Wireless access point

[wtfmate913]

I'm looking for something to recieve a wireless connection (like a wireless network card), except i want it to become wired from the remote location. Is this what I need? I was looking on ebay and some have one rj-45 plug on the back and i wasn't sure if this is for WAN coming from your DSL/CABLE modem to be sent out to wireless points within range or if it was to recieve data and put it back through the wire. I also found on ebay stuff that said wireless access point with 4 port switches, and to me that's just a wireless router. could that be people just not knowing what they're talking about ? I'm confuseded...... please help

[DonVito]

I have a Linksys WAP54G wireless access point. I have it set up in my room as a wireless repeater to pick up the wireless signal and strengthen it. This gives me a good signal on my pc thats in my room, it has a wireless card. but the access point is also hardwired to my xbox for internet play on that. So yes this is what you need. hard wire a device to the access point and your done.

[wtfmate913]

ok cool, also can you run the WAP to a second router?


here's a really bad pic i did

[DonVito]

I'm not totally sure, but i think you could (somebody can tell you for sure). I think youd set the first router as a "gateway" and the second router as a "router" and might not need the WAP at all. But remember most residential internet services have a maximum number of devices that can use it at one time (i.e. mine only allows four).

[DragonNOA1]

Originally Posted by AMD_freak (i.e. mine only allows four).

Who does that and how can they(the ISP) tell?

Originally Posted by wtfmate913 ok cool, also can you run the WAP to a second router?

Yes you can plug it into a router or it would prolly be easier to plug it into one of the LAN ports and use the router as a switch. Up to you.

[mbossman2]

1st off, 2 routers on the same LAN create all sorts of management and set up issues, you have a NAT of a NAT and that makes things really flaky...

2nd, WAPs (and the wireless component of a wireless router) are generally only capable of communicating with clients, unless set in bridge mode and then they are only capable of accepting only other APs signals in bridge mode.

[DonVito]

[QUOTE=DragonNOA1]Who does that and how can they(the ISP) tell?

I dont know, i wondered the same thing. I have wireless internet and i tried playing xbox live, surfing net on my computer, my laptop, and some friends laptops, there would always be one that didn't work. Maybe they have a max amount of bandwidth you can use or something, since its wireless. I just always assumed it was like that for everybody, guess i learned something new.

[wtfmate913]

Originally Posted by mbossman2 1st off, 2 routers on the same LAN create all sorts of management and set up issues, you have a NAT of a NAT and that makes things really flaky... 2nd, WAPs (and the wireless component of a wireless router) are generally only capable of communicating with clients, unless set in bridge mode and then they are only capable of accepting only other APs signals in bridge mode.

don't really understand all that, so what would you suggest?

[wtfmate913]

i thought the purpose of a WAP was to connect multiple networks?

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by wtfmate913 i thought the purpose of a WAP was to connect multiple networks?

Not really. I use my WAP to provide wirelss access for my wired network. The WAP is hardwired to one of the LAN ports on the wired router. Then I can connect wirelessly thru the WAP to any other machine on the network or to the internet.

[wtfmate913]

so this will work?

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by wtfmate913 so this will work?

Not the configuration you've drawn. As mbossman stated, two routers make it really difficult to configure and maintain. What equipment do you have currently and what exactly do you want to do?

[wtfmate913]

i have 2 computers and an xbox and want them in three rooms. One computer is wired and so is the xbox but the wireless computer connection is terrible and inconsistent. I could get a wireless adapter for the wired computer and just leave the router next to the xbox in the other room but theres no telling what the wireless connections would be like from there, I figured a WAP would make for better connectivity

[Panama Red]

Sounds like you need a better antenna to maintain the signal for the one wireless machine. Something like this should help.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833130108

[DonVito]

Originally Posted by wtfmate913 One computer is wired and so is the xbox but the wireless computer connection is terrible and inconsistent. I could get a wireless adapter for the wired computer and just leave the router next to the xbox in the other room but theres no telling what the wireless connections would be like from there, I figured a WAP would make for better connectivity

Is there low signal strength on the wireless computer? this is probly why its slow and inconsistent. In this case you should get a WAP and configure it as a wireless reapeater, to pick up the weak signal and strengthen it.

[wtfmate913]

No it actually give full bars on the little windows XP wireless connection status, it just loses the connection often and is often slow. It's my mom's computer and she complains about not being able to send emails either. (I set up her outlook express with our SBC yahoo DSL account) it works fine on this computer that's wired tho.

[wtfmate913]

Originally Posted by AMD_freak Is there low signal strength on the wireless computer? this is probly why its slow and inconsistent. In this case you should get a WAP and configure it as a wireless reapeater, to pick up the weak signal and strengthen it.

is configuring it as a repeater easy to do? would it be cheaper just to buy a repeater?

[glc]

If you have any 2.4 GHz phones, lose them. They interfere with b/g wireless.