Turning Wireless Into Wired

tomw92

tomw92

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Hi All,

In the next few months I'll be moving into some other student accommodation and this time they have wireless and not wired ethernet. I have emailed the landlord who says that installing Ethernet is not an option :( seriously bad times.....

Network hardware I have now:

Belkin N1 Vision
Netgear WGR614v9
8port Gigabit switch

Devices I want to connect up:

Desktop - with no wireless
3 x laptops
1 x netbook
Blackberry

I still want to use my switch which will go into the Belkin but then how will the Belkin connect to the internet? Is this possible at all or will I need to invest in another router?

By the way the only reason I want to do this is because I want my own network away from everyone else where everything is faster and more secure, having my own wireless using the Netgear would be pretty cool as well :)

Hopefully this all made sense to some of you and you can shout out some pretty good ideas to get this all working :)

Ta
 
Sorry I should have also said that I do not have access to the router or access points that are located around the house.

Therefore plugging in a powerline, which would have been a great idea, can't be done :(
 
Thanks for all the replies, I think that DD-WRT is the way forward with this however none of my routers are supported. Therefore can anyone recommend a wireless N router that would be fully compatible with DD-WRT??

Cheers again, Tom
 
Hi Gary,

Picked one of them routers (revision D4) up for £20 brand new. Hopefully it will do the job just fine.

Could you post some instructions on how to set up the bridging once I manage to get DD-WRT on it?

Hopefulling flashing it with DD-WRT shouldn't be too hard :/
 
Thanks Gary, if only there was a way to give heat or points to people on here! You've been really helpful!
 
GaryH-21 said:
Excellent! It will do exactly what you need! I've got one sitting next to me that this computers bridged through :D

Flashing it was a piece of cake :p I'll put together all the instructions, download links and settings you need!
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Hi Gary, got the router yesterday and managed to flash it, however I'm just testing to see if I can bridge it up to my current network however no matter how many guides I follow I cannot get it to work, can you post some instructions on how to bridge it up? Cheers, Tom
 
Hi Gary,

I've tried all the settings I can and cannot get it to work. No matter what tutorial/instructions/guides I follow it just wont connect up.

Any suggestions?

Ta
 
Yeh I tried the status page with no joy.

I'm also around all weekend too, cheers for helping :)
 
Hi,

I've added you to WLM.

I just used the version that was on the DIR-615 page, so I'm guessing the latest
 
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