Range extender for BEFW11S4

I am looking to extend the wireless range for my Linksys BEFW11S4
802.11B router. It is not cross compatible with range extenders from
other companies, nor does it work with theier new range extenders from
Linksys. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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>I am looking to extend the wireless range for my Linksys BEFW11S4
>802.11B router. It is not cross compatible with range extenders from
>other companies, nor does it work with theier new range extenders from
>Linksys. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Bite the bullet... and buy a new 802.11g router at the same time that
you buy a repeater. Actually, select a router that can be configured for
WDS, and get two of them.

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)

"bite the bullet" - Wish I had the teeth....-)

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>"bite the bullet" - Wish I had the teeth....-)

You too?

I'd have to gum a biscuit.

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)

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> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >I am looking to extend the wireless range for my Linksys BEFW11S4
> >802.11B router. It is not cross compatible with range extenders
from
> >other companies, nor does it work with theier new range extenders
from
> >Linksys. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Linksys made a wireless signal booster for the BEFW11S4 and the WAP11
it is a WSB24.
It looks like the router but sets on top of the BEFF and
interconnects. I knew someone who had one and it worked pretty good at
extending the range. I noticed there are some on ebay for sale.

You could use one of these and set it in the software to have a SID. Get
alot more range than a router or repeater.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5755948360

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>I am looking to extend the wireless range for my Linksys BEFW11S4
> 802.11B router. It is not cross compatible with range extenders from
> other companies, nor does it work with theier new range extenders from
> Linksys. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>

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> I am looking to extend the wireless range for my Linksys BEFW11S4
> 802.11B router. It is not cross compatible with range extenders from
> other companies, nor does it work with theier new range extenders from
> Linksys. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Had a similiar problem not to long ago. Also wanted to extend the range of
a D-Link 802.11a/b router and purchased a new 802.11a/g/b AP that was
capable of "repeater mode". Initial plan was to repeat the 802.11a and also
bring 802.11g into the loop, but it wouldn't work since the "repeater mode"
used WDS, which the router didn't support. Solved that problem by plugging
the new AP directly into the router and purchasing yet another new AP of the
same model. Being the same model, WDS worked fine and was able to repeat
802.11a and 802.11g. Definetly wasn't the most cost effective way to
increase range, but did bring 802.11g into the loop (extended as well),
which is being used by a media center now.

Anyway, not recommending to add two additional AP's, but while I was working
the above problem came across the DWL-810AP+ quite frequently from
google/deja searches. From what I came across in reading, the DWL-810AP+ is
basically just a dumb "garbage in - garbage out" 802.11b range extender that
isn't dependent on WDS or any type of proprietary scheme to repeat. If so,
should work with any 802.11b SSID regardless of manufacturer. Might be
worth checking out.

Cheers,
-Eric

> Anyway, not recommending to add two additional AP's, but while I was
working
> the above problem came across the DWL-810AP+ quite frequently from
> google/deja searches. From what I came across in reading, the DWL-810AP+
is
> basically just a dumb "garbage in - garbage out" 802.11b range extender
that
> isn't dependent on WDS or any type of proprietary scheme to repeat. If
so,
> should work with any 802.11b SSID regardless of manufacturer. Might be
> worth checking out.
>
> Cheers,
> -Eric

Sorry, I meant the DWL-800AP+, not the DWL-810AP+. (The DWL-810AP+ is a
wireless-ethernet bridge. Got a couple of them and they work great.) The
DWL-800AP+ is the "Range Extender" that I was refering to. Actually, there
are two models -- DWL-800AP+ (802.11b, 22Mbs) and DWL-800AP (802.11b,
11Mbs). Not sure if they can push 22 Mbs with Linksys's 802.11b or not,
thinking thats a D-Link proprietary "turbo" thing.