At 01:20 PM 7/5/2010, you wrote:
Just wondering if you ever found a solution that works?
not yet. this is what Bilken came up with ... which is what I already knew.
Ullas K Pai: Hi, my name is Ullas K Pai. How may I help you?
winterlight: I have a Belkin wireless #1Router F5D7231 working in a
home that has very, very poor reception outside of line of site,...
with any wireless remote device. The #1 Bilken works OK in two thirds
of the house. The end third of the house= MBR has no reception
whatsoever. So I got a second identical #2 Belkin F5D7231 on Ebay and
ran a CAT 5e into the room on that side of the house which I plugged
into a LAN port on the #1 router thirty feet away. both Both routers
have been flashed with the same identical latest firmware.
The routers have a wireless bridge mode that does not work because
there is no reception of the #1 router to the #2 router in the MBR.
So, on the #2 router, I enabled it as a WAP and assigned it a IP
number on the #1 routers LAN.
Can I now set up the #2 WAP with the same SSD and WPA-2 pass phrase
as the #1 router is using so that I get a seamless connection as you
move from one part of the house to another? Will this work? Or how
should I go about this?
Ullas K Pai: Please give me a moment while I review your response.
Ullas K Pai: Thank you for your patience.
Ullas K Pai: The second router is converted to an access point , correct ?
winterlight: yes, I have enabled it as a WAP and assigned it a IP
address on the LAN
Ullas K Pai: What was the IP you assigned to it ?
winterlight: 192.168.1.225
Ullas K Pai: What is the address of the first router ?
winterlight: 192.168.1.1 There is no problem with a wired connection.
I need to know if I can use the same ssd and pass phrase on the 2nd
router as I do on the first.
Ullas K Pai: In fact the SSID should be different and the security
mode must be the same for the main router and WAP
karl Grun: And this will result in the client staying connected as
they move from #1 router area to #2 router area?
Ullas K Pai: Not exactly, you need to connect to #2 SSID to stay connected.
Ullas K Pai: Once you have a WAP, you need to connect to WAP's SSID
winterlight: I see, you have to set the computer up to auto connect
from one to the other. So there is no way to do this seamlessly other
then a wireless bridge... which doesn't work for me.
Ullas K Pai: I am sorry, that would be the only option. Connecting to
the SSID of the WAP
winterlight: OK, thank you. good bye.
On 7/4/2010 5:56 PM, Winterlight wrote:
I have a Belkin wireless #1Router F5D7231 working in a home that
has very, very poor reception outside of line of site,... with any
wireless remote device. The #1 Bilken works OK in two thirds of the
house. The end third of the house= MBR has no reception whatsoever.
So I got a second identical #2 Belkin F5D7231 on Ebay and ran a CAT
5e into the room on that side of the house which I plugged into a
LAN port on the #1 router thirty feet away.
The routers have a wireless bridge mode that does not work because
there is no reception of the #1 router to the #2 router in the MBR.
So, on the #2 router, I enabled it as a WAP and assigned it a IP
number on the #1 routers LAN.
Can I now set up the #2 WAP with the same SSD and WPA-2 pass phrase
as the #1 router is using so that I get a seamless connection as
you move from one part of the house to another? Will this work? Or
how should I go about this?
thanks
Winterlight
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