Re: Bridge or Repearter mode?


Jeff Liebermann wrote:
"MaxAle" <massimo@xxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

I have a Digicom Michelangelo Home 54 (Router ADSL Access Point
Wireless to 54 Mbit/ses) and I would like to extend my net wireless in
the apartment close to mine where I have a pc, the signal it arrives
well in the first room but it doesn't reach the others, I have
therefore need of a second accesso point wireless to extend the signal.
Before purchasing a second one, would I like to make the tests with a
"3com officeConnects Wireless 11g Access Point " that I have in loan,
but as I have to configure it? in Bridge or Repeater mode?

Is your 3com really an access point or is it a router? Just curious
since you didn't bother to specify the model numbers. I'll assume
access point.

You have some choices to make here. You can configure both your
Digicom and 3com for the same SSID and try to get seamless roaming
(automagically switch between the two wireless devices while moving
around the house), or you can use different SSID's so that you can
select and test the coverage individually. I would go for different
SSID's at this time.

Set them for different channels. The non-overlapping channels are 1,
6, and 11 (in the US). With different channels, they won't interfere
with each others.

Connect a CAT5 cable between one of the LAN ethernet ports on the
Digicom and the single ethernet port on your 3com access point.

Set the IP address of the 3com to something that's in the same range
as the Digicom. If the Digicom is 192.168.1.1, then the 3com should
be perhaps 192.168.1.2. The actually address doesn't matter as long
as there's no duplication and it's in the same Class C IP address
block.

If the unspecified 3com model access point has a DHCP server, turn it
off. You only need one DHCP server and that's in the Digicom router.

Your laptops or computer should show both SSID's. Select the
strongest and connect. That's it.

As John Navas suggested, you might do better with reflector type
antennas:
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/Ez-10/

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the 3com is an Access Point model 3CRwE454G72 and I have configured it
in repeater mode.
I have configured both with the same SSID, I have disabled the DHCP on
the 3com
I set the IP address of the Router ADSL Digicom as 192.168.254.252
I set the IP address of the 3com as 192.168.254.250 (with gateway
192.168.254.252)
With my laptop I switch automatically between the two wireless devices
while moving
around the house but when I'm connected with the 3com device I cannot
navigate or ping my desktop (that is connect with a CAT5 cable to the
Digicom.
It seems that the two device do not communicate between them.

.

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