Cascading wireless router to increase WIFI range(same SSID)

[BinaryPi]

I am trying to increase the range of my wireless network. I have an Arris TG862G cable modem(from xfinity) that has wifi built in. and i have a cable running from the LAN to LAN port on a Linksys e1200 wireless router at the other end of the house.

I am able to get the Linksys and Arris to work together under one SSID but eventually the linksys stops working. It seems to drop off the network after a few hours. Is there some timer that i am missing? i have more details of my setup below.


The Linksys is on the same subnet as the Arris, outside of the pool of dhcp addresses the Arris could assign. I have disabled the dhcp server on the linksys. I also disabled the NAT function on the linksys.

I have the WIFI SSID and security set to the same on both devices. They use different channels: 1 for the arris, 8 for the linksys.

I have been able in the past to setup these 2 devices with different SSIDs and i beleive in a LAN to WAN cascade. but I am shooting for the same SSID and same segment.

Please help. Thanks

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

So it works for a while and then the secondary one turns off? See if there are any "power saving settings" in the config, routers don't usually have these but maybe this one does. Do you have it on extender mode?

 

[Pooneil]

The setup you describe "should" be working. Are you sure there are no IP conflicts? For instance from any other device that has a static IP? Even one that connects wirelessly like a printer might? If your Linksys has the option, setup a secondary SSID for diagnostic purposes. It may provide some insight into what is going on. Such as if the radio is shutting off completely or not.

 

[gbb0330]

I am trying to increase the range of my wireless network. I have an Arris TG862G cable modem(from xfinity) that has wifi built in. and i have a cable running from the LAN to LAN port on a Linksys e1200 wireless router at the other end of the house.

I am able to get the Linksys and Arris to work together under one SSID but eventually the linksys stops working. It seems to drop off the network after a few hours. Is there some timer that i am missing? i have more details of my setup below.


The Linksys is on the same subnet as the Arris, outside of the pool of dhcp addresses the Arris could assign. I have disabled the dhcp server on the linksys. I also disabled the NAT function on the linksys.

I have the WIFI SSID and security set to the same on both devices. They use different channels: 1 for the arris, 8 for the linksys.

I have been able in the past to setup these 2 devices with different SSIDs and i beleive in a LAN to WAN cascade. but I am shooting for the same SSID and same segment.

Please help. Thanks

i've never seen a setup like this work reliably. you are trying to convert the linksys router into an access point. its not designed for that, its designed for NAT, DHCP and routing. use routers for routing, access points for WiFi.