Bridge mode usually if you want to run a wired network from the back of a wireless link, as long as you set the SSID and paskey the same but on a different wifi channel it should be fine to just put the router in without anything attached to the WAN port and put the main feed into a LAN port.
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk>wrote: > Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to > peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > peterboro-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wireless Bridge (Michele Mor) > 2. Re: Wireless Bridge (Brian Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 01:24:59 +0400 > From: Michele Mor <m_...@mail15.com> > To: peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: [Peterboro] Wireless Bridge > Message-ID: <9975ca39f8657063903a550af825b0167fb7a...@mail.qip.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi. > I'm sure that it has been asked before, but I cannot find those emails. > The situation is as follow: > I have a wireless router at the entrance of the house, but its signal > arrives only at the entrance of the garden room. > In this room I also have a network cable (from the router) that I > currently use for my smart TV. > > I have a spare wireless router (Netgear) but having checked its > specifications, it does not support wireless bridging. > > My question: can I somehow use my spare router to get the wireless signal > from the main router and then use the signal from the spare router to > connect devices from the garden? > Or can I connect the spare router to the network cable and then 1. connect > another cable from the spare router to the TV and 2. use the signal from > the spare router to connect devices from the garden? > > Do I need a cross-over cable from the main router to the spare router? > > Thanks. > Michele > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 22:42:09 +0100 > From: Brian Smith <br...@briansmithonline.com> > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Wireless Bridge > Message-ID: > <327a264d-a254-47e2-8a0e-cc2d2f989...@briansmithonline.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Michele, > > My knowledge of networks is poor and my solution wasn't free - but it has > worked. And part of it's an Apple solution! But I expect something similar > would work for you. > > I, too, have a network cable going to the television and wanted to split > it. > > I bought a Netgear switch from Amazon which plugs into the cable socket. > You then have four socket to put things in. > > I put the TV in one, BT Vision in another and an Apple Airport Extreme in > a third. Works a treat and splits the ethernet with no loss of bandwidth or > anything. > > I had previously tried a Netgear wireless extender. It was one that > detected the wireless network and extended it. It did do the job nicely but > kept losing the wifi. I had to switch it off and on again pretty well every > day. I never solved that. > > So then I tried a plug-in wireless extender. That worked well but when I > moved with the iphone through the house it would not hop to the stronger > signal as you moved further from one and nearer to the other. I'm pretty > sure I could have solved that by renaming the network on the extender. > Apparently if the network name is the same then devices switch to the > strongest signal seamlessly. > > In the end I tried the Apple Airport Extreme and it worked a treat. It > said "Do you want to extend the network? (and gave the name of my own > network) so I said "Yes" and it's worked perfectly ever since. I have wifi > throughout the house even though the router's own wifi doesn't get very far > at all. And it's a strong signal everywhere. > > This probably won't help you directly but it may give you a bit of useful > background knowledge. > > Best wishes, > ? > Brian > > > > On 26 May 2013, at 22:24, Michele Mor <m_...@mail15.com> wrote: > > > Hi. > > I'm sure that it has been asked before, but I cannot find those emails. > > The situation is as follow: > > I have a wireless router at the entrance of the house, but its signal > arrives only at the entrance of the garden room. > > In this room I also have a network cable (from the router) that I > currently use for my smart TV. > > > > I have a spare wireless router (Netgear) but having checked its > specifications, it does not support wireless bridging. > > > > My question: can I somehow use my spare router to get the wireless > signal from the main router and then use the signal from the spare router > to connect devices from the garden? > > Or can I connect the spare router to the network cable and then 1. > connect another cable from the spare router to the TV and 2. use the signal > from the spare router to connect devices from the garden? > > > > Do I need a cross-over cable from the main router to the spare router? > > > > Thanks. > > Michele > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 441, Issue 1 > ***************************************** >
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