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Jean Claude Vaaldamme

Jean Claude Vaaldamme

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I don't know much about these things.
Our whole fiber system was hit by lightning and everything is gone.
Openserve will probably fix and replace ONT.
Now I had a router connected to the ONT and then another router somewhere else in the house connected to the first router. But obviously using different login than first router.
So ISP is charging me R700 + R200 delivery for new router. But thinking I could probably just buy one myself.
Also thinking for the second router I could probably rather get a mesh point or something that will be the same wifi login. Yes I don't know if the terminology is right, I don't know much.

So any suggestions on what router I should get and what other mesh or whatever point for the other part of the house? Please keep in mind I am not looking for the most expensive fancy stuff. The cheap router that IPS supplied worked fine. I have never gone into a routers setting and do not intend ever doing it. I just plug and play. As long as the router ports can do more than 100mbs as the fiber line is faster than that.
 
What was the second router the for initiallly?

I’d probably just get the replacement router from the ISP and ideally buy a TP Link mesh.

Or you can even try one of those Tenda mesh kits. I don’t think you need too much more with 100mbit
 
Dolby said:
Ok I’m not sure about them.

But personally, I’d check that they’re ok with another router as some have ISPs have custom settings/ management
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Firstly I I am happy with them, been with them a few years and not planning on leaving. If they one day want their router back I will send them the lightning struck one back.
I have asked them now and this is feedback
"You can use any router as long as it is compatible"
"Please note we don't support third party devices however we will provide you with your PPPOE top set up the router on your side"
 
Ok will this router be fine? Like I said I just plug and play, don't care what fancy stuff a router can do. Seems it got gigabit ethernet ports.
www.tp-link.com

AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router

Archer AX12WiFi 6 router provides better spectral efficiency, faster speed, lower latency, more capacity, and is compatible with current WiFi devices. Perfect for your smart home.
www.tp-link.com www.tp-link.com
Can you connect a access point to it?
And if so, must you get access point from same brand or can you get any brand like this?
matrixwarehouse.co.za

Cudy AC1200 Gigabit Dual Band Ceiling Access Point

The Cudy AC1200 Dual-Band Access Point is a great way to extend your existing LAN network into a wireless one. It features a high-speed dual-band network that allows you to access 2.4…
matrixwarehouse.co.za matrixwarehouse.co.za

The access point is just for a room where wife work, previous router had good signal there, but wife believe it is to slow when she work and also do not want a ethernet cable. So this access point is probably more for placebo affect
 
Oh and while googling the last day I seemed to learn about access points. They seem to be more or less the same thing as mesh.
 
NorthPole said:
I think share a little description of how your network was setup what connects to what...
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Did in first post more or less.
Have fiber and ONT in Kitchen. Next to it was a router.
From that router runs 2 ethernet cables. One to the second floor where there is a pc, but wifi is ok from bottom first router. Nothing more needed there.
Second ethernet cable from first router run to sons bedroom, next to main bedroom where wife is working from sometimes. We had another router there to give better signal, but obviously it had different login details from first router. There was then also a short ethernet cable from that second router to son's pc.

So plan now is to keep it almost the same. I might just run that ethernet cable thats going to son's bedroom rather to main bedroom. Connect it to a gigabit switch(I have one laying around). then from switch a short ethernet cable to a access point on ceiling(or whatever else) and then another ethernet cable from switch to son's room.
Just thinking to get an access point rather than just a second router this time so everything is on same wifi, and not jumping between two.
 
Maybe look at some of the Asus routers. They come with AiMesh which makes it easy to connect other Asus routers with each other. You can also install an app to manage the device like the AiMesh setup or when you need to restart it.

The routers also comes with different versions of WiFi which you might want to consider.

More info on the mesh networking

What is AiMesh and AiMesh Router | ASUS

AiMesh lets you mix different routers to create whole home mesh WiFi system for for fast and stable WiFi. Learn more about AiMesh vs mesh, and how to set up AiMesh.
www.asus.com www.asus.com
 
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Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Did in first post more or less.
Have fiber and ONT in Kitchen. Next to it was a router.
From that router runs 2 ethernet cables. One to the second floor where there is a pc, but wifi is ok from bottom first router. Nothing more needed there.
Second ethernet cable from first router run to sons bedroom, next to main bedroom where wife is working from sometimes. We had another router there to give better signal, but obviously it had different login details from first router. There was then also a short ethernet cable from that second router to son's pc.

So plan now is to keep it almost the same. I might just run that ethernet cable thats going to son's bedroom rather to main bedroom. Connect it to a gigabit switch(I have one laying around). then from switch a short ethernet cable to a access point on ceiling(or whatever else) and then another ethernet cable from switch to son's room.
Just thinking to get an access point rather than just a second router this time so everything is on same wifi, and not jumping between two.
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Cool this adds a lot of context.

A separate AP will always give you better coverage but it may be better to locate it a central location on the 2nd floor.
A wired network will give the best performance (normally) from a stability perspective.

I personally run 4 (routers, 3 set into AP mode, 2 TPlinks, 1 Cudy, and 1 Huawei) just need to set them up to be on the same IP ranges and disable DHCP on 3 then network runs solid. WiFi devices automatically change (but this may be due to my house as walls seem to kill the WiFi)

Which ISP are you with?
 
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