My sister has a newer home. Currently she has a cable modem in the basement connected to a panel / router that supports her wired network in most of the rooms of her home.
We have a extra wireless router she wants to use (linksys wrt54g). Can she just plug it into one of the jacks in a room to create a wireless connection or does she have to purchase an access point instead?
2006-09-24 13:14:57 · 3 answers · asked by weiss_ryan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You are all set, that router is an access point so you can use it in either mode or both, just plug in the WRT54G in one of the rooms, preferably on the middle floor so you'll get a good signal both upstairs and downstairs. Plug it in using one of the 4 LAN ports on the Linksys (not the WAN port) and then point your web browser to 192.168.1.1 to configure it. But note that if it's your 2nd router on the network, you could end up with a duplicate IP address and you'll want to make the WRT54G have the 192.168.1.2 address for example. Be sure to follow best practices for wireless security, at least use WPA.
2006-09-24 15:14:06 · answer #1 · answered by networkmaster 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We had a pair of Belkin 802.11g routers at a 2 or 3 years in the past. As I remember, they may well be put in into "get admission to element"/"repeater" mode to so what you're suggesting. i do no longer remember the specifics tho
2016-12-12 14:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by briana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, you have to go into the routers onboard configuration utility and activate "Use As Access Point"
2006-09-24 13:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by webwriter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋