Connecting 2 Routers via wire

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I'm upgrading my internet plan to optic fibre 1Gbps after being on crappy 15Mbps for over 5 years.

Problem is that my house has 3 floors and the optic fibre terminal point is on the 1st floor, most of the internet users are on the 2nd floor. My whole family is on WiFi.

Due to various reasons, Wiring up the whole house with cables is not an option, simple trunking at the most which is what I'm exploring. Therefore I'm planning to get 2 routers, 1 for the 1st floor and another to put on the staircase around the 2nd floor and connecting them up via wire as I heard that repeaters half your bandwidth will be a waste of the 1Gbps.

Router 1 (Planning to buy) - Connected to the modem on the first floor - Mainly for 1st floor users
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-C7-Wireless-1300Mbps/dp/B00BUSDVBQ

Router 2 (Already bought) - Connected to Router 1 through trunking - Mainly for 2nd floor users, should be able to cover 3rd floor use.
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-RT-AC87R-Wireless-AC2400-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00MG3Q5U8

What I know:
Wired connection will not reduce bandwidth performance on either routers as compared to using a repeater - Someone confirm this please.

What I don't know
1. How to set it up on the software configuration side. (I only know that you connect 1st router's lan port to 2nd router's lan port). I searched for guides but most of them were made in 2007 - 2009.
2. Will there be 4 wifi networks produced since both are dual bands? Does that mean I have to manually switch networks for optimal performance on my phone if I move from 2nd to 1st floor?
3. Should I get cat5e or cat6 cables for connecting the routers?
4. If I were to get a cheaper router for the 1st floor (Router 1), would the performance of router 2 be affected? I don't wanna use the asus rt 87u for the first floor as theres only 2 people on the first floor at max, and the the most intensive thing they do is watch youtube.
5. Is there anyway my plan can be improved?


Appreciate the help!
 
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Your amazon links don't work for me.

Basically all you do is connect lan to lan and on second router, turn dhcp off.

If IP address on router 1 is 192.168.1.1 then manually set IP address of router 2 to 192.168.1.2.

Cat 5 or Cat 6 will work.

Yes, there will be 4 different ssid's broadcasting. Some devices won't detect the 5ghz band. Most devices will only detect the 2.4 ghz band.

If you move between floors you will have to manually change the connection or you could try just changing the channel on one of the routers and be able to roam between them depending on strength I believe.
 
Disable DHCP on the second router
Give the 2nd router an IP address on the network from the first router (ex: Router 1 is 192.168.0.1, make router 2 192.168.0.2 with the gateway as router 1)
Connect the two routers together using the LAN ports - don't plug the cable from router 1 LAN port into the WAN port.

You should be all set after that.
 
We both said to use Lan to Lan. Because if you use Lan to Wan then you will create 2 networks that won't be able to share files in between.
 
As stated, use LAN<->LAN for the secondary router.

This keeps the second router and other LAN clients on the same network. If you used the WAN port then the second router would treat the first router's network like the Internet (using NAT between interfaces and being on a different internal broadcast domain).
 
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