[SOLVED] What's the best way to setup my home connection?

[Vhiden]

Hello guys, thanks for your help beforehand.

I've finally managed to move my ISP Cable Modem to my room to experience low and estable ping. In consequence, I've made the rest of my house WiFi connection worst.

To make up for that, I set up a TP Link W940N in bridge mode with the Cable Modem to generate a new SSID broadcast with more range (DHCP disabled), aditionally I set up a TP Link WA850RE to expand this network. The thing is, the connection is pretty unstable and works whenever it wants. My ethernet connection became pretty unstable and for times it only loads Google Searches.

I'm really unexperienced when it comes to networking, so I probably messed something up. I don't even know how DHCP works and I think that has something to do with the issue.

What's the best way to setup this connection, given I have the following devices available:

ISP Cable Modem Model: F@ST 3890
TP Link W940N Router (With Repeater and Bridge capabilities)
TP Link WA850RE Repeater

Should I just set all up to repeate the ISP Cable Modem Wifi Network ?

 

[bill001g]

Since I assume you do not have ethernet cables between the rooms or you would not have moved the cable modem/router. The best option is to extend a wifi source away from the main router via ethernet cable. Your device that runs in bridge mode (ie a AP) would do that but it does not help to put it in the same room as the main router.

A repeater should be your last option. It takes careful placement. It must be able to get good signal from the main router but still be able to send a good signal to the remote device. You might have more signal strength but the quality is worse because you have 2 radio hops in the connection that can be interfered with and just using the repeater option drops your speed by about 1/2.

You might want to consider using powerline networks to extend the network to another room and use your "bridge" and connect it to the power line to provide remote wifi. The powerline units act as ethernet cable.

Your other option is to use MoCA device that use your coax cable to extend the network but they are kinda expensive.

 

[Vhiden]

Yeah I'm thinking of going Powerline thus MoCA is pretty expensive