Advice needed

[Hassan170]

I bought an aftermarket router the TP-Link AX50 when using ISP A.

Recently i switched to ISP B and with that switch i got a 2-in-1 modem & router so now i have 2 routers and 4 wifi networks (each router has 1 2.4GHz and 1 5GHZ band)

Currently both routers are sitting right next to each other and i'm kind of worried whether they are interfering with each other. I'm thinking of moving the AX50 to the middle of my apartment to reach 2 rooms that doesn't get signal from the living room. 

 

Now my question is how should I layout my networking setup?

The modem/router is a Huawei HG8145V5

The Aftermarket Router is the TP-Link AX50.

 

Should i turn off the wifi functionality of the modem/router or have my setup as it is but place the routers away from each other so they don't interfere with each other?

[BiotechBen]

I have a similar setup to cover the downstairs and upstairs, with a FIOS 2in1 and then a Netgear nighthawk upstairs and have them linked together via a 75 ft CAT6 cable Langley house style and everything upstairs runs on the nighthawk, everything downstairs runs off FIOS. Works great.

[Hassan170]

4 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

I have a similar setup to cover the downstairs and upstairs, with a FIOS 2in1 and then a Netgear nighthawk upstairs and have them linked together via a 75 ft CAT6 cable Langley house style and everything upstairs runs on the nighthawk, everything downstairs runs off FIOS. Works great.

Hmmmm yeah i think i might go with a similar setup as well since only 1 half of the apartment gets coverage but the other doesn't. 

I will have to measure the length of cable i need and see where i can place the router.

Any advice for figuring out how long of a cable i need?

[BiotechBen]

8 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

Hmmmm yeah i think i might go with a similar setup as well since only 1 half of the apartment gets coverage but the other doesn't. 

I will have to measure the length of cable i need and see where i can place the router.

Any advice for figuring out how long of a cable i need?

I would measure the distance and then add another 15-20% for cable management. I used about 70 of the 75 feet going up the wall, and around many corners. It's better to have a little too much than not enough. The difference in price for the 50 and 75ft was like $5 so I'd say go up to the bigger size if it is going to be close.

 

The other great thing is that it auto assigned a static IP to the nighthawk and configured itself as an AP.

[Hassan170]

54 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

I would measure the distance and then add another 15-20% for cable management. I used about 70 of the 75 feet going up the wall, and around many corners. It's better to have a little too much than not enough. The difference in price for the 50 and 75ft was like $5 so I'd say go up to the bigger size if it is going to be close.

Alright i will measure and add a bit of overhead for good measure

55 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

The other great thing is that it auto assigned a static IP to the nighthawk and configured itself as an AP.

Does it being configured as an access point limit some of its features?

[BiotechBen]

1 minute ago, Hassan170 said:

Alright i will measure and add a bit of overhead for good measure

Does it being configured as an access point limit some of its features?

So far: none that I've seen. Though I and likely you are both using it to reliably extend the network area. And my nighthawk still is able to use it's LAN ports to act similarly to a switch.

[Hassan170]

3 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

So far: none that I've seen. Though I and likely you are both using it to reliably extend the network area. And my nighthawk still is able to use it's LAN ports to act similarly to a switch.

Cuz my router has this description for setting it up as an AP. Actually now that i read it i don't lose anything important.

Also i have a question about QOS what is it and does it make a big difference?

Cuz right now, i have it so that my laptop and my phone are the only devices on the AX50 and the rest of the family is on the Huawei.

I have turned on QOS on the AX50 cuz i believe it prioritzes the devices that you select and I'm wondering whether this makes a difference considering im the only on using that router.

[BiotechBen]

In all honesty, unless you are supersaturating the connection with lots of little things, and you have tiny bandwidth and transfer speeds, you shouldn't really notice that big a difference. For me: my main reason to add it was connection reliability and strength. My house is thick plaster and metal lath, so wifi signals do not pass through very well. My ping is usually less than 10 ms for wireless and around 7ms for wired. For your concerns about QOS, I would just stagger the number of devices you have connected to each and load balance. I usually have the 2.4ghz band set for all the devices that are not latency sensitive or low priority, with 5ghz set aside for latency sensitive devices and higher priority connections.

Long story short: I would consider ping time to be more noticeable than having qos enabled.

[Hassan170]

6 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

In all honesty, unless you are supersaturating the connection with lots of little things, and you have tiny bandwidth and transfer speeds, you shouldn't really notice that big a difference. For me: my main reason to add it was connection reliability and strength. My house is thick plaster and metal lath, so wifi signals do not pass through very well. My ping is usually less than 10 ms for wireless and around 7ms for wired. For your concerns about QOS, I would just stagger the number of devices you have connected to each and load balance. I usually have the 2.4ghz band set for all the devices that are not latency sensitive or low priority, with 5ghz set aside for latency sensitive devices and higher priority connections.

Long story short: I would consider ping time to be more noticeable than having qos enabled.

thanks for the help

 

[BiotechBen]

Just now, Hassan170 said:

thanks for the help

 

No sweat