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I have seven computers connected to my Linksys WRT54G wireless router and
almost everyhting has been working great. One system, however, is just a tad
too far from the router and is located in the gameroom three floors down...
so sometimes it just doesn't want to connect.
I would like to add a range expander but have read too many bad reports
about the Linksys WRE54G. Instead, I've heard that the WAP54G wireless
access point is fast and performs well in a wide area, and that Linksys has
updated the firmware so that the device can now act as a repeater on the
same network (in other words, it doesn't have to be connected via ethernet
cable) to expand a network.
Is this true, and has anyone tried it? How hard is it to set up the WAP54G
as a repeater?
I have seven computers connected to my Linksys WRT54G wireless router and
almost everyhting has been working great. One system, however, is just a tad
too far from the router and is located in the gameroom three floors down...
so sometimes it just doesn't want to connect.
I would like to add a range expander but have read too many bad reports
about the Linksys WRE54G. Instead, I've heard that the WAP54G wireless
access point is fast and performs well in a wide area, and that Linksys has
updated the firmware so that the device can now act as a repeater on the
same network (in other words, it doesn't have to be connected via ethernet
cable) to expand a network.
Is this true, and has anyone tried it? How hard is it to set up the WAP54G
as a repeater?