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I have setup my home network anchored on a DD-WRT-based router/gateway supporting simultaneous 2.4Ghz (g) and 5GHz (n) radios. WAN via Cable modem.
The 5 Ghz (n) side connects to 2 other n routers via WDS. These routers act as "bridges" in a home office and a media room (desktops and other gear are connected to the "bridges" via ethernet cables) with good amounts of traffic
The 2.4GHz (g) side does 2 things:
- Provides g wireless access to laptops/ipads/tablets throughout the home
- Connects to 3 other g routers acting as bridges via WDS in 3 separate rooms. In each room, TVs/Bluray/Roku/AppleTV etc... are connected to the bridges via ethernet cables.
This has worked well so far, but I wonder if I can do better.
Questions:
1) Can the performance of this network be significantly improved by changing the configuration (i.e. no WDS)? I've heard WDS is not very "efficient" in its use of bandwidth.
2) now all the "router" functions (i.e. DHCP, etc...) are performed by the centralized gateway connected to the cable modem. Should I de-centralized this function?
3) what other options do I have in terms or the network configuration/topology?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
The 5 Ghz (n) side connects to 2 other n routers via WDS. These routers act as "bridges" in a home office and a media room (desktops and other gear are connected to the "bridges" via ethernet cables) with good amounts of traffic
The 2.4GHz (g) side does 2 things:
- Provides g wireless access to laptops/ipads/tablets throughout the home
- Connects to 3 other g routers acting as bridges via WDS in 3 separate rooms. In each room, TVs/Bluray/Roku/AppleTV etc... are connected to the bridges via ethernet cables.
This has worked well so far, but I wonder if I can do better.
Questions:
1) Can the performance of this network be significantly improved by changing the configuration (i.e. no WDS)? I've heard WDS is not very "efficient" in its use of bandwidth.
2) now all the "router" functions (i.e. DHCP, etc...) are performed by the centralized gateway connected to the cable modem. Should I de-centralized this function?
3) what other options do I have in terms or the network configuration/topology?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.