Hi all I was hoping you guys could help me, I have my internet with O2 which is setup as a wireless connection my pc is the other end of the room so I would like to connect the pc wireless I have another wireless router that I used to use when I was with virgin can I connect this to the pc to receive the wireless signal from the O2 box to connect the pc to the internet ?
connect 2 wireless routers ?
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I did have one but dont know where I have put it, cant believe you cant connect this way using two wireless routers
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check the mfg specs, the only two times I wanted to do it the routers supported it... maybe I was jsut lucky...
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As I understand it, you have an ADSL/Modem (Access Point A) connected to O2 at one end of the room and an ex-Virgin device (Access Point B) at the other end of the room. It is (was) possible to connect to both boxes over a wireless connection.
You want Access Point B to talk to Access Point A using a wireless rather than a wired connection and then to be able to plug a PC (or laptop) into an RJ45 port on Access Point B - is that correct? I believe that this is called wireless bridging - have a look HERE.
For this to be able to happen, Access Point B must be able to establish itself as a client of Access Point A. Like you, I think that this ought to be routinely possible - sadly however, it seems not to be
It may be that if you have the right devices - i.e. Linksys (doubtful with ISP supplied kit), some of the modified firmware such as DD-WRT or Tomato may make this possible. Perhaps someone here familiar with this firmware can comment?
You want Access Point B to talk to Access Point A using a wireless rather than a wired connection and then to be able to plug a PC (or laptop) into an RJ45 port on Access Point B - is that correct? I believe that this is called wireless bridging - have a look HERE.
For this to be able to happen, Access Point B must be able to establish itself as a client of Access Point A. Like you, I think that this ought to be routinely possible - sadly however, it seems not to be
It may be that if you have the right devices - i.e. Linksys (doubtful with ISP supplied kit), some of the modified firmware such as DD-WRT or Tomato may make this possible. Perhaps someone here familiar with this firmware can comment?
As I understand it, you have an ADSL/Modem (Access Point A) connected to O2 at one end of the room and an ex-Virgin device (Access Point B) at the other end of the room. It is (was) possible to connect to both boxes over a wireless connection.
You want Access Point B to talk to Access Point A using a wireless rather than a wired connection and then to be able to plug a PC (or laptop) into an RJ45 port on Access Point B - is that correct? I believe that this is called wireless bridging - have a look HERE.
For this to be able to happen, Access Point B must be able to establish itself as a client of Access Point A. Like you, I think that this ought to be routinely possible - sadly however, it seems not to be
It may be that if you have the right devices - i.e. Linksys (doubtful with ISP supplied kit), some of the modified firmware such as DD-WRT or Tomato may make this possible. Perhaps someone here familiar with this firmware can comment?
Thats correct, Access Point A is a O2 Wireless Box (info here) and Access Point B is a Belkin wireless N Router (this one I think)
as above it could be possible, but it not going to be easy, compared with running a cable across the room or buying a wifi card with decent sensitivity.
At the very least you willl have to be able to reconfigure the pc router as an access point (turn of dhcp, establish an accessible network address for configuration, bridge the wifi to the other router (configure the other router), using a switch point to connect
At the very least you willl have to be able to reconfigure the pc router as an access point (turn of dhcp, establish an accessible network address for configuration, bridge the wifi to the other router (configure the other router), using a switch point to connect
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I can't comment on the kit you already have because I am not familiar with it. However, a quick Google suggests that the Cisco Small Business WET200 Wireless-G Business Ethernet Bridge which should cost about £90 would do the job for you - I dare say that there are cheaper options, I just happen to be a fan of Cisco/Linksys
I can't comment on the kit you already have because I am not familiar with it. However, a quick Google suggests that the Cisco Small Business WET200 Wireless-G Business Ethernet Bridge which should cost about £90 would do the job for you - I dare say that there are cheaper options, I just happen to be a fan of Cisco/Linksys
I think my router is actually this one.
If I wanted to spend money on hardware I would just buy a £20 USB wireless adapter ?? I want to try and make use of the hardware I already have available plus I am skint at the moment.
I managed to get this set up between an o2 thompson box and a netgear dg834 both running in a wireless bridging mode.
Results were awful though, between a 10-20% packet loss with the routers being placed next to each other, although it might have been the channels I had them set to.
Both were on offical firmware and it was a pain to get working. I then drilled holes in my walls and ran some cable!
Results were awful though, between a 10-20% packet loss with the routers being placed next to each other, although it might have been the channels I had them set to.
Both were on offical firmware and it was a pain to get working. I then drilled holes in my walls and ran some cable!