Connecting 2nd MN700 as "bridge"

I have an MN700 set up and my laptop connected with little
problems. The signal is weak and I am trying to install a
second MN700 as a "bridge" to give me greater signal
strentgh downstairs in my home. Any help would be
appreciated.

Robert

From information I've gotten from Microsofts MVP's posts on these
newsgroups, the second MN-700 you want to use as an access point HAS to be
WIRED to the the MN-700 acting as a router. There's no way for it to extend
the signal wirelessly, I thought this could be done, it was kind of
disappointing but that's how technology is. If anyone has more info on this,
please do share.

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"Robert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:74eb01c40269$e7a79e00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have an MN700 set up and my laptop connected with little
> problems. The signal is weak and I am trying to install a
> second MN700 as a "bridge" to give me greater signal
> strentgh downstairs in my home. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Robert

Other vendors have technology that repeats wirelessly. In one of my
Expert Zone columns, I describe using WDS (wireless distribution
center) to do just this. The MS gear just doesn't support this
advanced function.

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:19:49 -0500, "AC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>From information I've gotten from Microsofts MVP's posts on these
>newsgroups, the second MN-700 you want to use as an access point HAS to be
>WIRED to the the MN-700 acting as a router. There's no way for it to extend
>the signal wirelessly, I thought this could be done, it was kind of
>disappointing but that's how technology is. If anyone has more info on this,
>please do share.

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Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)