[MLB-WIRELESS] Spare Router

[Mike Dickens]

What he means is that he can have two APs by ways of ethernet cable, but he
can't have the APs physically seperate, with one AP clienting the other and
also APing (aka Repeater.). Not everyone can run cables wherever they please
;)

On 6/7/07, Rohan Malhotra <rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> by using it to propagate an existing network via a WAP wouldn't you
> incidentally be repeating that network?
>
> On 6/7/07, Phil k <hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ye, i ment to say i could use it as a just a accesspoint to a existing
> > network but not a repeater.
> >
> > y
> > ------------------------------
> > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:16:20 +1000
> > From: rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com
> > To: hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Spare Router
> >
> > i dont understand i googled, "wgr614v6" and it looks to me to b one of
> > those all-in-one router/WAP/switch thingies (in which case you could use it
> > in the manner specified). anyways up to you.
> >
> > On 6/6/07, *Phil k* <hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > haha i know how to do that
> > its not a access point, not a repeater.
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:18:34 +1000
> > From: rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com
> > To: hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Spare Router
> >
> > well say if you have an existing router hooked up to the internet or
> > some other form of WAN (ie melbwireless) what u do is (from memory) you plug
> > your spare router into one of the vacant ports on the deployed router
> > through ethernet cable, then instruct the slave router to turn off dhcp and
> > all its routing functions so that at acts purely as an accesspoint. in this
> > way it receives/transmits information to/from one router and merely radiates
> > it to any of its attached clients through RF. you might have to google the
> > specifics for your router, go to the netgear site they have information on
> > how to do this, try something like 'using two routers' or 'how to connect
> > two Access Points'.
> >
> > otherwise feel free to donate it to me ;)!
> >
> >
> > On 6/5/07, *Phil k* <hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hmmmmmm, how do i use it as a repeater??? i could use it as another
> > access point but quiet useless atm.
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:52:13 +1000
> > From: rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com
> > To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Spare Router
> >
> >
> > use it as a repeater for any existing wifi network you have !
> >
> >  On 6/5/07, *Phil k* < hakzor_x1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Gday guys,
> > ive got a Netgear wgr614v6 lying around collecting dust, anyone got some
> > ideas of something to use it for, other than a door stop? :P
> > The only way to change the antenna is phyisically solder a new one i
> > think :p
> >
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