Dell 1184 and Linksys WRE54G?

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Hardware: Dell TruMobile 1184 router, Linksys WRE54G wireless extender. Dell
truMobile USB wireless 1300 adapters on a few desktops.
Are these units compatible? I can't get the Linksys extender to work with
the Dell stuff. Without the extender, it works fine, but the range stinks.
Should I switch to a Linksys router?
Thanks for any info.
Rob



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"Lance" <lltbhill@link_earth.net> wrote in message
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> MrSmiley said the following on 10/1/2004 1:44 PM:
>> Hardware: Dell TruMobile 1184 router, Linksys WRE54G wireless extender.
>> Dell
>> truMobile USB wireless 1300 adapters on a few desktops.
>> Are these units compatible? I can't get the Linksys extender to work with
>> the Dell stuff. Without the extender, it works fine, but the range
>> stinks.
>> Should I switch to a Linksys router?
>> Thanks for any info.
>> Rob
>
> According to the Linksys product page for the WRE54G:
>
> "The Wireless-G Range Expander is compatible with the Linksys WAP54G
> Access Point, and both the WRT54G and WRT54GS Wireless Routers."
>
> I take that to mean that unless the Dell 1184 is just a repackaged
> Linksys, the WRE54G needs one of the above Linksys routers to work. The
> Linksys website also says the latest Linksys router firmware update is
> required for the WRE54G to talk to the routers.
>
> Lance

Lance is right. The range extender uses a facility called Wireless
Distribution System, for which there isn't yet a standard. This means that
for now, any wireless connection between Access Points requires the same
brand or cooperating brands.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

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"MrSmiley" <noyb@noyb.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies. Dell says a D-Link DWL-800AP+ will work, as their
> TruMobile stuff is re-branded D-Link. You think it's worth a try?
> Rob
>
> "Ron Bandes" <RunderscoreBandes @yah00.com> wrote in message
> news:KeF7d.25376$kq6.15509130@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> "Lance" <lltbhill@link_earth.net> wrote in message
>> news:2s5ukmF1hi6ekU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> > MrSmiley said the following on 10/1/2004 1:44 PM:
>> >> Hardware: Dell TruMobile 1184 router, Linksys WRE54G wireless
>> >> extender.
>> >> Dell
>> >> truMobile USB wireless 1300 adapters on a few desktops.
>> >> Are these units compatible? I can't get the Linksys extender to work
> with
>> >> the Dell stuff. Without the extender, it works fine, but the range
>> >> stinks.
>> >> Should I switch to a Linksys router?
>> >> Thanks for any info.
>> >> Rob
>> >
>> > According to the Linksys product page for the WRE54G:
>> >
>> > "The Wireless-G Range Expander is compatible with the Linksys WAP54G
>> > Access Point, and both the WRT54G and WRT54GS Wireless Routers."
>> >
>> > I take that to mean that unless the Dell 1184 is just a repackaged
>> > Linksys, the WRE54G needs one of the above Linksys routers to work. The
>> > Linksys website also says the latest Linksys router firmware update is
>> > required for the WRE54G to talk to the routers.
>> >
>> > Lance
>>
>> Lance is right. The range extender uses a facility called Wireless
>> Distribution System, for which there isn't yet a standard. This means
> that
>> for now, any wireless connection between Access Points requires the same
>> brand or cooperating brands.
>>
>> Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

D-Link isn't Linksys, but it might work.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.