Access Point

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On 18 Oct 2004 08:11:13 -0700, "just1coder@yahoo.ca"
<just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>I have an 802.11g network in my house however the signal degrades as I
>move into the basement. Could I drop in an access point in the basement
>to boost the signal?
Maybe, depends on whether you can get wires down there or not. I
couldn't so I had to buy 2 Access Points(AP) and had to hook them up
in bridge mode. That means that one AP is upstairs plugged directly
into the router and the second AP is in the basement plugged into a
hub that the other computers down there plug into. The computers in
the basement then connect thru the AP in the basement to the AP
upstairs wirelessly and everything is fine.
One thing about APs though is that you MUST buy the same brand as your
router or you could have compatability problems. There ARE exceptions
to this rule, but if you can, just buy the same brand and you won't
have compatability issues.

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Some cheap things to try,

Point your antenna down.

Set your upstairs AP closer to the floor and point the antenna down.




<just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> I have an 802.11g network in my house however the signal degrades as I
> move into the basement. Could I drop in an access point in the basement
> to boost the signal?
>

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On 21 Oct 2004 12:17:25 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless ,
"just1coder@yahoo.ca" <just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>Could I setup an existing wireless router to act as an access point?

Yes, just plug one of its LAN ports into your other (wired) router, and
disable any DHCP services it might have.
--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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On 22 Oct 2004 07:20:45 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless , "J1C"
<just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>That's it? Great!! It will just pick up the signal from the upstairs
>router? I don't have to enter the SSID, or the WEP key?

Whoa there!
An access point is a point on your wired network where wireless PCs connect
to. Your 'upstairs router' is one of these.

Sounds like what you are trying to do is have one router talk to the other
by wireless, to connect two wired networks together. And possibly then
rebroadcast wirelessly to wireless PCs.

You can't do that - you'd need a wireless bridge and separate wireless AP.
Some routers can be switched into bridging mode but then they can't be
access points at the same time.
--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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On 25 Oct 2004 07:24:41 -0700, "J1C" <just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>Aaaaah gotcha. I thought that was too easy
>
>What I am trying to do is to grab the signal from one room, and
>rebroadcast it out to the rest of the house.

I am doing a similar thing here with Belkin 802.11g Access Points.

I have 3 points in my house that are "wired" (but not wired together,
they are run from isolated switches)

1. Where my ADSL enters the house to a wired router and watchguard
firebox
2. In my office (a converted bedroom)
3. In the detatched garage which houses some of the "noisier" servers

I have a Belkin 54g Access Point plugged into a switch at each wired
location, with the AP's configured in bridging mode.

This is working fine, with good throughput even to the external garage
which is by far the weakest signal. All machines in each of the 3
locations can access each other.

I also have a further PC in the house with a PCI wireless card and a
laptop which has a PCMCIA wireless card. I can connect to any of the
access points with these PC/Laptop and access any of the machines on
the wired networks through any of the the AP's

On these AP's, I had to use the same wireless channel and the same WEP
configuration on each AP for them to be able to bridge with each
other.

I have 2 people that constantly access servers from each of the 3
locations all day and touch-wood have never had a problem (other than
self inflicted ones of course )

Sorry if I have misunderstood your thread, but it seems you are trying
to do something similar? Just my .2p

Kind Regards,

Robin.

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On 26 Oct 2004 09:09:52 -0700, "J1C" <just1coder@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>Yeah. That's pretty much what I'm looking to do... so, in short... all
>I need is an AP that supports bridging OR a bridge ? It seems that
>APs w/ bridging support are far less expensive that bridges themselves.
>tx!

I can speak only of what I have setup, I am not a wireless expert by
any means, and there are far more qualified people on here that can
give you better advice.

However, I do know my setup is working, the Access Points I used are
Belkin F5D7130uk's :
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatPro [...] working%2F

Those models are for the UK, but am sure they will do a version for
most countries. I got all Belkin gear (PCI/PCMCIA cards) - I assumed
that I would stand a better chance of it all working that way.

They sell over here for about £45 (GBP) (which is around $82 USD)

Hope you get it all working

Robin