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TL WR7420 router. How do I set this up? I've tried a few ways, but no luck. I need to boost the signal from the apt. next door (it's allowed). Also, I'm new to this
 
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Hey, that's good news -- XP is simple to bridge adapters.

Just go into the network control panel advanced adapter settings, highlight the wired and wireless adapters, right click and select bridge selection. Then the two networks (one on the wired and one on the wireless) will be available as one and share the Internet connection. HERE is a brief Microsoft guide to doing it.

Actually, I'm the one in over my head today. I installed FreeDOS on an old Shuttle machine to run some real picky DOS-only Haltech automotive software and I'm trying to recall all the syntax from years ago to install some previously unavailable DOS USB drivers.
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I'm connected via laptop Dell wireless. What I really want is to avoid getting dropped off from the connection. There's no ethernet connection to that modem next door.

 
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I don't know if that router has a wireless bridge mode or if it supports DD-WRT firmware, which would support it. To use your laptop you have two choices. Either attach the router with an Ethernet cable to the laptop and then bridge the two adapters in the network control panel so the router gets the Internet connection to share over its network, or set up a virtual wifi miniport and use the wireless adapter of the laptop to rebroadcast the signal if the laptop is running Windows 7.
 
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If the router does not support DD-WRT firmware, do I still have two choices? Or are these options in lieu of the support? Either way, I'm not up to it. I haven't any idea what the two adapters are in the network control panel, nor does this computer run Windows 7. Looks like I'm SOL. Thanks for your time.
 
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The two are additional options if you cannot create a hardware wireless bridge. What OS do you run, you can do the adapter bridge on earlier windows versions, but the virtual miniport requires at least Windows 7.

 
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Hey, that's good news -- XP is simple to bridge adapters.

Just go into the network control panel advanced adapter settings, highlight the wired and wireless adapters, right click and select bridge selection. Then the two networks (one on the wired and one on the wireless) will be available as one and share the Internet connection. HERE is a brief Microsoft guide to doing it.

Actually, I'm the one in over my head today. I installed FreeDOS on an old Shuttle machine to run some real picky DOS-only Haltech automotive software and I'm trying to recall all the syntax from years ago to install some previously unavailable DOS USB drivers.
 
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Hope you don't mind me piggy backing on this thread, apologies in advance.

This is the first time I've heard of bridging, complete network noob.

I have windows 8 64bit and I'm having trouble picking up a wireless signal from my modem. Could I attach the other router I have wired to my pc and let the routers communicate rather than the pc trying to reach the modem??
 
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It is possible if one of the routers supports a wireless bridge mode, although if your signal is that poor the bridge may not work well and you may need to look at other ideas (like using an Ethernet cable or pair of powerline adapters to provide the bridge to the second router that would be used in wireless AP mode).

I suggest that you repost your question in a new thread as older threads don't get as much traffic from those with ideas.

 
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