Hi, I am in need of some advice in connection with expanding the wireless range in my house.
I have a modem, which is connected via a cable to a wireless router (a Linksys WRT160N). This all works fine, except that I have a big house where my new iPad 2 seems to have problems picking up the wireless signal in some rooms. Therefore I am thinking about buying a second wireless router to be used as an access point. I assume that the best way would be to use a long patch cable between one of the LAN ports of the old router into one of the LAN ports on my new router.
But how does this work? Should I use the same SSID in both routers? What DHCP settings should I use? What about security settings (encryption type - WEP or WPA). Other stuff with regard to setting up this system, I need to know? Which specific router name/model would you advice me to buy, for ease of setting up the access point?
Thanks in advance
Henrik
I have a modem, which is connected via a cable to a wireless router (a Linksys WRT160N). This all works fine, except that I have a big house where my new iPad 2 seems to have problems picking up the wireless signal in some rooms. Therefore I am thinking about buying a second wireless router to be used as an access point. I assume that the best way would be to use a long patch cable between one of the LAN ports of the old router into one of the LAN ports on my new router.
But how does this work? Should I use the same SSID in both routers? What DHCP settings should I use? What about security settings (encryption type - WEP or WPA). Other stuff with regard to setting up this system, I need to know? Which specific router name/model would you advice me to buy, for ease of setting up the access point?
Thanks in advance
Henrik