dd-wrt help needed!!

[Drewster2018]

Hi, i have a verizon fios proveided router that i dont have any issues with, i want to get wifi on my deck and the router just doesent reach it strongly enough, i have an olf wrt54g router, could i install dd-wrt on that router and then connect it wireless to the other one? meaning the only wire i would have going to the router would be power. if this is possible how would i go about doing it? thanks

 

[abailey]

Why you could do as your talking about I would not since the wrt54g is a wireless G router. This can slow your entire system down (doing a wireless extension like your talking about doing already cuts your bandwidth in half anyhow). If you do set up a wireless extender like that, remember that it cuts the throughput in half as well as introduces increased latency. Also the extender has to be placed between you router and where you need extended access. The extender has to get a good signal from the wireless router to be able to work.

 

[Drewster2018]

Why you could do as your talking about I would not since the wrt54g is a wireless G router. This can slow your entire system down (doing a wireless extension like your talking about doing already cuts your bandwidth in half anyhow). If you do set up a wireless extender like that, remember that it cuts the throughput in half as well as introduces increased latency. Also the extender has to be placed between you router and where you need extended access. The extender has to get a good signal from the wireless router to be able to work.

for the past year ive been using the router... running cat 5 from fios router to the linksys and its worked fine.,.. all i use it for is netflix and streaming music.. i also have a wireless-n netgear wnr1000 i could possibly use also

 

[abailey]

Yes running a cable to it is fine if you want to use it that way. If you use it that way its wireless is independent of your FIOS router (I assume the FIOS router also has wireless on it). But if you are talking about taking the wireless signal from the FIOS and rebroadcasting it with the wrt54g then you are really going to hamstring the wireless on your FIOS Router. You can try it and see if you like it. Wireless G has a max theoretical speed of 54Mb/s. That is about 25Mbit/s actual throughput with a perfect signal. If you have less than a perfect signal the speed will go down more. If you use the router like an extender then that cuts the bandwidth in half. So instead of 25MB/s max, it would be like 12.5Mbit/s max. This bandwidth is shared among all your wireless devices. Also if you happen to be on the same channel as a neighbor, then you must also share air time with them. If you used a wireless N device then your max rate to start with is much higher (max link rates of 150Mb/s to 450Mb/s depending on your WAP). Wireless AP links are usually the last choice if there is no other way to get signal to a location you need it at. Wiring an AP back to your router and extending the wireless that way is a much better solution if possible.

 

[Drewster2018]

Yes running a cable to it is fine if you want to use it that way. If you use it that way its wireless is independent of your FIOS router (I assume the FIOS router also has wireless on it). But if you are talking about taking the wireless signal from the FIOS and rebroadcasting it with the wrt54g then you are really going to hamstring the wireless on your FIOS Router. You can try it and see if you like it. Wireless G has a max theoretical speed of 54Mb/s. That is about 25Mbit/s actual throughput with a perfect signal. If you have less than a perfect signal the speed will go down more. If you use the router like an extender then that cuts the bandwidth in half. So instead of 25MB/s max, it would be like 12.5Mbit/s max. This bandwidth is shared among all your wireless devices. Also if you happen to be on the same channel as a neighbor, then you must also share air time with them. If you used a wireless N device then your max rate to start with is much higher (max link rates of 150Mb/s to 450Mb/s depending on your WAP). Wireless AP links are usually the last choice if there is no other way to get signal to a location you need it at. Wiring an AP back to your router and extending the wireless that way is a much better solution if possible.

ive been running a cable from lan to lan and i cant run the cable anymore...the fios router is wireless, the netgear router thats wireless-n i gave a differnt ssid so my kids and guests can use it and not slow the fios one, but now i need a new way of connecting the netgear to the fiois one wirelessly

 

[abailey]

Do you have a budget for this project or are you trying to do it totally with parts you have? It does not look like the netgear wnr1000 can do a wireless extension and I don't see a supported version of DD-WRT for it. A powerline adapter could work well in your situation. Especially since you don't need a while lot of bandwidth. But those cost anywhere from $40 to $80 or so.

 

[Drewster2018]

Do you have a budget for this project or are you trying to do it totally with parts you have? It does not look like the netgear wnr1000 can do a wireless extension and I don't see a supported version of DD-WRT for it. A powerline adapter could work well in your situation. Especially since you don't need a while lot of bandwidth. But those cost anywhere from $40 to $80 or so.

wanterd to do it for free with the stuff i already have

 

[Drewster2018]

Would it be possible to bridge the 2 routers? So the only cable I would have is the power cable? BUT WITHOUT DD-wrt and using the wireless n net gear router? Thanks

 

[abailey]

Would it be possible to bridge the 2 routers? So the only cable I would have is the power cable? BUT WITHOUT DD-wrt and using the wireless n net gear router? Thanks

I don't think so as the Netgear N router does not seem to support wireless repeating.

 

[Drewster2018]

Would it be possible to bridge the 2 routers? So the only cable I would have is the power cable? BUT WITHOUT DD-wrt and using the wireless n net gear router? Thanks

I don't think so as the Netgear N router does not seem to support wireless repeating.

So there's no way I can use the netgear for repeating eithout any software? This is Somthing I need to have working by this weekend.. And don't want to spend anymoney,. Any ideas on what I can do then. I could always use the linkhs 54g if I have to

 

[abailey]

I found this: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices_802.11n
It looks like your Netgear router is supported with dd-wrt!

 

[Drewster2018]

I found this: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices_802.11n
It looks like your Netgear router is supported with dd-wrt!

my luck.. i have v2 the only one not supported..