Modem to switch to powerline to router

Bumzag

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Oct 16, 2014
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Hello, long story short I use WiFi, my roommate does not. His PC is wired directly in to the current router, so I can't move the router or modem or else he'll be without networking.

My plan is to use the current Netgear WNDR3400v3 as a switch by disabling DHCP and setting it a static IP address within the Linksys WRT54GL with Tomato firmware that I purchased to use as a router. The setup will be as follows:

cat5e from modem to non-WAN port on Netgear switch, cat5e from non-WAN port on Netgear switch to TP-LINK powerline adapter, cat5e from other TP-LINK powerline adapter to WAN port on Linksys WRT54GL with Tomato firmware.

Am I missing anything?
 
The path has to be

modem---router--switch. If you do it the way you propose only 1 device will get a IP address and the other will be locked out.

Why could you not just hook the powerline to the LAN port of the current router and then use the remote router as a AP or you could use it as a router if you really wanted to.

A WRT54GL is a old piece of garbage and you do not really want to have that in your network. It only run 802.11g which is extremely slow compared to the 802.11n and the especially the newest 802.11ac devices.
 


I bought it mostly to mess around with the Tomato and DD-WRT software instead of loading it on my good router and risk bricking it. I couldn't pass up a $5 reliable router that can serve as switch. It may be old, but it's not useless.

Nvm though, you're right regarding the modem->router->switch order. I'll just physically relocate the router/modem in to my room, run a data cable from a LAN port on the router into the powerline, and hook the switch up in his room off the other powerline.