boost wifi signal

[azimmeghji]

hello

I have a thg vodafone router.  Need to boost signal but I want to have same SSID so that I don't have any issues with my devices switching from one ssid to another.  

I have the router connected to a switch in my loft which then feeds some ethernet ports around the house.  

Can I connect another router to one of these ethernet ports and if I do will it be the same SSID so I do not have any issues?  Alternatively would a booster do the same thing and if so can anyone recommend one.  What would be the preferred option.  Thanks in advance

[CrimsonLiar]

Oh that it was that easy!!!

In order to have a mesh that allows clients to switch from node to node seamlessly, you really need devices designed for that specific purpose.  If you were to connect multiple access points (AP) to your switch which you set up to have the same SSID you're still not going to roam seamlessly across them.  Using the same SSID on an AP as the router does keep things simple, and devices that aren't particularly mobile are not going to complain - especially true if thanks to the wired back-haul the AP(s) are on a different channel to the router (can be tricky to ensure this with the THG3000).

*If you've seen the animation of a user moving seamlessly from node to node, it's not always quite like that.  I have a third-party router with a single mesh node.  At the moment, no matter how close I get to that mesh node, my devices are going to stay connected to the main router.  That'll change at the weekend though when neighbours have more devices doing more things, as a result the node will have multiple devices connected to it and that near-seamless node switching kicks in.  Only near-seamless as I've had to tell the printer not to roam - since roaming halfway though a print job just kills the print job

[Jayach]

I didn't quite follow @CrimsonLiar's post, but basically you need to get yourself a mesh.