Need help properly wiring up my house for DECO
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I currently live in a 3 floor house + basement. It was constructed long before WIFI nor DSL was popular and therefore, imbedded telecommunication wires were not suited for DSL. Basement is where telco dropline enters the house. 1F is garage. 2F and 3F are the main living space. In particular, I live in the 3rd floor where I got more devices hooked/connected.
Prior to getting M5, I had DSL modem wifi router installed on the 3rd floor; then I wired NAS, Desktop PCs directly to the router. Everyone else, including people on the 2nd floor, connects to the DSL modem wifi router. Obviously it was not an ideal setup. There were lots of disconnections either WIFI could not reach 2nd F, DSL gets disconnected due to bad wiring.
Here comes M5 to the rescue; I bought a pack of 2 though - shuolda been the 3pack! I then disabled the DSL modem's WIFI and connected 1st M5 to DSL modem. Secondly, I hooked up an Ethernet Hub to M5 and wired all other "wired" devices to this Hub. 2nd M5 was then connected to main M5 wirelessly. ALL devices now have IP address in the 192.168.68.x range (not a problem); DLNA, SAMBA works flawlessly. WIFI coverage was GREAT both to 2F and 3F. But DSL problem still exists.
So here is THE PLAN: see diagram
I plan to relocate DSL modem and NAS down to Basement - as near the telco drop.
I plan to pull some CAT6 cables from basement to 1F, 2F, 3F
Here are my questions:
1. What should be DECO's Operating Mode? Router or AP?
I assume AP modem because NAS is connected outside of DECO's realm.
2. I really like DECO Apps' Overview functionality where i can check who are connected but not necessary the sites they visit. Will I lose this functionality when DECO operates in AP mode?
PS. There are no 3F to 2F, 3F to 1F, 2F to 1F conduits; all conduits lead down to Basement.
Your experience is most welcomed.
THANKS!
The diagram as shown above is the PLAN for rewiring.
DSL Problem = DSL modem is currently located on 3F, and telco dropline at basement. Inhouse wiring uses non-twisted-pair wires - not suitable for data. It is prone to noise and therefore DSL disconnection occurs periodically; speed is slower as well. When Modem is installed at basement directly to telco dropline, connection and speed is very stable. This is why I wanted to rewire and relocated Modem, NAS down to basement.
I could simply pull a new DSL line from basement all the way to 3F. However, all conduits terminate at basement; there is no 3F to 2F, no 3F to 1F, no 2F to 1F conduit. If I need to wire the 2F DECO to internet, it would have to go down to basement then up to 3F.
#3. Unfortunately, I could not find any way to disable the router functionality of the modem (DN8245W). It works both as modem and router.
From my understanding, please correct me if wrong:
A) If all DECOs were to be wired directly from a single router (as shown above), It can only function in AP Mode.
B) And if DECOs were wired like diagram 2, DECOs can function in Router Mode. And with the added extra hardware and wires, there is no point making itoperate in AP Mode.
The reason why I want to WIRE all the slave DECOs is to give them better/stable connection to main DECO. Floors are concrete, not wood and wifi have difficulty penetrating through it. The secondary/slave DECO is getting "yellow" signal strength from the main router.
I hope these new diagrams better explain my understanding, my plans.
PS: In the diagram from website, It is not clear how the DECOs are wired.
a) Are they all daisy chained? (ie, main Deco to Root Router, 2nd Deco to main Deco, 3rd Deco to 2nd Deco....)
b) are they all wired directly to the Root Router?
The bottom/last diagram shows only the main DECO wired to the Root Router.