Adding a Wireless AP to extend range

[Alex53]

I have a Netgear DG834GT ADSL Router.

This has Wireless capability but it doesnt reach the other end of the house very effectively.

I happen to have an older Belkin G Wireless Access Point (model #F5D7130) that I used with my old router (that didnt have wireless).

Looking at the instructions on the Belkin AP, it shows how to use it as a 'range extender', but they explain specifically how to set it up to do this when the Router is also a Belkin device.

Should it work with a Netgear? Is there anything special one has to do? The manual goes on about allowing MAC addresses, but I dont see how thaty applies if you arent filtering MAC addresses.

Is it just a question of matching the channel, SSID and pre-shared key (WPA)?

Thanks in advance

 

[Alex53]

Thanks for your reply. Yup that worked.

Only problem now is that at the other end of the house the AP cant reach the router either, so I just succesfully created a WiFi network with an iPhone an iPod and the AP and no access to anything else

For it to work I have to put the AP somewhere in between so it can see the router, which means the corridor, where my daughter can break it and the wife doesnt want it.

I guess I was hoping that the AP could receive the router's signal better than the iPod/iPhone.