TP-Link Archer C6. Will it work as an AP and switch?

[seanyc5]

Hi all,

So I have Three 5G as my home broadband in the living room. I currently have an Ethernet cable going to a spare room.

If I buy an Archer C6 and plug it in to the ethernet cable, would it act as an WiFi AP and also a switch coming out of it with another ethernet?

If that's correct would I need to connect the ethernet cable into the WAN port or LAN? I think it would be LAN in and LAN out?

If this is not possible then I suppose another option would be gigabit switch on the ethernet cable end and another small ethernet out to basic AP?


Thanks,
Sean

 

[paradigm]

You would need to use just the LAN ports, but also disable the DHCP server on the Archer. I see no reason to buy a router when an AP and cheap switch would be the correct way of achieving what you want (or even just an AP if you only need one LAN out, plenty of APs with 2 LAN ports, one of them being a bridged port).

 

[Orcvader]

The C6 supports access point mode so once it's set to that you can plug the cable going to the main router into the WAN port. You can even have it set to the same SSID and password on the WiFi, and your wireless devices will swap between the two (depending on the client device's roaming aggressiveness).