best solution for coverage in basement?

[luv2liv]

here's my current config
http://dablet.com/tests/house.jpg

the cable modem is in the basement because the only coax is there.
the Asus Dark Knight router is on the second floor connected to modem via cat6. coverage is great everywhere except basement.

i need coverage in basement so we can stream 1080p to the home theater system there. what kind of box do i need?

is a switch all i need? modem->switch->router
i dont want another wifi router in basement cause i think hard line is much more reliable. and would the switch capable of port forwarding for my security cams?

thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Put the Current Router in the Basement and connect it to work.

Buy a second Wireless Router.

Plug the current cable that goes upstairs to one of the basement Router LAN ports. The other side (upstairs ) plugs into one of new Router LAN ports.

Configure the Upstairs Router like this.

Using Access Points or Wireless Cable/DSL Routers as a Switch with an Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

If you are happy with the Dark Knight buy it as the second Router, it is a very good entry level Wireless Router.


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[luv2liv]

nice!
i didnt even think of this. thank you!!

 

[Bricked]

Assuming that your modem is just a modem and not a modem/router combo, you would want your setup to be modem --> router --> access point. You have the right idea but you generally don't want to put a switch between a modem and router.

There are a couple of ways you could do it. Probably the easiest method is to get a new router and use the Asus as an access point. In that case you would connect the new router to the modem and place it in the basement; the long cable that connected the Asus to the modem would now be connected to the new router's LAN port on one end and one of the Asus's LAN ports on the other end. You would switch the Asus to access point mode and that'll be it. Your wireless network will remain the same and devices in the basement can be wired to the new router. A lot of consumer routers have the same default ip so you might have to make sure that the two devices don't have the same ip.

Otherwise you could put the Asus where the new router would be and get a wireless access point that would go where the Asus used to be. You'd have to reconfigure your wireless network which may or may not be a pain depending on your setup.

 

[luv2liv]

JackMDS, so i followed your link. i used an old wifi router and set it up as an AP.
my Asus router in basement. the Belkin router as an AP on 2nd floor.

so far, so good. but the AP have its own SSID. is it possible to have 1 SSID in the house for the 2 routers? that way, any laptop just pick whichever has the strongest signal.

 

[Verse914]

I have that same question luv2liv 🙂 I setup a dlink as an AP, but the SSID is different...would just like to have a single SSID. Otherwise it will just get one and keep it even if the signal is low and not move to the AP...