Wireless Help

[R360]

I am trying to figure out a way of extending my wireless network range.
At the moment I am using a Netgear DG834GT in my study. I have a spare DG834G gathering dust so was wondering if it would be possible to put the spare DG834G in the living room and connect it wirelessly to the main router. The idea would be that the second router would then extend the signal from the first?
Is this possible or am I talking nonsense?

Edited by R360 on Sunday 3rd October 18:43

[911motorsport]

[R360]

911motorsport said:

What is so funny?

[Mojooo]

You cannot connect them in chains like that as far as I know.

You will need to move your main wireless router to the best position in your house.


Another option MAY be to see if you can get a huge antenna for your main wireless router and see if that extends things

[Stu R]

It depends on the router, but you most certainly can bridge them if the router supports it. Quite a few of the Netgear ones do, so it's certainly worth a try.

Edited by Stu R on Sunday 3rd October 18:48

[Plotloss]

I don't think you can do it with the G/GT

You'd be better off with powerline and an access point than wireless repeating.

[bogie]

you can on the later firmware that supports WDS - wireless distrubtion system/bridging/repeater with client association

however its not ideal, and a last resort ...first you need to only repeat a full signal, otherwise you are p*ssing into the wind

so find where the signal starts to drop, and thats where youd need the repeater

then because its 1/2 duplex communication anyway, you lose 1/2 bandwidth you did have available (hence the importance of repeating a full signal)

if you are not careful, you can soon end up going to all the hassle to repeat the signal, and still only end up with the same amount of bandwidth at the end, as you had before

proper way of increasing wireless coverage; run an ethernet cable from the main router and put an access point in the room where you want better coverage

[BliarOut]

If you're running the latest firmware I think it supports WDS which will allow you to do exactly what you want.

[Plotloss]

Depends on hardware revision too.

834G v2 on latest firmware doesn't support WDS

[R360]

Thanks for the replies, the main router does have WDS and has the following:
WDS MODE
Enable Wireless Bridging (Tick Box)
Wireless Point Mode Bridge (Tick Box)
Local SSID________
Remote SSID________
Wireless Repeatr Mode Bridge (Tick Box)
Remote SSID____________


The reason i wanted to go for the wireless option is because it will be a pain to run a network cable from the main router to the second router / Access point.

Someone mentioned Powerline Plugs, how will they work?

[Plotloss]

Cat5 into powerline adaptop>house wiring>powerline adaptor at required access point location>cat5>access point

[R360]

Plotloss said:

Cat5 into powerline adaptop>house wiring>powerline adaptor at required access point location>cat5>access point

So if i go for this option i presume i will not be able to use my spare Netgear router and will need to buy an Access point?
If thats the case, any ones in particular worth looking at?
How much are the powerline plugs, ideall would like to do this all for undeer £100
Will i still get decent speeds?

[Plotloss]

R360 said:

Plotloss said:

Cat5 into powerline adaptop>house wiring>powerline adaptor at required access point location>cat5>access point

So if i go for this option i presume i will not be able to use my spare Netgear router and will need to buy an Access point?
If thats the case, any ones in particular worth looking at?
How much are the powerline plugs, ideall would like to do this all for undeer £100
Will i still get decent speeds?

Generally, both personally and professionally I favour Netgear kit.

Should be able to do it for £100 or so, it will be a significantly more robust solution than WDS

[BliarOut]

It'll work as Plotters says, you can also get wireless powerline adapters now. Very neat solution.

[R360]

Plotloss said:

R360 said:

Plotloss said:

Cat5 into powerline adaptop>house wiring>powerline adaptor at required access point location>cat5>access point

So if i go for this option i presume i will not be able to use my spare Netgear router and will need to buy an Access point?
If thats the case, any ones in particular worth looking at?
How much are the powerline plugs, ideall would like to do this all for undeer £100
Will i still get decent speeds?

Generally, both personally and professionally I favour Netgear kit.

Should be able to do it for £100 or so, it will be a significantly more robust solution than WDS

Cheers will look into the powerline plugs in that case

[R360]

BliarOut said:

It'll work as Plotters says, you can also get wireless powerline adapters now. Very neat solution.

So if i get a wireless powerline adaptor does it mean i will no longer need to buy a wireless access point?

[bigdods]

I use 2 netgears to do exactly this - ok so you lose a bit of bandwidth but for internet surfing etc I dont notice any difference. The wireless is still faster than my broadband (currently 11meg).

[BliarOut]

R360 said:

BliarOut said:

It'll work as Plotters says, you can also get wireless powerline adapters now. Very neat solution.

So if i get a wireless powerline adaptor does it mean i will no longer need to buy a wireless access point?

You get two adapters in the kit, one has Ethernet to plug into your router the other is a wireless access point that plugs into your mains. Ace

[R360]

BliarOut said:

R360 said:

BliarOut said:

It'll work as Plotters says, you can also get wireless powerline adapters now. Very neat solution.

So if i get a wireless powerline adaptor does it mean i will no longer need to buy a wireless access point?

You get two adapters in the kit, one has Ethernet to plug into your router the other is a wireless access point that plugs into your mains. Ace

Sounds perfect, got a link? Model No?

[BliarOut]

http://www.devolo.co.uk/consumer/77_dlan-200-av-wi...

Not used it myself but it looks like a very handy solution. I've got a customer who runs on Devolo and they've never had a problem with them. Plugged them in and that was it.