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Access Point Speed/Signal Overlap Issues
Hello, I have searched this site, it has been very helpfull. I only started a new thread because I couldn't find an exact answer to what I am looking for. My current wireless router is a WNDR4000, I ...
In a nutshell - don't - if you want to neaten the wiring up, neaten it up - optimizing wireless coverage through access point (or router) positioning should always be a first choice, any other method involves compromise.
I run a wired router and a wireless access point - the router is located in my office on the ground floor, the wireless access point is wall mounted in a central location on the first floor and powered from my office through the CAT5 cable using power over Ethernet.
To deal with your questions - to avoid interference between access points you need to put them on different channels, the available choices are 1, 6 & 11, no your throughput will not be affected, and yes you will be able to use all the security features.
Single band repeaters (repeaters with only one radio) will always halve the throughput, so yes the WN2000RPT will slow your network down - for the devices that are connecting through it.
I run a wired router and a wireless access point - the router is located in my office on the ground floor, the wireless access point is wall mounted in a central location on the first floor and powered from my office through the CAT5 cable using power over Ethernet.
To deal with your questions - to avoid interference between access points you need to put them on different channels, the available choices are 1, 6 & 11, no your throughput will not be affected, and yes you will be able to use all the security features.
Single band repeaters (repeaters with only one radio) will always halve the throughput, so yes the WN2000RPT will slow your network down - for the devices that are connecting through it.