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Hi,

i have a building with three floors and they want to have a seperate wifi network for floor 1 , 2 , 3. (ssid = wifi_floor1, wifi_floor2 and wifi_floor3)

as it stands i have internet froma cable modem feeding into a basic basic switch which then is pluged into three outlets corresponding to one outlet on each floor. on each floor i have installed a basic router to handle the wifi.

this setup does not work as each router is trying to control the assignment of ip addresses to the devices that connect. i have tried to install one router as the designated dhcp host and install the routers like access points but apparently it did not work very well.

i am curious how i can get the three routers to behave like three seperate networks on one switch or if there is a better way to accomplish this

thanks

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rharland2009

If your switch does VLANs, then you could effectively segregate them.
Your switch will have to do IP routing to make this work.

So, port 1 would be connected to the router on the 1st floor. This router will hand out IPs for the users on that floor, etc.
Port 2 and port 3 will be connected the same way.
The three networks will be segregated (of course, you'll need to control how your users connect to the wirelss to really control this).

J N

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the switch would have to be a managed switched to handle VLANs?

also i am curious what is considered a good gaming router?

R_Edwards

yes the switch would have to be managable,
any of these are good:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411144,00.asp

J N

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the current switch i have is not manageable .

how difficult is it to setup a VLAN and what is the difference other than the addition of another router than the other method posted above

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J N

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thanks to both of you!!!!