Yes. The downside for me is that my wireless is strictly for family,
guests and employees. I don't use it myself. So I have to setup two
wireless stations on their computers instead of one, and that can be
problematic with this crowd. I wanted to make things as simple as I could.
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At 02:42 PM 7/5/2010, you wrote:
But won't your wireless device automatically reconnect as you lose
one router and go into range of the other one? Won't that be
seamless enough? Also, do you even need to pass off? Stuff near the
MBR will basically use the WAP in the second router.
On 7/5/2010 5:27 PM, Winterlight wrote:
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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