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[jpsoutlook]

I just bought a new house and the wifi does not reach and the den is in the front of the house up stairs and the family room is in the back of the house down stairs (3400sq/ft).  So I had cat6 running from one end of the house to the other in a long hall upstair.  I want to have hardwired gigabit to the family room for the media server.  I have a DGL-4300 in the den and in the master suite above the family room, firmware 1.8.  First router is in the den with one lead going to the second bridged router in the master suite, from there i have a ca6 going downstairs to the family room  WDS is not enabled currrently and the wifi for both is on the same SSID and same channel and passwords.

My question is, with one router as the main the the second being connected though the WAN port, does this not slow it down.  the WAN port is not capable of gigabit speeds?   Should I unbridge and just run the cat6 directly to a client port on the second router?

Also, when testing wireless speeds, always way faster when im in the den by the first router, and half as slow when im next to the second router.
What is the best way to set this up so i still have gigabit and fast wifi with no repeater degredation.

[jpsoutlook]

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[jpsoutlook]

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[nrf]

why not turn off the dhcp & wan on the second one and use the gigabit (switch) side to reach the other? you may have to tweak the routing settings but I think it can work.

[Scaevola]

Turn off dchp as previously advised.

If you are going for an additional access point for seemless access you may be better served to change the channel output.

using Channel 1,6,11 are the recommended ones.  So one router on 1 channel & the 2nd (ap) on different channel.

Same SSID & password properties (so all devices can use the same configuration where ever they are).

Also there are known issues with WAN port in dgl 4300 one reason why the feature was removed in firmware 1.9 (along with bridge mode)  <-- Which I'm still having interiment issues getting to work)

The wan port apparently is not gb for starters.
Currenltly I have 2 dgl 4300 (one v1.8 & v1.9(main router) -> 2 switches ( 5 port & 8 port --> 2nd dgl4300(ap).

I would recommend using a normal lan port on the 2nd router not the wan


Bridge Mode vs Relay vs Acess Point (AP) / Routers vs Dedicated Acess Points (AP)

Turning a router into an AP.