Hi All,
ive purchased two additional routers to network on my existing wired lan network, at prescent i have
m1 netgear > Beryl WAN interface, LAN to network switch, branching to 3 old routers bridging on LAN with different Wifi ssid and passcode.
Im hoping to set m1 netgear > Beryl WAN interface, LAN IP 192.168.2.1 to network switch > both Opal routers LAN IP 192.168.2.3 and the other Opal LAN IP 192.168.2.4 all with the same wifi ssid & password.
my question is set up that would allow to walk into different area’s and jump on the network with settings
Wi-Fi Name (SSID) “SAME On all routers”
Wi-Fi Security “SAME On all routers”
Wi-Fi Key “SAME On all routers”
SSID Visibility “set to shown”
Wi-Fi Mode “802.11b/g/n”
Bandwidth “SAME On all routers”
Channel “SAME On all routers”
also drop thw WAN interface for an extra LAN port. take it i have to click the “Using as WAN,change”
is this correct settings
If I understand correctly, you want 2 Opal’s (currently 3 old routers) because your house is too large for 1 Opal. If so, then I agree it is better to have both Opal’s connected to Beryl over WDS with the same unified SSID and password.
I am not in favour of inserting a switch into the communication chain because it is another single-point-of-failure, takes up space and requires a power adapter/electrical socket. It would have been nice to have more Ethernet ports LAN ports on the Beryl, but it is actually a compact travel router.
You can also consider setting up a mesh network and GL.iNet has models for a mesh.
You can set the Opals up as Access Points ( Advanced Setting → Network Mode). I like to then give them a static IP address from my source router (in your case the Beryl and to 2.3 and 2.4).
All your same/same is correct however each of the devices should actually be on a different channel so you don’t have channel overlaps e.g. 2.4Ghz Beryl Band 1, Opal1 Band 6, Opal2 Band 9