Converting Wireless Router Modem to Switch

Hi,
I have recently bought a Netgear DG834N Wireless Modem Router, this is
replacing a Netgear DG834GT Wireless Modem Router as I wanted faster
wireless.
Because of the location of my computer I had been using a Netgear
WGPS606 Wireless Printer Switch acting as a Wireless Switch to my
hardwired PC in the office. This allowed me to have wireless access to
internet for our laptops but also gave internet access to PC without
running Cat5 cables through house.
As is the case now this switch is now a bottleneck in speed of internet
to PC, can I convert the replaced Netgear DG834GT into a switch.
Does anybody have experience in converting a Wireless Modem Router into
a Wireless Switch/Access Point and how do I maintain the same wireless
network without trying to connect to two SSID. Thanks


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aardvarkalpha wrote:

> As is the case now this switch is now a bottleneck in speed of internet
> to PC, can I convert the replaced Netgear DG834GT into a switch.

Just don't plug anything into the ADSL port. An ADSL router is just a
switch with additional h/w to route relevant traffic to the ADSL modem
port. The other ports and the wireless are allon the switch part.

> Does anybody have experience in converting a Wireless Modem Router into
> a Wireless Switch/Access Point and how do I maintain the same wireless
> network without trying to connect to two SSID.

You don't - you tell Windows Zero Config you have two networks and to
connect to either of them, depending on which is stronger.