Using RT-AC68P as repeater?

[RogerSC]

I'm using an RT-AC68P with 378.56_2 firmware in repeater mode, and I see that there is are eth0, eth1, and eth2 interfaces. I'm assuming that eth0 is the interface for the 2.4GHz. wireless supplied by the repeater, eth1 is the interface for the 5GHz. wireless supplied by the repeater, and eth2 is the wireless interface on the repeater used for the connection between the "main" router and the repeater. In my case, I specified that the repeater should connect to the 5GHz. wireless from the "main" router.

Is this correct, is eth2 the interface between the "main" router and the repeater?

This setup seems to work really well, by the way. My mobile wireless clients are automatically switching to the stronger of the two wireless networks available to them on 5GHz., both have the same SSID. I can tell which router a client is using fairly easily, since the "main" router has IPv6 available, and the repeater does not. That's a pretty fast and easy test to run on the client that I'm currently using.

 

[rototiller]

Wouldn't using the 68P as an AP be faster than using it as a repeater?

 

[RogerSC]

Wouldn't using the 68P as an AP be faster than using it as a repeater?

Of course, but...no cabling can be added here without ripping up walls. And powerline networking doesn't work well here. I have some MoCA, but, believe it or not, a wireless repeater is faster than MoCA 1.1 for me. Unless I go for MoCA 2.0, but haven't gone there yet. Especially with satellite TV on the horizon when I get too disgusted with Comcast *smile*.

Anyways, my question was about using the RT-AC68P as a repeater *smile*.

 

[RMerlin]

eth0 is wan, eth1 is Wifi 2.4GHz, eth2 is wifi 5 GHz.

 

[RogerSC]

eth0 is wan, eth1 is Wifi 2.4GHz, eth2 is wifi 5 GHz.

Ah, okay, I guess it makes sense to have a WAN interface, too *smile*, although I don't see how the repeater functionality uses it. I also see that I'm getting more than 1/2 of my ISP's download speed on wireless on the repeater on 5GHz. clients. The only thing that I can think of there is that it is using the 2.4GHz. radio as well as the 5GHz. radio for 5GHz. clients. Have lots of spare 2.4GHz. bandwidth, hardly use it any more.