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Oh, it's not wireless......never mind Scratch that idea.......

BG

Move your shed nearer to Bristol?????


I can't understand why I get quicker BB from Bristol than Bournemouth???

BillyGoat wrote:Oh, it's not wireless......never mind Scratch that idea.......

BG

thanks for trying anyway

BG don't stop there, you have me intigued as to where you were going, thanks for your thanks B-A sorry if it is a hijack but it might help you also.
I have a D-Link DIR-615 as my wi-fi router and a spare DIR-635, is there an easy way to use the spare to extend the wi-fi cover? thanks

highjack away
it keeps the topic active

I was watching this also, I have an old Orange Livebox Wireless router, might come back to you Billy


John

Well I have been playing and when I tried this before, I connected the main router #1, LAN socket via RJ85 to the Internet port on the #2 router-did not work. After some investigation found that this should have also been connected to a LAN (out) port on second unit (have 4 LAN ports on #2) then I had to do the usual http://192.169.0.xxx to get in and disable the UPnP which hides in Advanced Network, then save and enter Setup and Network Settings and un tick DHCP, save, and then after a lot of faffing about with getting the router back to basic 'ADMIN' with reset button and power off it seems to work; I can see the two routers in wi-fi mode and the LAN connects to. Now I'm all hot under the collar and going for a coffee break before I try in another room which has another RJ85 cable from router #1.
BG does this make sense?

Not a good outcome for me, thought I had got it sorted then all sorts of things happened #1 router stopped giving wi-fi signal and then a bad connection from me messing with reset button. Spent afternoon trying to get wifi printer back on-line and the extender to actually access when it shows signal good. Not my computer day, worst of all the sun is now shining and I'm stuck inside.

Yo!

Will explain more later, but it's possible to install a custom firmware on some routers making them FAR more capable/stable/feature rich.

I've got an old linksys racecar next to me which I use as a wireless bridge (connects a table with multiple wired computers to a wireless network) which is part of DD-WRT firmware. You flash the BIOS of the router and reboot - bam, instant fun toy! :)

What you are doing could work, I'd be doing the following:

Router 1 (main router with internet) - configured normally, but set the wireless channel to a fixed one if it's set to automatic (use 3, 6 or 9 - if you are not sure which is best there are ways to work this out.....). We'll assume this router is 192.168.0.1

Router 2 - Reset to defaults to get started. Setup the wireless SSID (different to the SSID of router 1 - like front/back or router1/router2) and give it a WPA password. Give the ROUTER a fixed IP of 192.168.0.200 (same subnet, just high up in the IP range). Turn off DHCP on THIS router. Change the wireless channel to something DIFFERENT to the above). Turn off UPNP. Now connect router 1 lan port 1 to router 2 lan port 1.

While not ideal, it'll give you TWO wireless networks to connect too - one upstairs, one downstairs. They are different ID's as they are unaware of each other. If you try and set them to the same it will cause you untold problems.

If it's going to be done properly, it needs to be done using WDS (wireless distribution) or some other system where it's a bit more managed which typically involves cost. An alternative is the powerline stuff with AP's in.....that works nicely!

your 635 does not support DD-WRT, but the 615 does. You could swap them round and use the 615 as the extender with dd-wrt??

BG