Wireless Router & Separate Access Point

I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router in a room where the cable modem
is. Before I bought this, I had a Linksys Wireless-G Access Point connected
to my wired network in another room.

Now I have both of them. How should I setup the Access Point?

If I set it up as a wireless repeater, does it have to remain connected to
the network in order to operate?

If I leave it setup in an Access Point mode (since it still is connected to
my home network), can I just leave the SSID the same, and use the same
channel as my router, and just have it as another access point to the same
network?

If you are saying that you now have a "spare" access point and would like to
use it, you can use it to extend your range. Put your access point in a
location where you have a poor signal, but a wired port availabled.
Configure the access point with identical settings to your router including
the SSID and encryption/authentication settings. The only things that would
be different are the IP address and the channel. Even though Linksys
recommends the same channel, use a different channel. An example of
non-overlapping channels to use would be 1, 6, and 11. If you set one
device to 1, set the other one to 6 or 11. You should now be able to roam
between access points without losing your connection.

Jeff

"Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router in a room where the cable
>modem is. Before I bought this, I had a Linksys Wireless-G Access Point
>connected to my wired network in another room.
>
> Now I have both of them. How should I setup the Access Point?
>
> If I set it up as a wireless repeater, does it have to remain connected to
> the network in order to operate?
>
> If I leave it setup in an Access Point mode (since it still is connected
> to my home network), can I just leave the SSID the same, and use the same
> channel as my router, and just have it as another access point to the same
> network?
>

Alot depends if you want wireless roaming or a wireless repeater.
If you want wireless roaming, you need to wire the access point to the
router with Ethernet and use the same channel and SSID.

If you want a repeater, you can do this wirelessly using the Wireless
Distribution System (WDS) which both these Linksys devices support.
Basically, you use the same SSID but channels that don't overlap like
1 and 6 or 3 and 8. (1 and 11 work as well). There is a place on the
routers admin page to specify the Mac address of the AP in the WDS
setup.


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:41:45 -0500, "Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router in a room where the cable modem
>is. Before I bought this, I had a Linksys Wireless-G Access Point connected
>to my wired network in another room.
>
>Now I have both of them. How should I setup the Access Point?
>
>If I set it up as a wireless repeater, does it have to remain connected to
>the network in order to operate?
>
>If I leave it setup in an Access Point mode (since it still is connected to
>my home network), can I just leave the SSID the same, and use the same
>channel as my router, and just have it as another access point to the same
>network?
>

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

Thank you for the responses. I was just unclear about a few wireless details
(I'm quite new at this). I'll set it as another AP so I can have the
wireless "roaming"

Thanks

"Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router in a room where the cable
>modem is. Before I bought this, I had a Linksys Wireless-G Access Point
>connected to my wired network in another room.
>
> Now I have both of them. How should I setup the Access Point?
>
> If I set it up as a wireless repeater, does it have to remain connected to
> the network in order to operate?
>
> If I leave it setup in an Access Point mode (since it still is connected
> to my home network), can I just leave the SSID the same, and use the same
> channel as my router, and just have it as another access point to the same
> network?
>