garym <[email protected]> writes: > tcutting wrote: >> It would still help if you could provide some form of diagram of your >> setup. >> >> Also, is the wifi router located in the house as near as possible to the >> office/outbuilding? (to get the best chance of getting a strong enough >> signal out there) >> >> Any way to run an ethernet cable to the office? >> >> I've had reasonable success running two wireless routers. Primary one >> has all the main settings enabled (e.g., configured to provide the >> dynamic addressing, with a range of dynamic addresses, and left a >> separate range of addresses which I use form Static addressing). The >> second router is at the other end of the house - the two are connected >> together via wired ethernet. The second router does NOT perform the >> dynamic address allocation, it is only a wifi hotspot. I did, however, >> configure both wifi routers to use the same SSID and password. >> Generally a device will connect to one or the other - but "roaming" >> isn't handled particularly well - if I move to the other end of the >> house, a device will tend to stay connected to the one it originally >> connected to, even though the second device now has a much stronger >> signal). If you're OK having two separate wireless networks, you could >> configure the two hotspots with separate SSIDs and passwords, and then >> just connect a particular device to one or the other. BUT make sure >> they are not BOTH trying to provide the dynamic IP configuration. > > This is exactly what I do. the 2nd wifi router has all settings to hand > out IP addresses turned off. And it is connected via ethernet back to > my main router (note that the "2nd wifi router" is connected to ethernet > by pluging the cable into one of the "regular" ethernet slots on the > "2nd router"--do not plug anything into the 2nd router's plug where one > would typically route the plug coming from the modem itself; this is > sometimes labeled "internet" on the router, indicating a connection to > modem that provides the internet connection). I also use same SSID and > password for both routers. >
Unfortunately I have to use different SSID, and the extender (Netgear WN2500RP) is connected via wireless to a Netgear WNDR 3400 which in turn connects to my router via ethernet (provided by isp) which is doing all the work (dhcp). Works perfectly. Rainer > > > *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio > (all ethernet) > *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, > Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) > *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite > *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER > *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or > SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop > *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; > Streaming: Spotify > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105743 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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