Belkin N150 As A Bridge For PC

[AJXDGaming]

Ok. So I built my own PC, and it runs fine. It does not have a PCI Express Wifi card. To connect it to the internet I have been sharing my Macbook Pro's wifi signal over ethernet. That is a hassle, because I like to take my laptop with me when I leave, plus it is not very fast. Upstairs I have an Arris DG860 modem with a Netgear WNR1000 v3 (N150). I have an old Belkin F9K1001V4 (also N150) laying around, and I was wondering if it was possible to use the Belkin as a bridge, so that it would get the wifi signal from the Netgear router and output it as ethernet to my PC. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[bill001g]

Generally belkin is a pain to do anything fancy with. It would need a feature called clinet-bridge. Many routers use the term bridge when the more common name is AP. The device is still acting as a server allowing end devices to connect to it. What you want to do is have the router act as a client. Most routers that can do this also can act as repeaters so you would see discussion of that in the manual

Now many times you can use third party firmware like dd-wrt to get that feature if the factory one does not but again belkin tends to not make devices that can run those firmware. You would have to really dig to see, there are some belkin devices that the version number makes a difference if it can be supported or not.

If I had to guess....I am too lazy to read all the manuals....I bet it will not work as a client-bridge.

You can get a USB nic for under $15 and put it on a USB extension cable to get better signal