BluishGreen
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Hello everyone, been lurking for a while trying to find a situation similar to mine but couldn't.
I have a fiber optic service without cable TV running from a modem with ONT input and four LAN ports. I found a decent AirPort Extreme (6th gen) on sale and bought one to utilize the few 802.11ac capable clients at home.
I connected the AE to one of the modem LAN ports, disabled wireless on modem, and disabled DCHP on AE. So far it works ok with no issues. However, I need to extend the wireless network to the other half of the house that has little to no signal.
I reached to the drawer where I keep all of the old outdated electronics and found a G-wireless router that was used back then when I had DSL service. I set it up so that it acts as a wireless access point and connected it to another LAN port in the modem and it worked ok but obviously relatively slow. I can't connect it to the AE because it wants nothing to do with any router/access point outside the family.
Now, here is what I'm trying to figure out; am i better off
1) Buying a decent non-apple cheap AC router and hook it up to the modem through 500AV powerline plugs and place it in the other half of the house, or
2) Buy another AE and connect it to the first AE through a 500AV powerline plug?
What I'm trying to figure out essentially is what effects will running two or possibly three wireless access points connected to the modem directly through an eithernet cable or 500AV powerline adapters have? Will there be any interference? Am I better off just buying another AE and hook it up to the first AE (bridge) through powerline?
I've read somewhere in this forum that it might not work because ISPs will only provide one physical IP address but I'm not in the US and it worked ok with me maybe because I'm not using the WAN port.
Thanks and I apologize if it's repetitive in this forum.
I have a fiber optic service without cable TV running from a modem with ONT input and four LAN ports. I found a decent AirPort Extreme (6th gen) on sale and bought one to utilize the few 802.11ac capable clients at home.
I connected the AE to one of the modem LAN ports, disabled wireless on modem, and disabled DCHP on AE. So far it works ok with no issues. However, I need to extend the wireless network to the other half of the house that has little to no signal.
I reached to the drawer where I keep all of the old outdated electronics and found a G-wireless router that was used back then when I had DSL service. I set it up so that it acts as a wireless access point and connected it to another LAN port in the modem and it worked ok but obviously relatively slow. I can't connect it to the AE because it wants nothing to do with any router/access point outside the family.
Now, here is what I'm trying to figure out; am i better off
1) Buying a decent non-apple cheap AC router and hook it up to the modem through 500AV powerline plugs and place it in the other half of the house, or
2) Buy another AE and connect it to the first AE through a 500AV powerline plug?
What I'm trying to figure out essentially is what effects will running two or possibly three wireless access points connected to the modem directly through an eithernet cable or 500AV powerline adapters have? Will there be any interference? Am I better off just buying another AE and hook it up to the first AE (bridge) through powerline?
I've read somewhere in this forum that it might not work because ISPs will only provide one physical IP address but I'm not in the US and it worked ok with me maybe because I'm not using the WAN port.
Thanks and I apologize if it's repetitive in this forum.
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