TL WA5210g WiFi network extension
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TL WA5210g WiFi network extension
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Model : WA5210g
Hardware Version : WA5210G v1 081640EF
Firmware Version : 4.4.8 Build 130502 Rel.61441n
ISP :
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to help my friend to solve a problem. He's an owner of small hotel or rather camp with several buildings 'scattered' at the wide area.
Buildings has been built about late 90'ties and only some of them was adapted and got IT infrastructure. So, modernised buildings are connected by LAN and each floor has an own AP.
It works quite good, just only problem is that there's only 20Mb/s and it's max what ISP can deliver. The hotel is int middle of nowhere, so we can't count for any fiber optic cable.
There're more than 20 different devices used to manage this network. The most of them are TP-Link's products and they works at 2.4Ghz. In my opinion it's enough to transmit those 20Mb. I have to admit that used devices are quite old, but for now I'm not going to replace them with newer. I'd like to improve present ones and solve few issues.
So, please check picture below. I draw a simple plan of situation.
As you can see, there is a building with WA5210g installed on the roof. TL works as a Acces Point. Signal is strong and without any problems reaches bungalows at the end of the area.
But the most important are apartments placed between main building and bungalows. This apartment building is made of concrete, steel and has a tin roof. So the WiFi signal disappears after 2-3 flats.
Someone installed another two WG5210g (on the outdoor lamps) in repeater mode and set them to emit the WiFi signal along the side of the building where are doors and huge windows. It gave a strong signal around and also inside of the apartments, but there's no internet connection.
The question is, why there is problem with Internet and what do you think about this concept? Are those devices able to work in this setup? Maybe we should replace some of them with different ones?
Could you suggest something? How to check what is the bottle neck of this idea. Of course I understand that repeater cut the bandwidth a half, but it's about 10Mb/s.
Thank you at advance for any help and sorry for my english.
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Model : WA5210g
Hardware Version : WA5210G v1 081640EF
Firmware Version : 4.4.8 Build 130502 Rel.61441n
ISP :
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to help my friend to solve a problem. He's an owner of small hotel or rather camp with several buildings 'scattered' at the wide area.
Buildings has been built about late 90'ties and only some of them was adapted and got IT infrastructure. So, modernised buildings are connected by LAN and each floor has an own AP.
It works quite good, just only problem is that there's only 20Mb/s and it's max what ISP can deliver. The hotel is int middle of nowhere, so we can't count for any fiber optic cable.
There're more than 20 different devices used to manage this network. The most of them are TP-Link's products and they works at 2.4Ghz. In my opinion it's enough to transmit those 20Mb. I have to admit that used devices are quite old, but for now I'm not going to replace them with newer. I'd like to improve present ones and solve few issues.
So, please check picture below. I draw a simple plan of situation.
As you can see, there is a building with WA5210g installed on the roof. TL works as a Acces Point. Signal is strong and without any problems reaches bungalows at the end of the area.
But the most important are apartments placed between main building and bungalows. This apartment building is made of concrete, steel and has a tin roof. So the WiFi signal disappears after 2-3 flats.
Someone installed another two WG5210g (on the outdoor lamps) in repeater mode and set them to emit the WiFi signal along the side of the building where are doors and huge windows. It gave a strong signal around and also inside of the apartments, but there's no internet connection.
The question is, why there is problem with Internet and what do you think about this concept? Are those devices able to work in this setup? Maybe we should replace some of them with different ones?
Could you suggest something? How to check what is the bottle neck of this idea. Of course I understand that repeater cut the bandwidth a half, but it's about 10Mb/s.
Thank you at advance for any help and sorry for my english.