Conecting a Wireless D-linkRouter DSL_G604T to a Netgear Wireless Router WGR614

Hi there

I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and have
a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the house. at the
moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the routers, is there anyway i
can set the two wireless routers so they can talk to each other with out the
cable? i have two machines running from the netgear router. any help or
advice would be great

Thanks
Ben

On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:11:18 GMT, "Ben" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and have
>a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the house. at the
>moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the routers, is there anyway i
>can set the two wireless routers so they can talk to each other with out the
>cable? i have two machines running from the netgear router. any help or
>advice would be great

My first thought would be to replace the Cat5 cable with Power line
networking. Would that meet your needs?

Ben wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and
> have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the house.
> at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the routers, is
> there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they can talk to each
> other with out the cable? i have two machines running from the netgear
> router. any help or advice would be great
>
> Thanks
> Ben


Hi,

I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but when
I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless Distribution
System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but my impression is
that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that up to connect to the
Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also think that if you do that,
the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).

See:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS

Later,
Jim

ohaya wrote:
>
>
> Ben wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and
>> have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the
>> house. at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the
>> routers, is there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they
>> can talk to each other with out the cable? i have two machines running
>> from the netgear router. any help or advice would be great
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ben
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but when
> I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless Distribution
> System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but my impression is
> that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that up to connect to the
> Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also think that if you do that,
> the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>
> See:
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>
> Later,
> Jim
>
If it's working why remove the cable ?

"atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:h5kpl9$kck$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ohaya wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ben wrote:
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and
>>> have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the house.
>>> at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the routers, is
>>> there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they can talk to each
>>> other with out the cable? i have two machines running from the netgear
>>> router. any help or advice would be great
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Ben
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but when I
>> was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless Distribution
>> System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but my impression is
>> that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that up to connect to the
>> Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also think that if you do that,
>> the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>>
>> See:
>>
>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>>
>> Later,
>> Jim
>>
> If it's working why remove the cable ?

Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a just an
access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is asking
me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have been able to
to conect the two routers together.

Cheers Ben

Ben wrote:
>
> "atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:h5kpl9$kck$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> ohaya wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there
>>>>
>>>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house
>>>> and have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of
>>>> the house. at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the
>>>> routers, is there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they
>>>> can talk to each other with out the cable? i have two machines
>>>> running from the netgear router. any help or advice would be great
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but
>>> when I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless
>>> Distribution System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but
>>> my impression is that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that
>>> up to connect to the Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also
>>> think that if you do that, the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the
>>> WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>>>
>>> See:
>>>
>>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>>>
>>> Later,
>>> Jim
>>>
>> If it's working why remove the cable ?
>
>
> Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a just
> an access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
> Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is
> asking me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have
> been able to to conect the two routers together.
>
> Cheers Ben


Hi Ben,

Then, unfortunately, as far as I can tell, you won't be able to connect
the WGR614v7 wirelessly to your Dlink, because it's a V7 (vs. a V8 or
V9, which have WDS, which *might* have allowed you to do so ...).

Slightly off-topic: Setting the WGR614 as a "pure" access point is
doable, but it's a little weird.

What you have to do is plug a cable coming from (in your case) your
Dlink to one of the 4 "LAN" ports on the WGR614, and NOT to the single
"WAN" port on the WGR614. It took me a while to figure that one out!

This means that even though the WGR614 has 4 "LAN" ports, when you use
it as an access point, you "lose" one of the 4 "LAN" ports.

Then, in the WGR614 configuration, in the LAN configuration, you have to
uncheck the "act as a DHCP server" checkbox. In my case, I also set a
fixed IP address, that is outside of the IP range that is served by my
"main" wireless router, in the LAN configuration.

You also, naturally, have to setup the wireless stuff in the WGR614,
i.e., SSID, channel, WEP/WPA, etc.

Then, the WGR614 will act as an access point, but, again, the connection
from the WGR614 to your Dlink will have to be a physical connection.

Then, the only solution to eliminate the physical connection from the
WGR614 to your Dlink, is probably, as one of the other posters
suggested, to get something like a powerline adapter thing. I haven't
worked with any of those, but I think you have to make sure there isn't
a transformer somewhere between the electrical outlet on both ends.

Sorry.

Jim

Ben wrote:
>
> "atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:h5kpl9$kck$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ohaya wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben wrote:
>>>> Hi there
>>>>
>>>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house
>>>> and have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of
>>>> the house. at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the
>>>> routers, is there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they
>>>> can talk to each other with out the cable? i have two machines
>>>> running from the netgear router. any help or advice would be great
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but
>>> when I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless
>>> Distribution System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but
>>> my impression is that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that
>>> up to connect to the Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also
>>> think that if you do that, the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the
>>> WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>>>
>>> See:
>>>
>>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>>>
>>> Later,
>>> Jim
>>>
>> If it's working why remove the cable ?
>
> Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a just
> an access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
> Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is
> asking me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have
> been able to to conect the two routers together.
>
> Cheers Ben
Have you tried bridge mode ? this should help
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965

of course purchasing another brand might be easier

--
"The problem with Australia is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be
a capital punishment for stupidity,
but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let
the problem solve itself?"

atec 7 7 wrote:

> Ben wrote:
>
>>
>> "atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:h5kpl9$kck$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> ohaya wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ben wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house
>>>>> and have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of
>>>>> the house. at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the
>>>>> routers, is there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so they
>>>>> can talk to each other with out the cable? i have two machines
>>>>> running from the netgear router. any help or advice would be great
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but
>>>> when I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless
>>>> Distribution System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but
>>>> my impression is that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that
>>>> up to connect to the Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also
>>>> think that if you do that, the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the
>>>> WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>>>>
>>>> Later,
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>> If it's working why remove the cable ?
>>
>>
>> Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a
>> just an access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
>> Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is
>> asking me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have
>> been able to to conect the two routers together.
>>
>> Cheers Ben
>
> Have you tried bridge mode ? this should help
> http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965
>
> of course purchasing another brand might be easier
>

atec,

I think that the OP wanted to eliminate the physical connection/cable
between his WGR614 and his Dlink router/modem. I think that that AP
configuration in that article still requires a cable connection from the
WGR614 and his Dlink (the box labelled "router" in the Netgear page you
linked).

Jim

ohaya wrote:

>
>
> atec 7 7 wrote:
>
>> Ben wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:h5kpl9$kck$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>> ohaya wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house
>>>>>> and have a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of
>>>>>> the house. at the moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the
>>>>>> routers, is there anyway i can set the two wireless routers so
>>>>>> they can talk to each other with out the cable? i have two
>>>>>> machines running from the netgear router. any help or advice would
>>>>>> be great
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 , but
>>>>> when I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless
>>>>> Distribution System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS,
>>>>> but my impression is that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set
>>>>> that up to connect to the Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I
>>>>> also think that if you do that, the bandwidth gets cut in half
>>>>> (from the WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
>>>>>
>>>>> See:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r209...9-Supports-WDS
>>>>>
>>>>> Later,
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>> If it's working why remove the cable ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a
>>> just an access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
>>> Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is
>>> asking me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have
>>> been able to to conect the two routers together.
>>>
>>> Cheers Ben
>>
>>
>> Have you tried bridge mode ? this should help
>> http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965
>>
>> of course purchasing another brand might be easier
>>
>
> atec,
>
> I think that the OP wanted to eliminate the physical connection/cable
> between his WGR614 and his Dlink router/modem. I think that that AP
> configuration in that article still requires a cable connection from the
> WGR614 and his Dlink (the box labelled "router" in the Netgear page you
> linked).
>
> Jim
>


Hi,

I think that this is what the OP is looking for:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/960

As I said though, it looks like the V7 doesn't support WDS, so no luck
there ...

Jim

ohaya wrote:
>
>
> ohaya wrote:
>
>>
>>

> I think that this is what the OP is looking for:
>
> http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/960
>
> As I said though, it looks like the V7 doesn't support WDS, so no luck
> there ...
>
> Jim
>


--
"The problem with Australia is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be
a capital punishment for stupidity,
but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let
the problem solve itself?"
The very reason I suggested changing models , of course he could
install the cable internally through the roof space and walls...