Wi-Fi network setup for 3 floors

ak56u

Active Member
Disciple
I want to set up a wi-fi network for my home. My home has three floors, which includes a basement, ground and first floor. Approximate
area of each floor is around 2800 sq.ft. My current setup and wiring is as follows:

I have a server room in my basement which is where I have Airtel optical cable coming in. Airtel has installed a company modem+router (300 mbs speed) in the server room.
From here, I have Lan cables going to 3 bedrooms on the ground floor and one bedroom on the first floor. I also have a Lan cable going to the home theater room in the basement.
I have a Netgear 10/100 switch installed with all the Lan cables plugged in and TP Link Archer C60 AC1350 router in every room. I have turned off the DHCP servers of all the routers
so that the IP Address is assigned by the Airtel installed modem/router and I have given different names to every router's wifi network.

I wanted to ask that is there any way that I can setup a single network throughout my home with multiple routers so that I do not have to change the wifi network every time I walk in a
different room/floor. If so, can it be done using my existing hardware setup?



P.S. My PC has a plex server which I use to stream media throughout to different devices in my home.
 

napstersquest

Member
Recruit
Yes. Most routers (or access points) have a mode in which they just repeat the signal. You can configure them in wired or wireless mode (this will be the bridge of communication between main router- or the switch- and other access points)
SSID and password for all access points will be the same in this case.
 

greenhorn

Well-Known Member
Skilled
Sounds like you need a mesh network.
The c60 supports onemesh which is a proprietary version of mesh. Only issue is that the c60 can work only as master, and won't work as a slave (need an RE repeater for it (I use an re305 in my two floors)

Alternately, you can use a proper set of mesh AP's like the tp link deco series. All of them go on sale frequently, keep an eye on ecom sales
 

skoka123

Well-Known Member
Adept
ak56u said:
I want to set up a wi-fi network for my home. My home has three floors, which includes a basement, ground and first floor. Approximate
area of each floor is around 2800 sq.ft. My current setup and wiring is as follows:

I have a server room in my basement which is where I have Airtel optical cable coming in. Airtel has installed a company modem+router (300 mbs speed) in the server room.
From here, I have Lan cables going to 3 bedrooms on the ground floor and one bedroom on the first floor. I also have a Lan cable going to the home theater room in the basement.
I have a Netgear 10/100 switch installed with all the Lan cables plugged in and TP Link Archer C60 AC1350 router in every room. I have turned off the DHCP servers of all the routers
so that the IP Address is assigned by the Airtel installed modem/router and I have given different names to every router's wifi network.

I wanted to ask that is there any way that I can setup a single network throughout my home with multiple routers so that I do not have to change the wifi network every time I walk in a
different room/floor. If so, can it be done using my existing hardware setup?



P.S. My PC has a plex server which I use to stream media throughout to different devices in my home.
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Why do you want to use a 10/100 Switch when your internet is 300 mbps? Also, do make sure you lan cables are not limiting the internet speed.
 

Silent47Assassin

Active Member
Disciple
A proper mesh network would be the best solution here as @napstersquest mentioned for seamless roaming. Repeating the signal would introduce speed drops and latency issues. You can also try to rename all the AP SSIDs to the same name, but it is not guaranteed that the device will connect automatically to the nearest AP everytime. One way to ensure this is using the 5GHz network only (shorter range) and reduce the signal strength of all devices to ensure that they don't reach the other floors. You may have to experiment with this and this may also introduce weak signal zones on the same floor.