Is it possible to bridge 2 linksys wireless routers? (Please give more than a yes or no)?

Question

One of them is older (b only), and the other one is newer. I also have a netgear USB wireless adaptor and a computer. I am trying to link my XBOX360 to my network across two flights of stairs, and I don't have enough money to buy any more expensive bridges.

Please read the entire question and its details. I believe that I said that I can't buy any super long ethernet cable and that there were two flights of stairs between the two places.

Answer 1

If you have an older ( pre version 5 ) Linksys WRT54G router there is commonly used 3rd party firmware which will allow the wrt54g to work as a bridge.
I have read that the newer Linksys router ( bad news) can be done with the product dd-wrt . You have limited functions available so i do not know if this ability is included.
You will also void your warranty but these 3rd party firmwares are more than commonly used and are the standards of networking fanatics / nutcases
Sveasoft is the most well known of the firmwares.

http://www.sveasoft.com/

You can get more info at wikipedia and linksysinfo.org

Answer 2

2 routers on the same connection are bad news. They tend to cause confusion in routing. You would be better with a wireless access point or range extender. Range extenders are a cheap option. Alternatively if you have dsl and other telephone jacks you could move the router to a mid way jack.

Answer 3

Ok firstly, you need to provide more details like which model numbers the routers are. It caries between router brand and model numbers

Answer 4

Go to Linksys web site and ask support this question they are the best people to ask

Answer 5

ya i think u just run a wire from one to the other

Answer 6

yeah, just run an ethernet cable between them, don't forget the uplink port.. so:

router 1 ---------------------------------- router #2
port # any ----------------------------.> port uplink