Creating AP with Linksys BEFW11S4

I recently added wireless capability to my network by replacing my four port router with the BEFW11S4 (which has four wired ports along with wireless). Now I want to move it closer to the laptops with wireless adapters for better signal strength. After I reinstall the original router (between the cable modem and the main hub/switch) can I configure the wireless router to act as an access point and plug it into a secondary hub on the network? It seems like it should work if I reconfigure the wireless router to point to the main router's IP, etc. Has anyone setup this kind of configuration?

swingman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> can I configure the wireless router to act as an access point and plug it
> into a secondary hub on the network?

http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2E3155E8
"How do I connect a Linksys Wireless router to a regular Ethernet Linksys
router?"
You want to connect the Linksys "LAN", not the "WAN" to the other switch.

Or you can set the BEFW11S4 to be a simple router if it is a recent
firmware level. "Setup Tab - Advanced Routing - Operating Mode".
Then you would connect to the WAN port.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

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> swingman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> can I configure the wireless router to act as an access
>> point and plug it
>> into a secondary hub on the network?
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2E3155E8
> "How do I connect a Linksys Wireless router to a regular
> Ethernet Linksys
> router?"
> You want to connect the Linksys "LAN", not the "WAN" to
> the other switch.
>
> Or you can set the BEFW11S4 to be a simple router if it is
> a recent
> firmware level. "Setup Tab - Advanced Routing - Operating
> Mode".
> Then you would connect to the WAN port.
>
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> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA
> 38.8-122.5

Thanks for the reply - that worked just fine. I've cut the
distance between the wireless units in half and overall the
signal is much stronger, but it still fluctuates a lot. Is
that normal?

"Swingman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ch7qk5$tu6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> swingman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> can I configure the wireless router to act as an access point and
>>> plug it
>>> into a secondary hub on the network?
>>
>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2E3155E8
>> "How do I connect a Linksys Wireless router to a regular Ethernet
>> Linksys
>> router?"
>> You want to connect the Linksys "LAN", not the "WAN" to the other
>> switch.
>>
>> Or you can set the BEFW11S4 to be a simple router if it is a recent
>> firmware level. "Setup Tab - Advanced Routing - Operating Mode".
>> Then you would connect to the WAN port.
>>
>> --
>> ---
>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5
>
> Thanks for the reply - that worked just fine. I've cut the distance
> between the wireless units in half and overall the signal is much
> stronger, but it still fluctuates a lot. Is that normal?
>

The fluctuations appear normal in my system. OTOH, I do not know if it
is the router, the wireless card, the XP (I have my suspicions...), the
signal mapping, etc. I can make an "excellent" wireless signal
disappear by rotating the receiving laptop by just a few degrees in the
horizontal plane.

Q