II have no clue how to describe what I'm trying to do in clear terms, so here it goes.
I have 2 wireless routers.
Right now one is used in my main room to run my laptops and wireless printer.
I need to use the second one (or a second one) in my basement for a wired network printer and PC.
It's not feasible for me to run a wire between the 2 routers or I'd do that.
does any of what I said make any sense to anyone?
are they dual radio routers? ie B/G & N or A & B/G?
if that is the case you can "mesh" the radios using one set of the radio's to talk to each other and the remaining radio for client connectivity
nope, just plain ol' B/G routers
Well, if running a new line is out of the question, you can try something like this. I have no experience using them thought
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-XAVB101-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B001AGM2VI
Another option is running DD-WRT and upping the power output of the unit in the basement.
I use DD-WRT for this type of stuff. The issue I seem to hit is being able to talk to the computer that's running on the receiving end. Since I don't send info to that computer and don't use the printer for much, I've never bothered with trying to find a fix.
Grtechguy wrote:Well, if running a new line is out of the question, you can try something like this. I have no experience using them thought
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-XAVB101-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B001AGM2VI
My techy programmer friend seys those are great.
Joey
My parents have the powerline thing. It breaks all the time. Maybe surges/spikes? They have to keep buying new ones at a bill a pop. I use two routers set to talk to each other. It was still difficult to set up and security is only 128 bit WEP, but it does work.
the ISP I worked for sold the powerline plug things... in tech we all hated them... they always caused problems with speed, connectivity, and you also had to be on the same electrical circuit just to work (customer always had probs understanding that)...
anyway... if I understand what you are asking... it sounds like everything is plugged in down in the basment but everything is wifi upstairs correct? and you want it all on the same network (so you can access the basement printer)
the easiest and most reliable would be to run a cable to a switch downstairs... but being thats not an option...
so you're looking to setup a wireless bridge (which is what Dr. Hess is talking about) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-turn-an-old-router-into-a-wireless-bridge/
In the end I bought a netgear range extender that had the ability to do it.
It worked!
it didn't hurt that my router died this afternoon too.
