How best to use a new wireless router

Hi. I have a rural long line, adsl2, which provides a magnificent 4.5 Mbps service. A Billion 7800n has provided sterling service for many years but the wireless coverage isn't great and anyway its getting long in the tooth. I bought a tp link wireless router with a view to improving coverage ( and for something new to play with).

I have set it up with the 7800n in pure bridge mode but by mistake left it's wireless service on, a bit annoying, but I can no longer access it over the network which may also be an issue in the future if I ever need to reset the snr adjustment etc.

My question is, if I set the 7800n back to being a router, use the tp link on the same subnet as an access point, switch off the 7800n wireless service and have the 7800n as dhcp server would I be losing any benefits from the current pure bridge set up ?

I would:

1. Change the Billion back to how you had it before.

2. Configure the the TP Link to use a fixed IP address in the same subnet as the Billion, but outside the Billion's DHCP range.

3. Stop the TP Link acting as a DHCP server.

4. Configure the TP link to use the same wifi SSID and password as the Billion.

5. Connect the TP Link to the Billion using an ethernet cable and maybe site it in a different location to give a better wifi signal throughout your property. Don't use the TP Links WAN ethernet port for this - if it has one

There used to be some instructions about doing something like this on this main website but I can can't find them anymore.

Edited by Michael_Chare (Sun 16-Oct-22 17:17:05)

Thread about repurposing a router as a wireless point https://www.avforums.com/threads/faq-using-two-route...

Edited by spile (Mon 17-Oct-22 07:27:28)

Thanks all. Will do.