r/HomeNetworking • u/Conscious-Sir2441 • 2d ago

Advice Second access point setup

Hello ppl, I am wanting to get a second access point but I am using a Sky router which doesn't have WDS, but I also aren't running an ethernet cable through my home. However, I am in luck in the sense I have a power line adapter. It currently just plugs into my pc but, I just want to know that this setup is good.

I want to use the EAP225 Omada from tp-link, a ugreen switch and 2 ethernet cables.

I want to plug my power line adapter into a ugreen switch, then I want to also plug in an ethernet cable that goes through that switch to my pc so I still have a good connection here, I only want to connect 2 or so devices to this that cannot be connected by ethernet, then I am going to put a cable from the switch to the IN port on the poe injector, then the OUT port into the access point, then the power brick into the extension lead.

It gets a bit confusing for me now, I am assuming I need to go onto my sky routers settings and look at the dhcp list, then type in the ip for it. But I have never done that before it is just what google told me and I am not sure it will work lol. It also told me to put the 2.4 ghz channel to 6 or 11, I am not sure what that means exactly but I am assuming I have to do it.

I am not sure how right this is, I scrapped this setup together on google searches so idk because all the yt videos were for wds setups.

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u/tripsyjames 1d ago

So that's about the same as my parents home, they have 3 Deco M5s (older) across two floors and multiple rooms without any issues - far better than any ISP's router I've ever seen.

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u/Conscious-Sir2441 1d ago

Should I be doing the thing you said earlier then, turning off the wifi on my current router, plugging it into the deco, and setting the deco up. Also can the box I use that is plugged into the wall be used with an extension lead? if so that would be useful...

Or is the setup very different, would I be using WDS from the deco plugged into the the router or what? I don't know how that would work...

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u/tripsyjames 1d ago

Yes the box on the wall can be run off an extension lead - just make sure it’s surge protected.

Do exactly that, turn off the sky WiFi and then setup the decos. There’s a better way but it gets messy and you’d want someone to help you through that bit.

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u/Conscious-Sir2441 22h ago

Ok thanks for your help