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Problem description: I have severe interference from other wifi signals in the apartments adjacent to mine, so i'm trying to extend the range of my houses wifi. I have two routers- the Ubee Ddw365 modem/router combo I got from TWC, and a Linksys WRT160Nv3 that I flashed DD-WRT onto. Right now I have them both in the physical locations I want- one in one end of the apartment, and one in another, connected lan-to-lan with a Cat 5e cable. Currently I have DHCP off and a static ip on the Linksys, and they are working as a cascade just fine, but they are both transmitting their own wifi signals- A and B. What I want is to just set them up as a single wifi signal A, and the household devices connect whatever device has the stronger signal. Is this possible, utilizing the ethernet connection, or am I completely off track? Attempted fixes: Tried analyzing the wifi environment in my apartment, to see if changing the channels would make a difference, but i'm getting some pretty major signal overlap no matter which channel I choose. I looked into setting the Linksys up as a repeater or bridge, but that doesn't look like it would do the trick as those only work through wireless, and I already have them connected via ethernet. If I set them up that way, I'm afraid I wouldn't really be able to use it because of the aforementioned interference. Recent changes: Moved the devices around the apartment until I get a good signal from one or the other in the whole apartment. -- Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit systems in several laptops and desktop, as well as a PS3. System specs: Ubee Ddw365/Linksys WRT160Nv3 Location: USA, Texas I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes
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Feb 8, 2015 07:24
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If you set them up with the same SSID and password (and use channels at least 3 apart) I think this should work how you expect, though honestly it seems like setting up a second wireless router isn't going to help your situation. Instead, a single better-quality router would both give you better performance and let you use the uncongested 5Ghz WiFi band.
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Feb 8, 2015 14:21
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Yeah, when I get a little bit of spending money i'll spring for a better quality router- or move. Thank you very much for the advice!
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Feb 8, 2015 17:22
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Thank God for this Thread.
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Feb 12, 2015 03:37
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