I recently moved and am contemplating a multi-router setup to avoid running wires in the new home and I am not sure how I should go.
Right now I have a cable modem and wdr3700v1 serving inet everywhere. The cable guy basically installed the modem in the laundry room which does no one any good. lets call that location 1.
not far away, about 5m and on the same level though through walls that are only finished with paneling I have a 20Tb file server that used to be hooked up via gbe. This plays media to a locally attached tv but also serves 2 other pcs in the house. Lets call this location 2. No wifi device at present.
Pc1 is located about 10 meters from location 1 and 15m from location 2. It is 1/2 a level above loc1 and 2. This is my pc and I usually transfer media from it to the server at location 2. My bluray drive is in it so usually it's 20-30gb files that I write directly to a network share on the file server while it rips. This was also on gbe. Call this loc 3. No wifi device at present.
Finally the wife's pc is 1.5 levels above loc 1 and 2. And 1 level above 3. She basically connects to the Internet though does access docs and photos on the server. Call this location 4. She has a wifi n adapter.
I was thing of just adding 2 rtn66u to loc2 and 3 but am concerned about perf between loc2 and 3. Specifically would LAN traffic between 2 and 3 be routed through the slower loc1 or will they talk directly to each other?
Right now I have a cable modem and wdr3700v1 serving inet everywhere. The cable guy basically installed the modem in the laundry room which does no one any good. lets call that location 1.
not far away, about 5m and on the same level though through walls that are only finished with paneling I have a 20Tb file server that used to be hooked up via gbe. This plays media to a locally attached tv but also serves 2 other pcs in the house. Lets call this location 2. No wifi device at present.
Pc1 is located about 10 meters from location 1 and 15m from location 2. It is 1/2 a level above loc1 and 2. This is my pc and I usually transfer media from it to the server at location 2. My bluray drive is in it so usually it's 20-30gb files that I write directly to a network share on the file server while it rips. This was also on gbe. Call this loc 3. No wifi device at present.
Finally the wife's pc is 1.5 levels above loc 1 and 2. And 1 level above 3. She basically connects to the Internet though does access docs and photos on the server. Call this location 4. She has a wifi n adapter.
I was thing of just adding 2 rtn66u to loc2 and 3 but am concerned about perf between loc2 and 3. Specifically would LAN traffic between 2 and 3 be routed through the slower loc1 or will they talk directly to each other?