Wireless Range Extender

[Barks]

Just bought an Edimax 300M Range Extender.

What I am trying to do is extend our wireless network. So we've got a BT Home Hub on one side of the house and this sits in the middle so that devices on the other side of the house can access the signal. The problem is I don't have a clue what I'm doing and the manual is absolutely useless. Anyone know which of the following modes is the one for me?

AP
Range extender/access point mode, allows wireless clients to connect to range extender/access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network.
Station-Infrastructure
Enable the Ethernet device such us TV and Game player connected to the range extender/access point to a wireless client.
AP Bridge-Point to Point
Establish wireless connection with another wireless range extender/access point using the same mode, and link the wired network which these two wireless range extender/access points connected to together. Only one range extender/access point can be connected in this mode.

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point
Establish wireless connection with other wireless range extender/access points using the same
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mode, and link the wired network which these wireless range extender/access points connected to together. Up to 4 range extender/access points can be connected in this mode.
AP Bridge-WDS
This mode is similar to ‘AP Bridge to Multi-Point’, but range extender/access point is not work in bridge-dedicated mode, and will be able to accept wireless clients while the range extender/access point is working as a wireless bridge.

Universal Repeater
This product can act as a wireless range extender that will help you to extend the networking wirelessly. The range extender/access point can act as Station and AP at the same time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless clients within its coverage.

Cheers

 

[PiKe]

Universal repeater will be the easiest to set up.

 

[Barks]

I'm honestly losing the will to live with this thing. I don't have a clue and the manual is written in Latin as far as I'm concerned. I don't even understand the basic principles of what I'm doing.

Does the device simply relay the wireless signal or do you have to set it up so you connect to the Edimax first which in turn connects to the original wireless signal?

It is rocket science. I've plugged the Edimax half way in the house and I have a Sony wireless TV on the other side. I simply want the TV to connect to the original Wi-Fi signal on the other side of the house. How do I do this?

I'd be unbelievably grateful for any help. I'm going for a run now though this thing has sent my blood pressure through the roof.

 

[PiKe]

It needs connecting to the master access point like any device would, it then becomes it's own access point and relays the signal.

 

[Barks]

It needs connecting to the master access point like any device would, it then becomes it's own access point and relays the signal.

Does it have to be physically connected to the master access point?

There's absolutely nothing in the setup where you can specify what the master access point is. The way I imagined it is that in the setup I would select the BT Home Hub wireless signal, enter the username and password and voilla.

 

[Tealc]

The way I imagined it is that in the setup I would select the BT Home Hub wireless signal, enter the username and password and voilla.

That's how it is with my TP-Link wireless extender.

It has two modes.

Wireless access point which needs a wired connection and creates it's own wireless network.

Extender which uses the same SSID, channel, password etc.

The TP-Link was simple to set up as you can browse the available access points, copy the MAC Address of the source wireless and set it from there.

 

[PiKe]

Might be stating the obvious but after selecting the mode, it'll need a reboot, the web gui will then have options relating to the mode it's in.

And no it doesn't need to be physically connected.

 

[Barks]

Got it working guys!

Put it in wireless repeater mode and then in the security settings put the same password/WPA2 encryption as on the home hub and now it works perfectly.

Cheers