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Hi, I have a simple question I think.

We have our cable modem and Linksys e1200 router in the corner of our basement. I don't think it can be moved to a more central location. The wireless signal on the other end of our house is not good. I have cat 6 running to the other side of the basement and I would like to install a second access point for wireless on the other side of the house.

I have ordered a tp-link TL-WA801ND to serve as the second access point. (It seemed to have good reviews and was inexpensive.)

As I read the manual, I'm stuck where it gives me 5 operation modes to choose from - access point, repeater (range extender), bridge with AP, client, Multi-SSID.

I can't say I understand this very well but which mode do I choose? Will any of these work? Is my plan to use a second access point wired to my router by ethernet sound? Do I need to do something else like use DD-WRT or buy something else?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

here is the link to the TL-WA8901ND manual if it helps (page 8 is where I'm stuck):
http://www.tp-link.com/Resources/document/TL-WA801ND_V2_User_Guide.pdf

Thanks a lot.

 
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1. The basement is the worst place in the house to propagate a WiFI signal from.

2. You probably want Access Point.
Wire from the router to the access point in a different location.
But if that is also in the basement, you may have less than optimal results.
 
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Thanks for the reply.

I understand the basement location is not ideal. Most of the house is covered ok by the router where it is, I'm just trying to improve coverage on the other side of the basement and the floor above.

My main question is just setting up the access point wired into the router to extend the wireless. That is better than using a repeater I believe. Which mode do I chose to set the access point up in - access point, repeater, bridge, client, multi-ssid?

It seems to me that the access point is the way to do it but the manual seems to think that I don't already have a wireless router and the TL-WA801ND access point will be my only wireless or it assumes that I want the TL-WA801ND to commuticate with the linksys router using wireless, which is not what I'm looking for.

Does that make sense? Am I not approaching this correctly?

Thanks.
 
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