless than routers.
 
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