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They need to be wired together.
The second MN500 can serve additional wired computers on the same network as
your first MN500 once you have connected the two MN500's together.
--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
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"Bobby" <bwonish@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the information, isn't this a set up to use
> the second or third router as an Access Point. My
> question is now, where is the bridge, if you have to
> connect the second or third router in bridge mode to the
> original router? Where and how do you place a bridge
> ansent a wired connection, as in In room #1 you have the
> broadband modem, connected to MN-500 #1. My goal is now
> in room #2 to place a bridge that connects wired
> computers in that room either using the LAN ports on the
> MN-500 #2 or using a hub.
>
> I may have just over looked your instructions, if i
> change the IP address of MN-500 #2 and change the
> channel, and use the same SSID and WEP key can i place
> the MN-500 #2 in a different room without any wires from
> the MN-500 acting as a router? if so, do the LAN ports
> then act as a HUB?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >To access the BSMT you need to have an IP address in the
> same range (the
> >default is 192.168.2.*) And browse to that IP address.
> >
> >Broadband modem --> WAN port of MN-500 #1
> >MN-500 #1 LAN port #2 --> WAN port of MN-500 #2
> >MN-500 #1 LAN port #3 --> WAN port of MN-500 #3 (if
> available)
> >
> >Make sure all MN-500s are running the latest firmware
> 1.11.017
> >
> >Now lets look at the setup of each MN-500:
> >
> >MN-500 #1
> >router mode
> >LAN IP address at default of 192.168.2.1
> >some SSID
> >some WEP key
> >channel 6
> >
> >MN-500 #2
> >bridge mode
> >LAN IP address at 192.168.2.42, outside of default DHCP
> range
> >same SSID
> >same WEP key
> >channel 1
> >
> >MN-500 #3 (if available)
> >bridge mode
> >LAN IP address at 192.168.2.43, outside of default DHCP
> range
> >same SSID
> >same WEP key
> >channel 11
> >
> >
> >If you keep the SSID and WEP key the same for all base
> stations, people
> >will be able to move between offices and get a
> connection.
> >
> >You need to select non-overlapping channels for the base
> stations to
> >prevent interference.
> >
> >Channels 1, 6, and 11 are the three non-overlapping
> channels.
> >
> >There are more combinations if you only need two
> channels.
> >
> >Bobby wrote:
> >
> >> I am attempting to clear out the wires i have across
> my
> >> house. i have a MN-500 basestation that i have been
> >> using, i had a cable run across my house to a hub for
> a
> >> few other hard wired computers that are on the edge of
> >> the wireless signal. I have purchased another
> wireless
> >> router, i would now like to change the MN-500 into a
> >> bridge. I understand how to make the actual changes
> >> through the base station management tool, but once i
> >> change it over to a bridge:
> >> How do i configure it once its changed to bridge
> mode?
> >> the manual says that they management tool will be
> >> disabled?
> >> How do i make it pick up the signal for my network?
> >> What can it do from this point? take the wireless
> >> signal and send it to the hard wired computers
> connected
> >> to it?
> >>
> >
> >.
> >
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