Using WiFi Router As WAP?

I've got a LinkSys WRT310N gigabit wireless router unused.

I've also got a major dead spot in the living room of our house.

Two questions:
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1) Is there some way to configure this thing so it's just
another WAP? I'd run Ethernet to the living room,
then plug the WRT301N into said Ethernet.

I've already got a wireless network working out of
my D-Link DIR-655 gigabit wireless router.

The existing wireless network's SSID is "Hui_Nalu" and
it uses WPA encryption.


2) If I'm able to set up the WRT310N as another WAP,
can I do it in such a way that it's on the same SSID
with the same WPA key? The idea being tb able to
seamlessly connect with a given handheld or laptop
anywhere in the house and maybe even walk from
one WAP's coverage into the other's without losing
connectivity.
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PeteCresswell

Per (PeteCresswell):
>1) Is there some way to configure this thing so it's just
> another WAP?

Sorry, that first question was dumb: turn off DHCP and assign it
an IP address within the router's pool. Already addressed in
somebody's reply to one of my other posts.

But the second questions still stands.
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PeteCresswell

Use the same SSID and encryption type and key. Do use a different channel on
each device, ie. 1 and 6 for example or 1 and 11.

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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

> Per (PeteCresswell):
> >1) Is there some way to configure this thing so it's just
> > another WAP?
>
> Sorry, that first question was dumb: turn off DHCP and assign it
> an IP address within the router's pool. Already addressed in
> somebody's reply to one of my other posts.
>
> But the second questions still stands.
> --
> PeteCresswell
>

Hi
Configure it like this. Using a Wireless Router as a switch with an Access
Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html
Choose the Wireless parameters as Al posted above.
Beware that in most cases no matter what you do you would Not get seamless
Wireless service when using Entry Level Wireless hardware.
Many times it get stuck with the initial logon and would stay with it until
the signal totally gone.
I.e. if you walk around and the second signal become stronger than the first
it would stay with the first weak signal.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a LinkSys WRT310N gigabit wireless router unused.
>
> I've also got a major dead spot in the living room of our house.
>
> Two questions:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 1) Is there some way to configure this thing so it's just
> another WAP? I'd run Ethernet to the living room,
> then plug the WRT301N into said Ethernet.
>
> I've already got a wireless network working out of
> my D-Link DIR-655 gigabit wireless router.
>
> The existing wireless network's SSID is "Hui_Nalu" and
> it uses WPA encryption.
>
>
> 2) If I'm able to set up the WRT310N as another WAP,
> can I do it in such a way that it's on the same SSID
> with the same WPA key? The idea being tb able to
> seamlessly connect with a given handheld or laptop
> anywhere in the house and maybe even walk from
> one WAP's coverage into the other's without losing
> connectivity.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> --
> PeteCresswell

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:50:41 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>1) Is there some way to configure this thing so it's just
> another WAP? I'd run Ethernet to the living room,
> then plug the WRT301N into said Ethernet.
>
> I've already got a wireless network working out of
> my D-Link DIR-655 gigabit wireless router.
>
> The existing wireless network's SSID is "Hui_Nalu" and
> it uses WPA encryption.
>
>

I don't know with the Linksys firmware but you certainly can if you
install the dd-wrt firmware

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...s_Access_Point


Jim.

Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
> Hi
> Configure it like this. Using a Wireless Router as a switch with an
> Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html


Useless drivel. No worthy technical information at all and filled with
grammatical errors as well.

I don't usually respond to flames, but I'm breaking this rule

1. thousands of people have been helped by the content
2. how do you know that English is Jack's first/native language?
3. take a good look at
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jack and then do a Google
search.

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:21:52 -0500, "deerslayer" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Useless drivel. No worthy technical information at all and filled with
>grammatical errors as well.
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Barb Bowman wrote:
> I don't usually respond to flames, but I'm breaking this rule
>
> 1. thousands of people have been helped by the content
> 2. how do you know that English is Jack's first/native language?

Content looked perfectly OK to me.....


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On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:35:36 +0000, Gordon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Barb Bowman wrote:
>> I don't usually respond to flames, but I'm breaking this rule
>>
>> 1. thousands of people have been helped by the content
>> 2. how do you know that English is Jack's first/native language?
>
>Content looked perfectly OK to me.....

There's nothing wrong with the content on the page . However, the page
is about adding a wireless functionality to a network rather than
adding a second access point to an already wireless network which is
the issue at hand.


Jim.

James Egan wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:35:36 +0000, Gordon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Barb Bowman wrote:
>>> I don't usually respond to flames, but I'm breaking this rule
>>>
>>> 1. thousands of people have been helped by the content
>>> 2. how do you know that English is Jack's first/native language?
>> Content looked perfectly OK to me.....
>
> There's nothing wrong with the content on the page . However, the page
> is about adding a wireless functionality to a network rather than
> adding a second access point to an already wireless network which is
> the issue at hand.
>
>
> Jim.
>

So extrapolate.

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