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Connecting two wireless routers together - wirelessly

Giles — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:43:47 GMT

I want to connect two wireless routers devices together, but am unable to use wires.

I have a BT2700HGV connected to the internet. I have a Netgear GD834GT in anothe rpart of the building being used as dedicated a wireless adapter. The PC close to the BT hub can see the Netgear. However, not sure how I get the Netgear recognised on the network without a wired connection. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Re: Connecting two wireless routers together - wirelessly

Relic — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:53:04 GMT

An access point is a gateway to a wired network (you shouldnt be trying to wifi one AP to another AP).

Normally you'd plug both in a switch and give them the same SSID.

Make sure that the channel numbers are 5 apart.

22mhz per channel with 5mhz spread....you'll get interferance if you dont spread the channels 25mhz apart.

You also want the access point range to overlap by at least 15%.

Re: Connecting two wireless routers together - wirelessly

a-hill — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:57:11 GMT

You need to have 2 routers that support WDS and can be used as a repeater, I believe there's custom firmware for the Netgear that will allow this functionality, but unfortunately the 2700 doesn't have WDS so it won't work.

Re: Connecting two wireless routers together - wirelessly

Giles — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:09:05 GMT

Thanks for this response

Re: Connecting two wireless routers together - wirelessly

Giles — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:10:19 GMT

Thanks for this