How to make a seamless Wi-Fi network of 2 routers (LAN-LAN) in the hotel?
Hello. I have a hotel (4 floors) where there is wi-fi. On the first floor there is a weak Huawei, which was given by the provider. From it through twisted pair is a router (TP-Link TL-WR841ND) between the 2nd and 3rd floor. How do I competently put channels and channel width and in general what settings to do to increase the range of action. ( on the 4th floor takes weakly).
And to switch between routers almost not felt and occurred instantly. (ssid and password are the same, but the connection between routers is long (10-20 seconds.).
Answer
Hello. Ideally, of course, in a hotel it would be good to use special equipment in the form of business class access points. Which are designed specifically for such tasks. Powerful and productive. For example, TP-Link EAP115. Which work like this:
I realize that you don’t always have that option.
Let’s return to your equipment. With the help of channel settings, width, etc., it is almost impossible to increase the range of the Wi-Fi network! You can increase Wi-Fi speed a bit with these experiments, but coverage is unlikely. Although I wrote about it in the article how to strengthen the signal of Wi-Fi network? Increase the range of wi-fi. But it is from the settings of the result is almost no. In your case would install another router on the 4th floor of the hotel and connect it to the second one via LAN. If you use a repeater, as a last resort.
Now about one Wi-Fi network from several routers and automatic switching between Wi-Fi networks on devices. With the help of ordinary routers (Huawei, TP-Link TL-WR841ND, etc.) it is impossible to create a seamless Wi-Fi network. So that the devices switch between these routers unnoticeably, quickly and without dropping the connection. It’s the same with repeaters. The network seems to be one, but no, the devices will always drop the connection when connecting to another access point. A lot depends on the device (client) itself.
Therefore, it is better to make different SSIDs and one password (for convenience). And preferably on different channels. Or on each router put the channel selection on “Auto”. Or with one network name, but with such painful switching. In any case, the device automatically connects to Wi-Fi network with stronger signal when moving around the hotel. And this is already good.
I also want to advise you to pay attention to Mesh-systems. Very cool stuff. I recently tested such a system from Tenda – Nova MW6. It is modular, you can buy as many modules as you need. For example, for each floor. It’s very easy to set up. And there will be a real seamless wi-fi. Now many manufacturers of network equipment produce such Mesh-systems. In the future, they will replace conventional routers.
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