Hi Rod, I¹ve got a Netgear DG834G and an Airport Express. I didn¹t bother with WDS. The Airport Utility just connected the AE through to the wireless network and by default I have extended my wireless coverage through the house end to end, plus I can connect up speakers etc when I want to.
Regards, Stuart On 24/01/10 12:39 PM, "Rod Blitvich" <rb...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi > I need to extend the wireless signal from my Netgear ADSL2+ Modem Router > DG834G > I checked back to earlier threads in the archives > > then found this in the admin section for my router: > "WDS (Wireless Distribution System) Mode > > Select the desired WDS mode for your environment: > > Enable Wireless Bridging and Repeating > Enable the checkbox if you want to use WDS (Wireless Distribution System) > feature. > Select the desired WDS mode for your environment. > > Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge > In this mode, the DG834G will communicate ONLY with another Bridge-mode > Wireless Station, and wireless client association is disabled. You must enter > the MAC address (physical address) of the other Bridge-mode Wireless Station > in the field provided. . The Internet-connected wireless Access Point (AP) > should supply DHCP addresses, so DHCP should be disabled on the AP not > connected to the Internet. WEP can (and should) be used to protect this > communication. > > Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge > Select this only if this DG834G is the "Master" for a group of Bridge-mode > Wireless Stations. The other Bridge-mode Wireless Stations must be set to > Point-to-Point Bridge mode, using this DG834G's MAC address. Wireless client > association is disabled. The Master should supply DHCP addresses so DHCP > should be disabled on the other APs. WEP can (and should) be used to protect > this traffic. > > Repeater with Wireless Client Association > If selected, this AP will operate as a Repeater only, and send all traffic to > the remote AP. Wireless client association is enabled. If selected, you must > enter the MAC address (physical address) of the remote AP. > > For diagrams and examples please refer to the DG834 Reference Manual." > > > Does this mean I can buy an Airport Express and set my Netgear Router to talk > to the Airport Express, thus using the Airport Express to boost my signal? > > ta > Blitto > > > > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam¹s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 0409 681 256 > rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://181/rb...@iinet.net.au> > http://web.me.com/blitto <http://web.mac.com/blitto> > > I haven't lost my mind...... > .......it's backed up on disk somewhere! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
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