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re: Tech Gurus, I need help with my wireless network.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:52 pm to drizztiger
Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:52 pm to drizztiger
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Chances are he can set one of the wireless routers to AP mode.
How do I set a router to become and access point?
Could I put both routers with the same name and login info?
That way you could move seamlessly from one to the other?
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Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:13 pm to Napoleon
quote:Google your routers model number and see if it can be set to AP mode.
How do I set a router to become and access point?
I'm short on time, but simply if you set it as AP, you need to be hardwired into the other wireless router. It will act as another point of entry into your wireless SSID on the same channel.
If you instead use both routers as routers (routers separate networks) then use different channels. 1,6,11 are the only channels you should use for 2.4Ghz. But then you may need to bridge the networks.
If your don't want to hardwire the first router to the 2nd router - if your router allows it, you can set it as a repeater/extender. You use same SSID and channel, but you will lose bandwidth in the process.
When I have more time I can explain better, but a lot of this googleable.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:40 pm to Napoleon
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Could I put both routers with the same name and login info?
That way you could move seamlessly from one to the other?
You just need to make sure both routers have a different IP address. Usually the default IP address of the router is 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. You will want the first 3 groups of numbers to be the same, then set the router that is doing the routing to 1 and the access point to 2. See below, the x can be whatever you want.
192.168.x.1
192.168.x.2
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