Can I use a second wireless access point to extend my wireless network?

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Duncan: you really want the VOIP equipment to be as close to the source of your internet as possible. So wired, and probably right off of your broadband connection.

hi.
I have a problem with connecting two dlink wireless access points. I have tried using one as a repeater and other alternatives yet i couldn't get a solution to it. I want someone to put me through the steps involved. Also how can i make the two wireless access points to communicate with each other.

Dear people,
I have two enterprise level wireless bridges Master and Slave to connect two LAN segments. The distance between two wireless bridges are 800ft. Both the bridges are connected to high gain antennas. The problem is it works for a while and automatically gets disconnected. But after doing a powercycle it comes back up. I have tried upgrading firmware too but problem still persists.

Regards,
G

well i got a situation here..

i got two Dlink DI-624 wireless routers.. Router A and Router B ..i have Router A connectected to the cable modem and everythings fine..now i want to connect Router B upstairs..where the signal strenght is not good..very low..( yah i know i could have got an AP only ..but forget it now ) ..so Router B goes upstairs....
now the problem is how do i connect these two.??!!

Router A has its base address as 192.168.0.1 and its DHCP range 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.50...
from whatever i have read in the net..my understanding goes like this...

1) login to the Router B and disable the DHCP server it in .. ( so far so good )
2) remove the default 192.168.0.1 IP of the Router B and give it another IP within the same subnet of Router A ( for eg. 192.168.0.99)
3) leave the WAN port of Router B as it is ..
4) connect any one of the LAN ports of Router A to one of the LAN ports of Router B .. with a ...HERES MY BIG CONFUSION..DO I USE A STRAIGHT CABLE OR A CROSS CABLE ???? ( i was gng to use cross )
5) the SSID of both the routers should be same.. BUT the channel should be different ( channel 1 in A and channel 6 in B) OR SHOULD THE CHANNELS BE SAME TOO ??!!!

heres my confusion ...

1) should the base address of Router B ( 192.168.0.99) should be in the range within that of Router A ( 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.50) ?? or start from 0.51 only

2) when the wireless PC connects through Router B ..what should be the default gateway of the PC ?? 192.168.0.1 ( base address of Router A ) ??

should i be able to use the Internet and the LAN from the wireless PC via Router B now ???

thanks in advance ...

rajat,

Did this work for you? I have exactly the same situation and would like to use your insight if it did. thanks.

Hi,

Why bother using the wired cables to connect the access point. Use the wireless repeaters/extenders.

1. Netgear Wireless Access WG602 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point ($70)

2. D-LINK DWL-G710 WIRELESS RANGE EXTENDER ($99)

You can use either of them without having to connect the ethernet cable from your existing router or hub. It will solve problems of all of you guys.

Cheers,
Ketan

Is there any access point made that can connect wirelessly direct to a wireless router, rather than to another access point? In other words, I want to plug a CAT-5 cable into a wireless device, and have that wireless device talk to my network as if it were a wireless card in a PC. The end-user machine in question is not a PC, so putting in a LAN card is not an option. I would like to avoid having 2 wireless AP's talking to each other. I want:
[wireless router] [ap] [end device]
not
[wireless router] [ap] [ap] [end device]
So, does any suitable AP exist for this purpose?

thanks and kind regards
rei

To answer Rei's question. What you need is a AP thhat can act as an AP client. I have used the excellent Dlink 2100AP which you can connect to the end user machine using an ethernet and then set it as in AP client which in affect tells it to act as a wireless network card.It can also work as a repeater and connct to another AP to extend your network range which is what I am using it for

To answer G's question. You need a crossover cable to connect the two routers.

link to use two WRT54GLs as a wireless bridge if anyone's interested:

http://thisisfanzoo.com/blog/archive/2005/02/12/488.aspx

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