need help with physical layout - D-Link products

I sent the below to D-Link, but they side-stepped and asked me to call
Sales. So I thought I'd ask here.

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I need advice on how to properly extend my WLAN to another building.

I have a DI-525 wireless router in our main building, wired to a DES-1024
unmanaged switch. One of the DWL-2200AP's (wireless access points) has an
external, omni-directional antenna on our roof to broadcast to our other
buildings. In one of those I need to put a minimum of 3 DWL-2200AP's. I
already have a directional antenna pointed at the main building's antenna,
with the cable for it run into that building's attic.

The DI-525 is setup as the DHCP server. I want all AP's on the same SSID,
channel, and WPA2 Personal with 'pass-phrase'.

My question is: What device do I need to serve as the "hub" for the 3 AP's?
Or can I connect a DWL-2200AP to that antenna, run a cable from it to a hub
or unmanaged switch and then connect the other two AP's to that switch?

--
Mike Webb
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
a 501 (c)(3) conservation non-profit organization

Hi
A regular switch would do.
I do not know the amount of load and stability that you need over this
Network. The DWL-2200APs are good devices that can be used in a
semiprofessional environment, the DI-525 is a low end device that might Not
do an adequate job.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Mike Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I sent the below to D-Link, but they side-stepped and asked me to call
>Sales. So I thought I'd ask here.
>
> ==============
> I need advice on how to properly extend my WLAN to another building.
>
> I have a DI-525 wireless router in our main building, wired to a DES-1024
> unmanaged switch. One of the DWL-2200AP's (wireless access points) has an
> external, omni-directional antenna on our roof to broadcast to our other
> buildings. In one of those I need to put a minimum of 3 DWL-2200AP's. I
> already have a directional antenna pointed at the main building's antenna,
> with the cable for it run into that building's attic.
>
> The DI-525 is setup as the DHCP server. I want all AP's on the same SSID,
> channel, and WPA2 Personal with 'pass-phrase'.
>
> My question is: What device do I need to serve as the "hub" for the 3
> AP's? Or can I connect a DWL-2200AP to that antenna, run a cable from it
> to a hub or unmanaged switch and then connect the other two AP's to that
> switch?
>
> --
> Mike Webb
> Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
> a 501 (c)(3) conservation non-profit organization
>

Thanks!

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> A regular switch would do.
> I do not know the amount of load and stability that you need over this
> Network. The DWL-2200APs are good devices that can be used in a
> semiprofessional environment, the DI-525 is a low end device that might
> Not do an adequate job.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Mike Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I sent the below to D-Link, but they side-stepped and asked me to call
>>Sales. So I thought I'd ask here.
>>
>> ==============
>> I need advice on how to properly extend my WLAN to another building.
>>
>> I have a DI-525 wireless router in our main building, wired to a DES-1024
>> unmanaged switch. One of the DWL-2200AP's (wireless access points) has
>> an external, omni-directional antenna on our roof to broadcast to our
>> other buildings. In one of those I need to put a minimum of 3
>> DWL-2200AP's. I already have a directional antenna pointed at the main
>> building's antenna, with the cable for it run into that building's attic.
>>
>> The DI-525 is setup as the DHCP server. I want all AP's on the same SSID,
>> channel, and WPA2 Personal with 'pass-phrase'.
>>
>> My question is: What device do I need to serve as the "hub" for the 3
>> AP's? Or can I connect a DWL-2200AP to that antenna, run a cable from it
>> to a hub or unmanaged switch and then connect the other two AP's to that
>> switch?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Webb
>> Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
>> a 501 (c)(3) conservation non-profit organization
>>
>