Using spare DG834G v3 as wireless extender

[exia]

My main router is Thomson TG585 v7 (FW 8.2.23.0), I've just stumbled upon a spare Netgear DG834G v3 (FW 4.01.40) lying around and now wondering if I can use this to extend my wireless coverage.

Been reading up a little and so far these steps seem to come up:

-Disable DHCP on DG834G
-Disable uPnP on DG834G
-Set same SSID & security options as main router
-Set different channel
-Connect DG834G to TG545 via ethernet
-I'll also be connecting a spare PC to the DG834G via ethernet

Am I missing anything? I'm now reading about the WDS Mode on the netgear and unsure if that's supposed to be used instead of all this.

 

[encephalopathy]

you may need to set a different default IP address for it if it conflicts with the thompson
eg if dg834g was 192.168.0.1 , login to it first and change this to e.g. 192.168.0.20.

in the futyre then if you needed to loginand change saya wireless setting use 192.168.0.20

 

[Deleted member 651465]

If you install the DGTeam firmware, you can set the router mode to bridge mode.

Not sure if the default firmware supports this. IIRC it requires a URL code, which I can't find on Google, but it's possible on the DGTeam firmware with a button.

 

[exia]

@encephalopathy,
Thanks, I don't think the Thompson shares the same IP but it's worth changing as you said.

@EVH,
Yeah I was hoping on trying out the DGTeam firmware, but it seems their site/forum has been down for a few days, can't find the fw to download