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Range Extender Password

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Hey Guys,

I recently purchased the Hawking 300-N Range Extender to get my wireless signal into a guesthouse on our property. I set it up using the CD setup, and everything seems to work great. I am using a D-link DIR-655 Router as my main router, and extending the signal from this.
There is a password on this extender, a rather long string of numbers & letters (same as on the router) that I don't want to have our guests enter every time they want to use the internet wirelessly. My question is this: can I have different passwords for each? Can I leave the router password-protected and open up the extender with no password (or just a simpler one)? When I set it up, it just automatically set the extender's password as the same as the router's password. I want to allow those using the extender to have easier access, and keep our router in the house protected.
Is there a way to do this? Also, how will this be security-wise for us - will opening up the extender allow whoever uses it to access our shared files that would be accessible through the router?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Frank
Wireless Authority

IIRC, the DIR-655 supports both a private SSID and guest SSID. Using the former, you can create a private network w/ wireless security enabled. Using the latter, you can create a public network w/ security disabled. The router keeps them logically separated. Now associate the extender w/ only the guest SSID.

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