Re: Two access points in same house

Z Man wrote:
"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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William P.N. Smith wrote:
The Ghost of Thomas Jefferson <Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a house that is just slightly too large for 1 access point
so I have two, a Dlink DI-624 (router & access point) and a Dlink
DWL-2100ap.

I've given up on D-Link products, they just aren't worth screwing
around with IME.

I've had good luck with multiple Linksys WAP54G APs with the same
SSID and Intel 2200BG clients roaming nearly seamlessly (might drop
a few packets during the switchover).

So it can be done, but I don't know if it can be done with your
hardware.

Ditto on the Linksys WAP54G's (about $48 at walmart), have 2 in the
house, and another in the garage (cabled to the ones in the house),
with the same ssid and channel. 5 Acres, can roam around with my
laptops. Started with the dlinks, but trashed em and went to
linksys..

A related question...I have a Linksys WRT54G hooked up to my Verizon
FIOS modem. Both the modem and WRT54G are in my garage. I have a
wired network throughout most of my house. Wireless signal strength
is not great because the WRT54G is located in the garage, too long a
distance, and two many walls, from the main portion of my house. I
would like to add an additional device to a hub (wired) I currently
have in my family room, but I am not sure what equipment I need. Can
you help me with this? Do I need a second WRT54G? If so, what
configuration changes would I need in the second unit? Or, perhaps I
need a different piece of equipment, perhaps the WAT54G? What is the
best way of accomplishing my objective?

Got a hard wire between the house and garage? (in my case I did, had a
trench between the two with power water phone cable etc, live in a snow area
and it was better to do it underground) and just used some of the extra
pairs in the utility cable in the trench to connect the two.. output of one
wap/router to the wan input of the other both set on the same ssid/channel.
have a neighbor that did it but used a wireless bridge between the two areas
(rather than hardwire, don't recall the model numbers offhand). While his
works fine most of the time, during serious snow time (we get about 8ft a
winter, and have metal snow roofs), his bridge lost contact for a while
(pain in the *** diging a trench in the snow for the wireless signal!)..
can you just do a wireless bridge at your place? Or will you have to do a
wire? In either case you will probably need a second WRT54G (you may
possibly be able to use something else, but when they are only $48 at
walmart, why bother with something that may save you a few cents?) If you
can do the hardwire, just go between the garage router/output and the one
insides wan input.
If you want to do the wireless bridge, consider just getting 3 of the
wrt54g's... They can be put in bridge mode, are cheap, and work for sure...


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