I have ordered 2 Acces Point from TP-Link via Amazon that will come tomorrow.
The Telekom router is on the 1st floor.
I would like to connect an access point on the ground floor to the network socket and one on the top floor to a network socket so that I have fast Internet via WLAN on every floor.
My question is, is it then that you have the same data everywhere (password, Wi-Fi name) so that it is enough that you only enter the Wi-Fi data once in your mobile phone or laptop and no matter what floor you are on, the device then connects to the access point / router that delivers the fastest performance and you don't have to connect to 3 devices.
(e.g. If you get a visitor, it is enough that you are given the data once instead of 3 different dates)
Yes, that's exactly how it works - connect the AP to the network and set the same SSID and password.
So that the APs do not "optimize" the channel continuously, it can be useful to set them permanently to different channels.
Thank you for your prompt reply! Okay, I never thought that would work, but it sounds great.
How can I set this up with the channels and what should I watch out for?
The radio channel can be set in the router and AP. For me the run on each floor alternately on 1 and 13 (2.4 GHz band).
In an apartment building with neighbors, things can get a little closer, so you can also see what is already used there. Often it doesn't do much because people start automatic channel selection. Then simply assign 1 and 13 alternately…
If the TP-Link is operated as an access point, you can look up the local IP address of the access points on the configuration page of the telecom router (192.168…) and note them down.
Then open a browser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, …) and enter this IP address of the access point as a WEB address. The configuration page for the access point appears. Log in and set fixed WLAN channels under WLAN:
Good 36 GHz ac channels (without DFS) are channels 36, 40, 44 and 48.
Good 2.4 GHz (overlap-free) n channels are 1, 6 and 11 (do not select intermediate channels!)
Please specify different fixed WLAN channels in all 3 devices (router and both access points). Because WLAN devices can't differentiate between "friend" and "enemy" in WLAN, they all fight for the best bandwidth on the WLAN channel used. So set different fixed WLAN channels.
PS:
With the free Android app "Fritz App WLAN" you get a good overview of what is working in your WLAN (you also have neighbors with WLAN!).
Super thank you👍🏽👍🏽
