Conecting a Wireless D-linkRouter DSL_G604T to a Netgear Wireless Router WGR614
Ben
I have a D-link Wireless Modem/router on one side of the house and have
a Netgear Wireless/router in a bedroom the other side of the house. at the
moment i runing a cat5e cable between the to the routers, is there anyway i
can set the two wireless routers so they can talk to each other with out the
cable? i have two machines running from the netgear router. any help or
advice would be great
Thanks
Ben
Char Jackson
My first thought would be to replace the Cat5 cable with Power line
networking. Would that meet your needs?
ohaya
Hi,
I just got a Netgear WGR614v7. Unfortunately, it was a V7 :), but when
I was researching, I think that the V9 added WDS/Wireless Distribution
System capability. I haven't worked much with WDS, but my impression is
that if your WGR614 has WDS, then you can set that up to connect to the
Dlink wirelessly, and act as an AP. I also think that if you do that,
the bandwidth gets cut in half (from the WGR614 to the Dlink, I guess).
See:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20927197-WGR614-v9-Supports-WDS
Later,
Jim
atec 7 7
Ben
"atec 7 7" <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi there, yes i have the Netgear WGR614v7, it wont let me make it a just an
access point unless i'm doing sumthing wrong,.
Why remove the cable, cause its 20 meters in length (and the wife is asking
me is ther anyway i can remove it) and i thought i'd may have been able to
to conect the two routers together.
Cheers Ben
ohaya
Hi Ben,
Then, unfortunately, as far as I can tell, you won't be able to connect
the WGR614v7 wirelessly to your Dlink, because it's a V7 (vs. a V8 or
V9, which have WDS, which *might* have allowed you to do so :(...).
Slightly off-topic: Setting the WGR614 as a "pure" access point is
doable, but it's a little weird.
What you have to do is plug a cable coming from (in your case) your
Dlink to one of the 4 "LAN" ports on the WGR614, and NOT to the single
"WAN" port on the WGR614. It took me a while to figure that one out!
This means that even though the WGR614 has 4 "LAN" ports, when you use
it as an access point, you "lose" one of the 4 "LAN" ports.
Then, in the WGR614 configuration, in the LAN configuration, you have to
uncheck the "act as a DHCP server" checkbox. In my case, I also set a
fixed IP address, that is outside of the IP range that is served by my
"main" wireless router, in the LAN configuration.
You also, naturally, have to setup the wireless stuff in the WGR614,
i.e., SSID, channel, WEP/WPA, etc.
Then, the WGR614 will act as an access point, but, again, the connection
from the WGR614 to your Dlink will have to be a physical connection.
Then, the only solution to eliminate the physical connection from the
WGR614 to your Dlink, is probably, as one of the other posters
suggested, to get something like a powerline adapter thing. I haven't
worked with any of those, but I think you have to make sure there isn't
a transformer somewhere between the electrical outlet on both ends.
Sorry.
Jim
atec 7 7
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/965
of course purchasing another brand might be easier
--
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but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let
the problem solve itself?"
ohaya
atec 7 7 wrote:
atec,
I think that the OP wanted to eliminate the physical connection/cable
between his WGR614 and his Dlink router/modem. I think that that AP
configuration in that article still requires a cable connection from the
WGR614 and his Dlink (the box labelled "router" in the Netgear page you
linked).
Jim
ohaya
ohaya wrote:
Hi,
I think that this is what the OP is looking for:
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/960
As I said though, it looks like the V7 doesn't support WDS, so no luck
there :(...
Jim
atec 7 7
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> ohaya wrote:
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> I think that this is what the OP is looking for:
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> http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/960
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> As I said though, it looks like the V7 doesn't support WDS, so no luck
> there :(...
>
> Jim
>
--
"The problem with Australia is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be
a capital punishment for stupidity,
but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let
the problem solve itself?"
The very reason I suggested changing models , of course he could
install the cable internally through the roof space and walls...
Char Jackson
I guess you didn't like my suggestion to look at power line
networking.
ohaya
Char,
As I posted earlier, that, per your suggestion, may be a way for the OP
to go, but probably by the time he looks at something like power line,
the cost may be comparable, or even more than, just getting a wireless
router that supports WDS/bridging?
As I said in one of my earlier, I haven't worked much with power line
networking (I've really only looked into awhile ago, a "Slinglink" for
working with my Slingbox), but, if you know, what would you recommend
for that nowadays? I just googled, and it seems that that stuff is
still a little expensive?
Later,
Jim
Char Jackson
I'm not a fan of WDS, so that wouldn't be my first choice. In my own
case, it's my house so I can make holes in walls, get attic access,
etc. I added in-wall Ethernet ports in each room, then ran Cat5 cable
up inside the wall to the attic, across the attic, and down inside the
other wall. It's neat and clean.
>As I said in one of my earlier, I haven't worked much with power line
>networking (I've really only looked into awhile ago, a "Slinglink" for
>working with my Slingbox), but, if you know, what would you recommend
>for that nowadays? I just googled, and it seems that that stuff is
>still a little expensive?
Sorry, I don't have any specific recommendations, but I know that
others in this group have gone that route, so hang around and you
might see something posted.
atec 7 7
appears to offer a solution , cheap and lots of after market firmware .
Ben
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atec 7 7
networking around the house via the internal powerlines IF they are on
the same phase .
Jeff Liebermann
>Sorry, i've never heard of the power line networking. how does it work?
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