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So, I'm trying to beef up my Wi-Fi coverage at home using these three old TP-Link routers I had lying around, specifically some TDW8159 models.
Here’s the setup: I’ve got the first router hardwired via Ethernet into my main modem—it works perfectly fine, pushing out the full speed just like the modem does, around 16 Mbps.
Then things go downhill fast. Router #2 picks up the signal from Router #1 and broadcasts it, but the speed absolutely tanks to a pathetic 2.5 Mbps.
It gets even worse with Router #3. It grabs the signal from Router #2, and suddenly we're looking at a measly 1.5 Mbps. Basically, Router #2 lost about 14 Mbps in the shuffle, and then Router #3 loses another chunk. It's a total disaster.
I’ve got all three configured on PPPoA and PPPoE settings.
They’re all sitting on the same Wi-Fi channel (channel 11).
And yeah, I’ve manually entered the MAC address of the "parent" router into each one so they know who to talk to.
The weirdest part? This used to work! I had an extension set up with just two routers before, and the speed drop wasn't nearly this soul-crushing. But, I totally blanked on the IP addresses, so I did a factory reset on everything... and now the whole thing is completely broken.
Does anyone have any clue what the hell is going on? Why am I losing so much bandwidth with every hop?
Thanks.
Here’s the setup: I’ve got the first router hardwired via Ethernet into my main modem—it works perfectly fine, pushing out the full speed just like the modem does, around 16 Mbps.
Then things go downhill fast. Router #2 picks up the signal from Router #1 and broadcasts it, but the speed absolutely tanks to a pathetic 2.5 Mbps.
It gets even worse with Router #3. It grabs the signal from Router #2, and suddenly we're looking at a measly 1.5 Mbps. Basically, Router #2 lost about 14 Mbps in the shuffle, and then Router #3 loses another chunk. It's a total disaster.
I’ve got all three configured on PPPoA and PPPoE settings.
They’re all sitting on the same Wi-Fi channel (channel 11).
And yeah, I’ve manually entered the MAC address of the "parent" router into each one so they know who to talk to.
The weirdest part? This used to work! I had an extension set up with just two routers before, and the speed drop wasn't nearly this soul-crushing. But, I totally blanked on the IP addresses, so I did a factory reset on everything... and now the whole thing is completely broken.
Does anyone have any clue what the hell is going on? Why am I losing so much bandwidth with every hop?
Thanks.