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Use A Wireless Router As An Access Point

Posted Jun 14, 2008 by Jason Faulkner  

One thing which has always made me scratch my head is that wireless access points always seem to be more expensive than wireless routers. The range on an access point doesn’t seem to be much of difference, so why not use a wireless router as an access point?

I set this up at work and it was a breeze. Basically all you have to do is plug the router directly into your computer, open the router’s control panel (something like http://192.168.1.1) and tell the router to use DHCP to obtain it’s address.

That’s pretty much it. Of course you will want to apply the appropriate wireless security. If anything gets misconfigured, just reset the router (using the tiny reset button) and start again.

Categories: Daily Tips, Networking

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Jason Faulkner is the man who brings you our daily tips. He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

1 Comment(s)

  1. Barter Guru said:
    6/17/2008 5:59 pm

    I have issue with inteference with wireless routers, could it be my computer or the system?

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