Can two MN-700s share the same broadband?

I have one MN-700 hooked upstairs to a PC with the DSL modem, works fine. I
want to install another one downstairs in my living room, but there will not
be a PC there (just an Xbox, maybe a tivo, etc). Can I have the downstairs
one simply communicate with the upstairs one to get internet? How do I set
this up? Is this called an access point or a bridge?

I did some digging in the manual, it says I can configure the second one as
an access point. But I don't have a PC downstairs to configure the damn
thing. Can I configure it remotely somehow from my base station?

"Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have one MN-700 hooked upstairs to a PC with the DSL modem, works fine.
I
> want to install another one downstairs in my living room, but there will
not
> be a PC there (just an Xbox, maybe a tivo, etc). Can I have the
downstairs
> one simply communicate with the upstairs one to get internet? How do I
set
> this up? Is this called an access point or a bridge?
>
>

You can temporarily wire it in to a PC and configure it and then move it...
Not sure you can use an MN_700 in that manner though - I'd have to trundle
through old posts in this ng for that and I have to run... good luck - will
check back later to see how it proceeds. Sorry I cannot help more at the
moment.


"Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I did some digging in the manual, it says I can configure the second one
as
> an access point. But I don't have a PC downstairs to configure the damn
> thing. Can I configure it remotely somehow from my base station?
>
> "Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#Ht3tk#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have one MN-700 hooked upstairs to a PC with the DSL modem, works
fine.
> I
> > want to install another one downstairs in my living room, but there will
> not
> > be a PC there (just an Xbox, maybe a tivo, etc). Can I have the
> downstairs
> > one simply communicate with the upstairs one to get internet? How do I
> set
> > this up? Is this called an access point or a bridge?
> >
> >
>
>

As an access point, the second MN-700 needs to be wired to the first MN-700.
You can configure it on any system you'd like, then unplug the power, move
it and plug it into the Ethernet cable connected to the base station MN-700.
You really might want to look into the MN-740 Xbox adapter instead.
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"Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I did some digging in the manual, it says I can configure the second one as
> an access point. But I don't have a PC downstairs to configure the damn
> thing. Can I configure it remotely somehow from my base station?
>
> "Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#Ht3tk#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have one MN-700 hooked upstairs to a PC with the DSL modem, works fine.
> I
>> want to install another one downstairs in my living room, but there will
> not
>> be a PC there (just an Xbox, maybe a tivo, etc). Can I have the
> downstairs
>> one simply communicate with the upstairs one to get internet? How do I
> set
>> this up? Is this called an access point or a bridge?
>>
>>
>
>

use two different IP addresses for the MN-700 and you
should be able to do what you want that way. The two IP's
is so you can get into each one of the MN-700's by them
self.
>-----Original Message-----
>I did some digging in the manual, it says I can configure
the second one as
>an access point. But I don't have a PC downstairs to
configure the damn
>thing. Can I configure it remotely somehow from my base
station?
>
>"Bryant Fong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:#Ht3tk#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have one MN-700 hooked upstairs to a PC with the DSL
modem, works fine.
>I
>> want to install another one downstairs in my living
room, but there will
>not
>> be a PC there (just an Xbox, maybe a tivo, etc). Can I
have the
>downstairs
>> one simply communicate with the upstairs one to get
internet? How do I
>set
>> this up? Is this called an access point or a bridge?
>>
>>
>
>
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