Hello all, new here. Love the site! I am in need of more than the four ports provided by my Asus RT-N56u - so it seems like adding a wired router would be the solution. Should I get a router or a switch? What is the best way to pair this with my wireless? Should I set the wired router as dhcp server and the wireless N56u as an access point?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
(backstory): Up to last month, I had UltraTv service from my cable provider (Wowway), which included a wireless router/DVR. I configured my N56U as an access point off of it - but it never worked well. After cancelling the tv portion, the wireless DVR was replaced with a cable modem. Now I actually get better wifi reception thorughout the house. So I'm not sure if the problem was wireless interference between the two units (about 30 feet apart, separated by 1 wall, channels 6 and 11) or because of the "notoriously" bad all-in-one cable provider wireless box. My suspicion is the latter. In any case, this has made me wary of adding a second wireless unit to the network.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
(backstory): Up to last month, I had UltraTv service from my cable provider (Wowway), which included a wireless router/DVR. I configured my N56U as an access point off of it - but it never worked well. After cancelling the tv portion, the wireless DVR was replaced with a cable modem. Now I actually get better wifi reception thorughout the house. So I'm not sure if the problem was wireless interference between the two units (about 30 feet apart, separated by 1 wall, channels 6 and 11) or because of the "notoriously" bad all-in-one cable provider wireless box. My suspicion is the latter. In any case, this has made me wary of adding a second wireless unit to the network.