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Wireless bridge
30-10-2008 1:02 PM
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The “primary” router is a D-Link, offered by Plusnet. It is already set up, using WPA wireless protection and serves 4 PCs, wirelessly. Further, a NAS drive and a VoIP adapter are connected by cable. The “secondary” router is a Thompson 580, flashed with the latest firmware version and may be used in bridge mode. I want to move the D-Link router to its new location, where it will continue to serve the PCs (signal coverage is fine). The Thomson router will be placed in the old D-Link location, with the NAS and VoIP devices only, connected by cable. I do not need to use it to extend network wireless coverage, but this would not be an unacceptable benefit.
Any takers please?
Re: Wireless bridge
30-10-2008 5:00 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
30-10-2008 7:40 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
30-10-2008 8:01 PM
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Can you post up a link to the manual for the Thompson that you have.
Re: Wireless bridge
30-10-2008 8:24 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
31-10-2008 3:49 PM
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http://www.speedtouch.com/interface/R533/HTML/User's%20Guides/ST580/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.ht...
All assistance much appreciated.
Re: Wireless bridge
31-10-2008 5:38 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
31-10-2008 9:33 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
31-10-2008 9:58 PM
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With `wireless bridge` the wireless effective becomes a client device (MU) rather than operating as an Access Point (AP) and passes packets to the hardwired devices connected to it.
I have a D-Link DWL 810+ bridge, which works like that. I used it to connect a Linux PC with an Ethernet connection to my wireless network. As it was easier with all the different versions of Linux (Including sun solaris) that I was running at the time.
Re: Wireless bridge
31-10-2008 11:15 PM
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Re: Wireless bridge
01-11-2008 6:26 PM
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@ Samuria: The hardwire option would either involve external cabling, or up the ("L"-shaped) staircase and across the landing; neither of which I relish doing. As I had the old router spare, I thought it might be worth a try doing it wirelessly.
In the meantime, my internet connection is getting faster, presumeably it has been in a retraining phase after the engineer replaced the connection box where the wires enter the house?
Re: Wireless bridge
01-11-2008 6:41 PM
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I don't believe that your router will work as you where hoping.
Having said that it may be worth trying WDS, but I am not familiar with that.
Re: Wireless bridge
01-11-2008 8:32 PM
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Thanks to all.
Re: Wireless bridge
01-11-2008 11:57 PM
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http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46494&DOY=22m10
Simple to implement
Re: Wireless bridge
02-11-2008 1:03 PM
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