Add second router to network WITHOUT hard wiring????

[willydilly]

Hello all. I have setup for a friend his Linksys router with Goo and it's working flawlessly. I'm attempting to setup my son's receiver (converted Nano2 to iLink210) but there is absolutely NO WAY of hard wiring a second router at his place. The MAIN router is upstairs and he rents a basement apartment. I've been searching on Google and other forums to see if there is any way of making a wireless router into an access point WITHOUT hard wiring from the main router. If someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction, I'm pretty good at following directions and should be able to get through this. I keep reading about a "client bridge". Is that what I need to do? I'm not 100% sure and that's why I'm asking before I start chasing my tail.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. :yes:

wd

A "Dummies Guide" to routers link would really help.

[dishuser]

set it as repeater

[Terryl]

Some routers can act as a "Client Bridge" or "Repeater" as Dishuser mentioned, but you have to select that option in the second routers setup, look at the routers setup guide or users manual to see if that router is capable of doing this.

What this will do is pick up the WIFI signal from the first router and repeat the signal,(on a different WIFI channel) you can use the LAN ports on the back to feed other PC's (or other devices) you must be able to see or pick up the fist router at your location.

They have special repeaters to do this right out of the box, just do a web search for one.

[sodusme]

I will add that unless the two routers are of the same brand this will probably not work.

I tried this with a Belkin and a D-Link and it wouldn't work. Although the D-Link allowed for "client mode" it would not connect. Basically you will need to set both routers on the same SSID, encryption, and pass phrase.


http://www.tested.com/tech/298-how-to-use-an-old-router-to-expand-your-wi-fi-network

Also make sure they are in the sub network. So if you working with say Belkin they would need to both be in the 192.168.2.X range. You will also want to disable DHCP on one of them as you only want one router handing i.p.'s

Good luck.

[dishuser]

his router is modded so it will work

[willydilly]

Would a Powerline Adapter work easier than screwing around with another router?

wd