MN-700 wireless in large house

I moved into a 5,600 sq ft and want wireless access in
the majority of it. I have my DSL modem and a MN-700
base station in my home office but it's range only covers
a fraction of the house. I understand other MN-700
devices can be setup as access points, however it appears
they are required to be hard wired to the base station.
Is this true and if so what are my options, given my
desire in going wireless is to avoid stringing ethernet
cables throughout the house?

You can't do wireless bridging with the MN700. You can hardwire only.

A possible solution:

Buy a Buffalo access point and a couple of repeater bridges. Plug the
Buffalo access point into the MN700. Use a different SSID and channel.
Set up the repeater bridges wirelessly.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...3october13.asp
see the section on WDS.



On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:24:01 -0800, "Dave"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I moved into a 5,600 sq ft and want wireless access in
>the majority of it. I have my DSL modem and a MN-700
>base station in my home office but it's range only covers
>a fraction of the house. I understand other MN-700
>devices can be setup as access points, however it appears
>they are required to be hard wired to the base station.
>Is this true and if so what are my options, given my
>desire in going wireless is to avoid stringing ethernet
>cables throughout the house?

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

That is ridiculous, to have access point mode and not be
able to use it in conjunction with another microsoft box.
This has to be fixed. I have the same problem and it is
REALLY iritating me. I don't have the money to go out and
buy another piece or hardware and i don't think i should
have to.
>-----Original Message-----
>You can't do wireless bridging with the MN700. You can
hardwire only.
>
>A possible solution:
>
>Buy a Buffalo access point and a couple of repeater
bridges. Plug the
>Buffalo access point into the MN700. Use a different SSID
and channel.
>Set up the repeater bridges wirelessly.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...e/columns/bowm
an/03october13.asp
>see the section on WDS.
>
>
>
>On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:24:01 -0800, "Dave"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I moved into a 5,600 sq ft and want wireless access in
>>the majority of it. I have my DSL modem and a MN-700
>>base station in my home office but it's range only
covers
>>a fraction of the house. I understand other MN-700
>>devices can be setup as access points, however it
appears
>>they are required to be hard wired to the base station.
>>Is this true and if so what are my options, given my
>>desire in going wireless is to avoid stringing ethernet
>>cables throughout the house?
>
>--
>Barb Bowman
>Expert Zone Columnist
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>MS-MVP (Windows)
>.
>

The MN-700 is not a true access point, and never has been touted as one. As
Barb recommended there are other products which will do exactly what your
situation requires.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1bef01c3e046$ef5b0c80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> That is ridiculous, to have access point mode and not be
> able to use it in conjunction with another microsoft box.
> This has to be fixed. I have the same problem and it is
> REALLY iritating me. I don't have the money to go out and
> buy another piece or hardware and i don't think i should
> have to.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You can't do wireless bridging with the MN700. You can
> hardwire only.
> >
> >A possible solution:
> >
> >Buy a Buffalo access point and a couple of repeater
> bridges. Plug the
> >Buffalo access point into the MN700. Use a different SSID
> and channel.
> >Set up the repeater bridges wirelessly.
> >
> >http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...e/columns/bowm
> an/03october13.asp
> >see the section on WDS.
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:24:01 -0800, "Dave"
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>I moved into a 5,600 sq ft and want wireless access in
> >>the majority of it. I have my DSL modem and a MN-700
> >>base station in my home office but it's range only
> covers
> >>a fraction of the house. I understand other MN-700
> >>devices can be setup as access points, however it
> appears
> >>they are required to be hard wired to the base station.
> >>Is this true and if so what are my options, given my
> >>desire in going wireless is to avoid stringing ethernet
> >>cables throughout the house?
> >
> >--
> >Barb Bowman
> >Expert Zone Columnist
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >MS-MVP (Windows)
> >.
> >