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home wifi setup
home wifi setup
2021-06-22 11:58:10

I am planning to change wifi setup at my home. Currently I am using zyxel wifi router and access points. We have 1 main wifi router 300 mbps (with local cable internet connection) and 3 access points (in 3 separate bedrooms) which are connected with lan cables. I am getting good wifi connectivity inside bedrooms.

 

The problem is that there is lounge (made of glass) in front of main wifi router. I am not getting wifi signal inside lounge. Also my hall is around 10 meter far from main router and behind open wall. I have set a wifi router in range extender mode there. In my hall also wifi signal is weak.

 

I am planning to change all my wifi routers,APs and range extender. Please suggest me a wifi router with strong wifi signal and also compatible range extender and access points.

 

I am planning to purchase 1 TP-Link Archer C80 AC1900 Dual Band Wireless router or TP-Link Archer C6 Gigabit MU-MIMO Wireless Router, as a main router and 3 TP-Link TL-WR841N 300Mbps as access points.

 

Please guide me whether this setup is compatible and will work together. Also suggest me a good range extender to set in my hall.  

 

Thanks in advance

 

Sachin Naik 

 

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Re:home wifi setup
2021-06-23 01:12:26

@spybutterfly 

 

You can go for Archer C7 as a main router and TL-WR841N as APs. TL-WR841N also has a Range Extender mode.

if you need both 2.4 & 5 GHz bands everywhere, then Archer C7 as a main router and Archer C6 as APs, C6 also supports WDS (i.e. can work as a Range Extender).

You might also look at the Deco solution. 

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Re:home wifi setup
2021-06-25 15:33:26
Thank you so much for solution. I have purchased 1 Tp link Archer C6 configured it as a wifi internet router ip is 192.168.0.1 3 tp-link archer c50 configured as access point ip addresses 192.168.0.2 , 192.168.0.3 , 192.168.0.4 1 tplink Re305 configured as range extender. I have assign static ip to range extender i.e. 192.168.0.254. will it work. what should be the default gateway and primary and alternate dns address for range extender. I have given 192.168.0.1 as default gateway and 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as dns. will it work. kindly advice. thanks in advance.
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Re:home wifi setup
2021-06-25 16:28:01 - last edited 2021-06-29 01:47:56

@spybutterfly 

 

The C50 APs should work with these IP addresses and configured in AP mode.

For the RE305 if in RE mode you should follow your user guide to configure it:

https://static.tp-link.com/2021/202102/20210220/1910012965_RE205%20&%20RE305_UG_REV4.1.0.pdf

RE305 also supports AP mode which is pretty much the same as C50 in AP mode.

If you want it as RE follow the guide - Chapter 2.2

Both Archer C6 and RE305 support OneMesh - if you want you can give it try - Chapter 3 (user guide)

If it doesn't behave, just remove it from OneMesh network and configure it as a simple RE. 

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