Router vs AP

Akadis · April 9, 2017

I have two areas in my house where i don't have enough signal. I have covered one with an old router with dd-WRT which i use in repeater bridge mode and it works ok.

For the secound area i need to buy new hardware and i was wondering if i should get a cheap router and use it like the old one or buy a cheap AP?

Important: can't run a cable to the device.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

grimreeper132 · April 9, 2017

I would suggest getting a good main router (cause the ones your ISP supplies are normally shit, compared to after market shit), (unless the current one is amazing) and using that as your main router and moving the old main router to the dead spot. If your current routers good, then get a cheap one for there, or get an access point for there (what ever one you can get a better one of in your budget). Don't get the wall repeaters they are absolutely shit, and are not worth it

Donut417 · April 10, 2017

16 hours ago, Akadis said:

I have two areas in my house where i don't have enough signal. I have covered one with an old router with dd-WRT which i use in repeater bridge mode and it works ok.

For the secound area i need to buy new hardware and i was wondering if i should get a cheap router and use it like the old one or buy a cheap AP?

Important: can't run a cable to the device.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Well the issue is an AP or Router will need to be connected via a cable. SO your kinda fucked. So you need to think about buying Powerline adapters or Moca 2.0 adapters to connect to the AP or router.

OR you can use a repeater. But they suck serious ass.

Akadis · April 13, 2017

On 4/10/2017 at 3:51 AM, Donut417 said:

Well the issue is an AP or Router will need to be connected via a cable. SO your kinda fucked. So you need to think about buying Powerline adapters or Moca 2.0 adapters to connect to the AP or router.

OR you can use a repeater. But they suck serious ass.

you can have a router setup to connect to the wifi and give out another one with dd-wrt for example. no need for cables

The Benjamins · April 13, 2017

3 hours ago, Akadis said:

you can have a router setup to connect to the wifi and give out another one with dd-wrt for example. no need for cables

what is called a mesh network, that is how googles new router works.

Donut417 · April 13, 2017

5 hours ago, Akadis said:

you can have a router setup to connect to the wifi and give out another one with dd-wrt for example. no need for cables

Thats if you use it as a repeater. Repeaters suck hairy balls. It will cause the OP to performance issues on their network. Using as an AP requires you to connect a cable.

1 hour ago, The Benjamins said:

what is called a mesh network, that is how googles new router works.

The difference is, The mesh networks like Googles have a dedicated 5Ghz radio that communicates between repeater and router and the other radios communicate with the devices connected to it. A standard repeater has one radio that communicates between the router and all the devices. So the OP will loose network performance. I heard you can loose as much as 50% of your bandwidth using a repeater.