I've got two Archer C6... Is Access Point Mode the best solution to use them?

This thread has been locked for further replies. You can start a new thread to share your ideas or ask questions.

I've got two Archer C6... Is Access Point Mode the best solution to use them?

This thread has been locked for further replies. You can start a new thread to share your ideas or ask questions.
I've got two Archer C6... Is Access Point Mode the best solution to use them?
I've got two Archer C6... Is Access Point Mode the best solution to use them?
2021-05-13 09:47:40 - last edited 2021-05-20 05:28:23
Model: Archer C6  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version:

Hi everybody. Sorry for my english! I live in Italy. I live in a big home, three floors. The fiber enters at the lowest of the three levels and plugs into an ONT, and then goes via ethernet  to the router (a Technicolor DGA4331 provided by my ISP,) a couple of meters aside.

The signal is super great, but as soon as I leave that precise room it goes down a lot. Not a big problem, but surely I needed to find a way to carry it to the upper floors... For years (before having the FTTH) I always used powerlines (TL-WPA4220, or PA8030) but now I need something stronger, with the FTTH.

So this morning I just purchased an Archer C6, which revealed to be super great, at the first floor (connected with a LAN cable to the router). The wifi is very strong from there, so I decided to go back and buy another Archer C6 to connect the second floor the same way...

Am I right, could this be the best solution for me? Next June I have to do some work in my house, so I'll find the way to pose another ethernet cable up to the second floor. 

Any suggestion or consideration? Do I have to use another way to connect my house? I don't know much about bridge mode, client mode or all that sort of things, I've read a bit around and it seemed to me that AP mode is what I really need, floor per floor. Did I miss something?

Thanks in advance...

  0      
  0      
#1
Options
1 Reply
Re:I've got two Archer C6... Is Access Point Mode the best solution to use them?
2021-05-18 09:00:58 - last edited 2021-05-20 05:28:23

@ilgimos 

 

Hey

 

Yes that solution should work for you!

 

Set the main C6 (ground floor) in Router mode, it sound like you have this setup already

 

The new C6 for the second floor, set this in Access Point mode and connect it via the HomePlugs LAN port.   Yes you should remove the homeplugs once the network cable is installed in summer, but for moment homeplugs will work for you.       This should give you WiFi in the second floor while communicating via the homeplugs to the main C6 downstairs.

 

  0  
  0  
#2
Options