tmurray4192
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Goal: extend wifi coverage in house.
hardware: asus rt-ac3100 qty 2
Details: Network needs primary vlan (family network wired/wireless for laptops,desktops and printers) and guest network (friends/family/smartdevices/xbox/cameras/alexa).
One RT-AC3100 just isn't enough when it comes to wifi coverage. If I run everything on primary network (no guest networks) there are multiple ways of extended wifi coverage with 2 routers. The problem I am running into is maintaining the guest wifi network and keeping it isolated from primary network using 2 routers. Using just one router i can setup my primary and guest networks and have them isolate. Once I try to extend wifi coverage with two routers there is always something that lacks. Examples would be AIMESH does not work with guest wifi networks, AP MODE doesn't work with guest wifi, media bridge is for wired connections and repeater doesn't work with guest network.
high level:
I also tried using the vpn server/client between the 2 routers. Daisy chaining where wan port of 2nd router plugs into lan port of 1st router. Finally i tried where the 2nd router lan port is plug into 1st router lan port.
All of this boils down to when the guest networks are supported and can be used in the above solutions the quest networks of the second router have visibility to the primary network. The primary network guest network works fine (primary network is isolated from secondary)
I wasn't sure if I can augment one of the above solutions with some scripting? I started playing around with the YAZFI script that allows for "vlans" to be applied to guest networks. I need to modify this script somehow..
Well i will stop here and see what responses i get. I can add much more detail than is listed here. Thanks in advance.
hardware: asus rt-ac3100 qty 2
Details: Network needs primary vlan (family network wired/wireless for laptops,desktops and printers) and guest network (friends/family/smartdevices/xbox/cameras/alexa).
One RT-AC3100 just isn't enough when it comes to wifi coverage. If I run everything on primary network (no guest networks) there are multiple ways of extended wifi coverage with 2 routers. The problem I am running into is maintaining the guest wifi network and keeping it isolated from primary network using 2 routers. Using just one router i can setup my primary and guest networks and have them isolate. Once I try to extend wifi coverage with two routers there is always something that lacks. Examples would be AIMESH does not work with guest wifi networks, AP MODE doesn't work with guest wifi, media bridge is for wired connections and repeater doesn't work with guest network.
high level:
I also tried using the vpn server/client between the 2 routers. Daisy chaining where wan port of 2nd router plugs into lan port of 1st router. Finally i tried where the 2nd router lan port is plug into 1st router lan port.
All of this boils down to when the guest networks are supported and can be used in the above solutions the quest networks of the second router have visibility to the primary network. The primary network guest network works fine (primary network is isolated from secondary)
I wasn't sure if I can augment one of the above solutions with some scripting? I started playing around with the YAZFI script that allows for "vlans" to be applied to guest networks. I need to modify this script somehow..
Well i will stop here and see what responses i get. I can add much more detail than is listed here. Thanks in advance.