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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 purchased it new a little over a year ago. It is currently in the middle of my house and works well there throughout the house. To neaten up the wiring for this network I would like to move it to the one end of the house and configure a second Access Point/Repeater/Extender on the other side of the house through a wired connection between it and the host with a common SSID/Password. But on said second device I would like to have wired ports avalible without having to use stand alone switch in addition to it. I initally got a WND2000 off of a freind for nothing to do this but after trying to set it up as a repeater I learned, If I am correct, that #1 I will have to disable security to none, #2 Repeater is not desined for wireless broucast signals to overlap, and #3 Bandwidth throuput is halved. So after searching, mostly here, I found that some Netgear routers have an AP feature which leads my first question.
If I get a second WNDR4000 and configure it as a wireed connected access point of my host WNDR4000, will overlapping wireless broadcasts cause problems? Will my bandwidth speed be halved because of this? And last will I be able to use all of the security features of the host WNDR4000?
The other direction I found was to use a device like the WN2000RPT as the second device, but I could not find if this will accept a wired connection as access and also allow me to repeate that wired connection bothe wired and wirelessly and also will this device slow my network down like I read Repeaters do?
thanks
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 purchased it new a little over a year ago. It is currently in the middle of my house and works well there throughout the house. To neaten up the wiring for this network I would like to move it to the one end of the house and configure a second Access Point/Repeater/Extender on the other side of the house through a wired connection between it and the host with a common SSID/Password. But on said second device I would like to have wired ports avalible without having to use stand alone switch in addition to it. I initally got a WND2000 off of a freind for nothing to do this but after trying to set it up as a repeater I learned, If I am correct, that #1 I will have to disable security to none, #2 Repeater is not desined for wireless broucast signals to overlap, and #3 Bandwidth throuput is halved. So after searching, mostly here, I found that some Netgear routers have an AP feature which leads my first question.
If I get a second WNDR4000 and configure it as a wireed connected access point of my host WNDR4000, will overlapping wireless broadcasts cause problems? Will my bandwidth speed be halved because of this? And last will I be able to use all of the security features of the host WNDR4000?
The other direction I found was to use a device like the WN2000RPT as the second device, but I could not find if this will accept a wired connection as access and also allow me to repeate that wired connection bothe wired and wirelessly and also will this device slow my network down like I read Repeaters do?
thanks
3 Replies
- 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. - Here is some good docs.. you will find few good tips there..
http://www.cloudtrax.com/docs/network_planning_guide.pdf
I do use open mesh products on my office:):) - Thanks for the replies. I decided to leave the wireless router where it is and straighten up the wiring the best I can.
I have a related question though, does the same apply to unmanaged switches. I have a netgear prosafe fs108 that's going to be supplied by my wireless router with a server machine to it with some client devices also hooked to the same Fs-108. And also connected to the Fs-108 will be a FS-105 with several devices in my entertainment center. So my question is does the same apply to unmanaged wired connections. Does the bandwidth get cut with each "hop" I don't think there will be a bandwidth problem for the devices on the Fs-105 in the entertainment center. I'm just curious if the same applies.
