rsunny2012
Regular Contributor
Hello everyone,
I stay in 3 floor town home. I have 4 bedrooms and 1 living area. All these 5 rooms are pre wired with cat 5e cables. all the cables are connected to a switch which is located on 3rd floor master bedroom closet.
All these days i used to have xfinity internet where i have coxial cable connected to a modem ( in my living room) and to a router ( GT-AC5300). From router i have connected ethernet cable to switch and from switch it goes to all of my devices and all my other rooms
I have a Mesh system ( main router GT-Ac5300) in my living room and 2nd GT-AC5300 in one my bedroom. 2nd router is connected via ethernet backhaul.
Now i am planning to change my internet from xfinity to a local internet service provider. Local ISP installed an antenna on my roof and connected the anteena via ethernet cable to a POE switch in my master bedroom closet.
My closet is bit small and i cannot place a router there. ( I tried placing router in my closet but wifi signal is very poor).
1. is there a way that i can connect my POE switch to switch ( in my main closet) and then to router which is in my living room where i get good wifi signal ?
2. if above option doesnt work, then what is the best way to get my setup working with this new isp ?
do i need to buy new router ( any decent asus router and keep this in bridge mode ?
or should i purchase any good router and install it on my closet and then connect the router to the switch in my master bedroom closet ?
Please suggest
I stay in 3 floor town home. I have 4 bedrooms and 1 living area. All these 5 rooms are pre wired with cat 5e cables. all the cables are connected to a switch which is located on 3rd floor master bedroom closet.
All these days i used to have xfinity internet where i have coxial cable connected to a modem ( in my living room) and to a router ( GT-AC5300). From router i have connected ethernet cable to switch and from switch it goes to all of my devices and all my other rooms
I have a Mesh system ( main router GT-Ac5300) in my living room and 2nd GT-AC5300 in one my bedroom. 2nd router is connected via ethernet backhaul.
Now i am planning to change my internet from xfinity to a local internet service provider. Local ISP installed an antenna on my roof and connected the anteena via ethernet cable to a POE switch in my master bedroom closet.
My closet is bit small and i cannot place a router there. ( I tried placing router in my closet but wifi signal is very poor).
1. is there a way that i can connect my POE switch to switch ( in my main closet) and then to router which is in my living room where i get good wifi signal ?
2. if above option doesnt work, then what is the best way to get my setup working with this new isp ?
do i need to buy new router ( any decent asus router and keep this in bridge mode ?
or should i purchase any good router and install it on my closet and then connect the router to the switch in my master bedroom closet ?
Please suggest
