I've been searching google for quite some time, and have browsed through the forum search results and have found several posts, but none of which contain relevant answers.
Long story short my NIC appears to be on its way out and rather than spend $20 on another, I thought I'd give setting up a network access point of sorts up.
It is my intention to use a wireless router I had lying around (Router B)as a network access point by receiving the wireless signal put out by my primary router (Router A) and using an Ethernet cable via one of the LAN ports to provide the PC which contains said failing NIC with a steady stream of delicious internet.
I have followed the instructions on several different guides ( http://www.geektonic.com/2007/06/how-to-setup-2nd-router-as-access-point.html for example; all were pretty much identical) and after the suggested changes have been made not only am I unable to connect to the internet, but windows fails to even identify the hardwired network. At this point I even lose access to the routers control panel and am forced to hard reset.
The instructions I followed so far were basically
Setting Router B within the same subnet mask( 255.255.255.)but outside of the IP range of Router A (ie A: 192.168.1.1 / B: 192.168.1.2)
DIsabling DHCP on Router B
Ensuring wireless security options were identical, that the SSID settings were identical as well as all frequency ranges.
Many of the guides also seem to be dependent on being able to physically connect both routers. Is it even possible to achieve what I am hoping for?
Router A is a NETGEAR WNDR3400, Router B is an Actiontec m1424-wr Rev D
Long story short my NIC appears to be on its way out and rather than spend $20 on another, I thought I'd give setting up a network access point of sorts up.
It is my intention to use a wireless router I had lying around (Router B)as a network access point by receiving the wireless signal put out by my primary router (Router A) and using an Ethernet cable via one of the LAN ports to provide the PC which contains said failing NIC with a steady stream of delicious internet.
I have followed the instructions on several different guides ( http://www.geektonic.com/2007/06/how-to-setup-2nd-router-as-access-point.html for example; all were pretty much identical) and after the suggested changes have been made not only am I unable to connect to the internet, but windows fails to even identify the hardwired network. At this point I even lose access to the routers control panel and am forced to hard reset.
The instructions I followed so far were basically
Setting Router B within the same subnet mask( 255.255.255.)but outside of the IP range of Router A (ie A: 192.168.1.1 / B: 192.168.1.2)
DIsabling DHCP on Router B
Ensuring wireless security options were identical, that the SSID settings were identical as well as all frequency ranges.
Many of the guides also seem to be dependent on being able to physically connect both routers. Is it even possible to achieve what I am hoping for?
Router A is a NETGEAR WNDR3400, Router B is an Actiontec m1424-wr Rev D