wanstiller
Newbie   Posts: 4 Registered: 11/4/04 Status: Offline |
 posted on 11/4/04 at 15:03
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I have a BEFW11S4 and a WRT54G. I have connected the wrt54 to the original
bef11 in gateway mode with dhcp diabled, so my wired equipment is working
ok. How should I setup the wireless? Two different SSIDs? can I use a
single SSID but still set up the WRT54G in G only, so I have acces to both
speeds?
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sam_patrick
Junior Member   Posts: 41 Registered: 9/4/04 Status: Offline |
 posted on 12/4/04 at 02:05 |
hi there
my first question is why you want to connect two routers with each other? &
if you are connecting also you have to make both of them hard-wired because
two routers cannot communicate with each other wirelessly....
may i know what is the distance between the first router befw11s4 and your
computer.....if its is quite far away ---i mean it is around 100 to 120
ft... then you can have an access point rather having an router wrt54g for
it....& make the connection wireless....with it. the wireless router will
communicate with wireless access point wirelessly in repeater mode...
-SAM |
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wanstiller
Newbie Posts: 4 Registered: 11/4/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 12/4/04 at 17:41 |
I know it sounds weird, and this is a temporary setup while I can get an
access point, but the question will still remain on the wi-fi setup
combining 802.11b and g. The main router is b, and the additional
router/access point is g. My goal is to setup an extended hotspot but I-m
not sure if it will be possible to roam from the g to the b areas without
losing connection.
Also the reason of this sub optimal setup is currently due to economic
reasons  ,
hopefully in the near future I can get my hands on a main g router and an
additional g acces point, which seems to be the ideal setup. |
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sam_patrick
Junior Member Posts: 41 Registered: 9/4/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 13/4/04 at 06:15 |
well,
my friend
first of all i will like to tell you that wireless-b works with wireless-g
network...
not a problem for that...
and yeh if you if really want to setup two routers not a problem you make a
wired connection between them...
settings will be:
connect modem with befw11s4 & then connect befw11s4 with a wire to the
internet or the WAN port of the wrt54g...& set the local ip address of the
router to 192.168.2.1....in wrt54g
& yeh if u want to make wireless connection from wrt54g and beyond just
keep the ssid to linksys & channel to 11 or1...
your wrt54g will talk to your wireless card wirelessly...but of course the
ssid & channel will be the same for the wireless card also...
-SAM |
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wanstiller
Newbie Posts: 4 Registered: 11/4/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 14/4/04 at 22:21 |
| Exactly! Just did and worked great. Still not sure about the
roaming because the areas are overlapped, but any way, both b and g cards
are connecting w/o problems, Thanks!! |
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sam_patrick
Junior Member Posts: 41 Registered: 9/4/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 15/4/04 at 00:25 |
my pleasure......
for any help in future regarding any of the wireless networking.....just
let me know,i will there for your help....
-SAM |
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teabear
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 4/9/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 4/9/04 at 18:41 |
wanstiller,
Very sorry to hijack your thread, I have a similar problem and am excited
to see someone who might be able to help.
I currently have four puters at my house all connected to each other and
the internet throu a Netwave Blitz 802.11b 4 port wireless router.
I want to add one more puter at my house to be able to connect to the
internet and two more puters at my neighbors houses for file and print
sharing.
I have purchased a dlink 802.11b 4 port wireless router (closeout sale - 30
bucks) because I thought I had read on the package when I bought the first
router expand your network by adding additional routers my memory of it
was that it was supposed to be easy.
I have spent the last three weeks googling and pulling my hair out.
Can any tell me if I should be able to modify the info given to wanstiller
and apply it to my situation? If so any further advice on settings would be
greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
toastermaker |
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