Don't know if this can be done, or even worth it, so I'll let the experts tell me their opinions (please).
Got one of those new BT HUBs, really damn good quality and has excellent range, but my house is quite old and has quite thick walls.
I also have a Netgear wireless router, again had no issues with it, niec piece of kit and good range.
What I'd like to do is have wireless access in the bedroom and was wondering if I can bounce, boost, enhance, bridge, whatever, the wireless signal from the BT HUB, to the Netgear router to increase the range.
The BT Hub is downstairs in one corner of the house, and I was thinking of putting the NetGear router directly above it. The BT Hub would naturally connect direct into the telephone line, the NetGear router would simply be plugged directly into the mains, no CAT5 cables or anything. I know I'll perhaps have to configure the router before I leave it on it's own, but can I do what I want to do?
If, for example my BT Hub has an IP address of 192.168.0.254, would I set the NetGear router to 192.168.0.253 and say it uses 192.168.0.254 as the gateway? Likewise if I 'roamed' about the house would I at somepoint pickup 2 signals which wouldn't cause any conflicts?
I'm sure it can be done, but don't really know enough about it to fully understand if it will or won't. Bloke here reckons it can be done but has said I'll lose half of the bandwidth between the routers as they will be constantly sending and receiving?
Any ideas?
TIA
Got one of those new BT HUBs, really damn good quality and has excellent range, but my house is quite old and has quite thick walls.
I also have a Netgear wireless router, again had no issues with it, niec piece of kit and good range.
What I'd like to do is have wireless access in the bedroom and was wondering if I can bounce, boost, enhance, bridge, whatever, the wireless signal from the BT HUB, to the Netgear router to increase the range.
The BT Hub is downstairs in one corner of the house, and I was thinking of putting the NetGear router directly above it. The BT Hub would naturally connect direct into the telephone line, the NetGear router would simply be plugged directly into the mains, no CAT5 cables or anything. I know I'll perhaps have to configure the router before I leave it on it's own, but can I do what I want to do?
If, for example my BT Hub has an IP address of 192.168.0.254, would I set the NetGear router to 192.168.0.253 and say it uses 192.168.0.254 as the gateway? Likewise if I 'roamed' about the house would I at somepoint pickup 2 signals which wouldn't cause any conflicts?
I'm sure it can be done, but don't really know enough about it to fully understand if it will or won't. Bloke here reckons it can be done but has said I'll lose half of the bandwidth between the routers as they will be constantly sending and receiving?
Any ideas?
TIA
