Add 802.11b AP to 802.11g network for B clients?

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I am running a Netgear WGR614 broadband wireless router on my home
network. All PCs on the network are using G adapters, but there is
one client (a TiVo) connected with a 802.11b USB adapter. I am about
to add another B client, a Squeezebox.

I would like to segregate the B clients to allow the G clients higher
throughput. I have a surplus Netgear ME102 access point, and I could
connect the ME102 to my home network over Cat5.

I would appreciate a pointer to any guide that would address my issue;
several DejaGoogles failed to hit any post that covers the matter
squarely.

Thanks for your attention.
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Shawn M. Winnie <smwinnie@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:qq6nq0dhsubt0sknqdbrkuggsfu864j921@4ax.com:

> I am running a Netgear WGR614 broadband wireless router on my home
> network. All PCs on the network are using G adapters, but there
> is one client (a TiVo) connected with a 802.11b USB adapter. I am
> about to add another B client, a Squeezebox.
>
> I would like to segregate the B clients to allow the G clients
> higher throughput. I have a surplus Netgear ME102 access point,
> and I could connect the ME102 to my home network over Cat5.

What problems are you expecting? Just configure your 802.11b AP to a
different channel and a different SSID. Give it a static IP address
in the same subnet. Turn off the DHCP server function so there is
only one on the network. Connect it up and away you go - easy peasy.

Configure your 'b' devices to associate with the 'b' AP, the 'g'
devices to associate with the 'g' AP. You should be able to configure
the 'g' AP to 'g only' mode, which should also improve things.

Hope this helps

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