Hi,
We have a main office in our house with our modem and one router set up there, however I would like to set up my desktop upstairs in a walk-in closet. This is an old house, so there aren't any ethernet outlets anywhere to use. I use my desktop for gaming, and I want a fast, reliable connection, so I thought maybe setting up my other router to catch the signal from the first router, then delivering it to my computer via ethernet cable would work better than wifi card or usb.
I don't have much experience setting up networking stuff, and I don't really know how to set up my other router as a wireless bridge. When I plugged my 2nd router into my desktop and went to 192.168.1.1, I found a wireless repeater function, which would serve my purposes. However, I don't know how to set it up. I think I filled in most of the settings correctly, except for the MAC address. I don't know what MAC address it is looking for, or how to find that.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
We have a main office in our house with our modem and one router set up there, however I would like to set up my desktop upstairs in a walk-in closet. This is an old house, so there aren't any ethernet outlets anywhere to use. I use my desktop for gaming, and I want a fast, reliable connection, so I thought maybe setting up my other router to catch the signal from the first router, then delivering it to my computer via ethernet cable would work better than wifi card or usb.
I don't have much experience setting up networking stuff, and I don't really know how to set up my other router as a wireless bridge. When I plugged my 2nd router into my desktop and went to 192.168.1.1, I found a wireless repeater function, which would serve my purposes. However, I don't know how to set it up. I think I filled in most of the settings correctly, except for the MAC address. I don't know what MAC address it is looking for, or how to find that.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!