Long range Wireless Network Bridging

I'm looking for a solution
I need too hooked wirelessly two wireless network together. One network has the wrt300n router which is sharing internet and have 10 computer wirelessly hooked on it. I need to do a bridge of some sort to another local about 300 to 400 ft away from there. This second network is not setted up yet but will have about 10 other computers wirelessly set. I have read something about eoc-2610 long range bridge client. But anyone have a suggestion for this setup please?

Well as per my recommendation i would suggest you to buy an ethernet bridge (WET610N) and a Wireless Router, which will be hardwired to the Ethernet Bridge. Once you configure all thes settings on your ethernet bridge, then you need to connect that bridge to an Wireless router and your wireless router will allow all your other computers go online wirelessly.
Once you configure all the settings on your Bridge, then you need to connect your wireless router to the bridge via Ethernet cable (On the Internet Port) . Then Connect your computer to any Ethernet Port on the Router.
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on a computer hard wired to the router...In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1...Leave the Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
Change the LAN Ip of your Router to 192.168.2.1 and click on Save Settings.
The Wireless Settings of your 2nd Router should be different from your 1st Router. So both the network wont get conflict with each other and this will allow all your computers go online wirelessly from 2nd Router.

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What is the best long range wireless router, airport extreme or time capsule? Or?

I need a wireless router that will reach 350--400 feet with a strong enough signal to use Netflix. This will be line of site in a rural area reaching from one trailer to another. Both trailers run on 12volt solar systems but trailer A has an inverter to convert to 120volts for a wireless router. Trailer B only has 12volt power so the Internet signal must come exclusively from the wireless router in Trailer A. There is no electricity available for booster wireless routers in between the two trailers.
We don't need all of the bells and whistles like being able to connect to printers etc. This is just about sending out a strong enough signal to watch Netflix. Which is more powerful for this purpose? Airport Extreme or Time Capsule? If neither of those is strong enough, what is?
Thanks,
SV

The issue you are really facing is the long distance (at the WiFi frequencies) you have to travel. The Extreme has a radiated power of 23 dBm, nominal, which can reach 50-150 feet depending on you you are talking to...and that is measured in a closed test chamber at ideal air temperature and humidity, no obstructions. In the real world that signal will be attenuated significantly just by the air alone, assuming completely obstacle free path, and subject to interference from other sources in the area, such as cell phones and cordless phones, and microwave ovens.
The AirPort units have enclosed antennas that cannot be connected with an external gain antenna. So you are stuck with what is in the box.
Other products, commercial, do use external antennas so you may want to do some research in that area.
Keep in mind that the 802.11n protocol uses two frequency bands, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Signal attenuation increases rapidly as a function of frequency. You will get much less distance if you use the 5 GHz band, so it would be best to restrict operation to 2.4 GHz.
Now, another aspect, at 2.4 GHz you are in the Ultra High Frequency portion of the spectrum...exposure to radio frequency energy at high power should not be considered a safe or desirable thing in the UHF range. Most communication specialialists try to minimize exposure at these frequencies. The reason for saying this is you will need significantly greater radiated power than the Extreme can deliver to reach 400 feet. You might want to do some searches on health effects of the RF energy you will be transmitting.
So, bottom-line, I have difficulty encouraging using wireless tranmission at the WiFi frequencies for the distance you need.

Access connections not displaying in range wireless networks

A couple of weeks ago I had a problem with my X200 (Win 7 64bit) which hung during bootup and had to be recovered by a hard power down. It restarted OK but ever since then Access connections does not show any wireless connections available. It will actually connect by wireless no problem but I now have no choice on what I can connect to. I tried a system restore to a point before the problem started - still the same. I tried the Lenovo phone helpdesk and they suggested re-installing the Wi-fi driver by downloading and installing the most recent update. The machine is fitted with an Intel Wi-fi Link 5100 and I've installed the latest driver 13.02.0000. The installation instructions also indicted that I needed to update the Thinkpad Power Management driver, Thinkvantage Access Connections and Hotkey Features Integration for compatibility with the latest Wifi driver, which I did in reverse order. After all this, the problem still persists. Any ideas on how to fix it would be greatly appreciated.

So, I uninstalled Access Connections and reinstalled via Lenovo Update.
It now works, yet i could only innitially connect via "details" and not graphical... after which the graphical interface now reads the network as being there and connected (it took a while for it to show up)
I will update whether or not this "fix" sticks.
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HELP!! AirPort card not detecting any wireless networks?!?

hi, i just had an AirPort extreme card installed in my PowerBook G4, and so far, everywhere i try to access wireless, all it says is "no AirPort networks in range."
I have AirPort turned on, and AirPort and "automatic" and "DHCP"selected in Network preferences, and i have the little icon with the gray bars in the top menu bar, but the lines are always gray, even when everyone around me is getting wireless just fine.
I don't know if this matters, but i don't have a base station or anything at home - i only got wireless to use at cafes, etc, or on university campus where they have wireless. at home i just have a free dialup service, so i use a modem.
Also, i'm really confused reading these posts - everyone's talking about "naming" networks, and passwords, and IP addresses, but the apple guy said that once the card is in and AirPort is on, it should just "pick up" whatever network is available. is that true?
if it's working, does the "name" of the random, supposedly "open" and available network in the cafe/hotel/school building just magically "appear" on the menu? Or do i have to do something or configure something each time to set it up? i just really don't understand and no one seems to be able to help. and i just spent a lot of money on this card. can anyone please help???!!?!?
I even opened it up again and checked to make sure the little cable was clicked firmly into the card, and it sure looked like it was.
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Double check that the antenna cable is FULLY seated into its socket on the Airport card - doing this properly takes a fair bit of force.
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WRT54G & XBOX 360 Wireless Networking Adapter-Router doesn't see my SSID

I purchased a XBOX 360 networking adapter yesterday. I hooked it up and serched for networks and it doesn't see my SSID through the linksys router. Before I purchased the 360 adapter, I could hard hook it to the router and it worked fine. I called 360 and they suggested that I open my MAC on the Linksys Router so that it would recognize it, but I do not know how to do that. I know how to get into 192.168.1.1, but don't want to do anything crazy. Please advise. I'm not a novice, but not an advanced router owner. Thanks,
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SSID Broadcast should be Enabled on your router...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1...Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab-
Here select manual configuration...Wireless Network mode should be mixed...SSID Broadcast should be Enabled...Check what is your SSID(change the SSID if it is Linksys)...Click Save Settings if you have changed anything...
Click on the subtab Wireless Security, if the Security Mode is WPA/WPA2 change it to WEP, if it is WEP take not of Key1(this is your wireless security)...
X-Box Setting :
1. Connect the appropriate wireless network adapter to the console. On the Xbox, a Wi-Fi adapter that connects to the Ethernet port (sometimes also called a wireless network bridge) must be used. Alternatively, the Xbox 360 is also designed to work with certain Wi-Fi game adapters that connect to a USB port.
2. Turn on the console and navigate to the wireless settings screen. On the Xbox, the menu path is "Settings -> Network Settings -> Advanced -> Wireless -> Settings" On the Xbox 360, the menu path is "System -> Network Settings -> Edit Settings."
3. Set the SSID (network name) on the Xbox to match that of the wireless router. If your wireless router has enabled SSID broadcast, the SSID name should appear pre-selected on the Xbox display. Otherwise, select the "Specify Unlisted Network" option and enter the SSID there.
4. Specify "Infrastructure" as the Network Mode. (Infrastructure is the mode used by wireless routers.)
5. Set the Security Type to match that of the wireless router. If your router uses WPA encryption and the type of adapter connected to the Xbox does not support WPA, you will need to change your router settings to use WEP encryption instead.
Note that the standard Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter supports WPA while the standard Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) only supports WEP.
6. Save your settings and verify the network is functional.
On the Xbox, the Wireless Status screen displays whether a connection has successfully been made with the wireless router, and the Connect Status screen displays whether a connection has successfully been made through the Internet to Xbox Live.
On the Xbox 360, use the "Test Xbox Live Connection" option instead.

I want to add new mac to existing wired and wireless network

I have a imac 400mz connected (ethernet) to a network - CABLE Modem to Balkin 5.4 G Wire/Wireless router. I have 2 wintel machines hard wired, plus 1 via Motorola PCIMA wireless. I want to add either of the following new Apple products -
mini mac or imac 17 - both have Airport extereme installed. OK how do I get the new apple on to the existing network.
Please advise

On the Mac - click on the Airport menu icon located near the right side of the MacOS menu bar at the top of the screen. A list of all in-range wireless networks will appear. Click on the name of your wireless network to connnect to it. If your wireless network is protected by WEP or WPA security, the Mac will prompt you to enter the key. That's it!

Dual RAP Mesh Network vs PTP Wireless Ethernet Bridging to provide link redundancy

Currently looking at a few options to optimize a current point-to-point wireless LAN-to-LAN connectivity shot for a wired customer site for better redundancy (hardware diversity and/or logical path diversity). Currently the customer is fed via an older solution, using two Cisco 1522 APs with Cisco Aironet 14-dBi Path Antennas (AIR-ANT5114P-N) for a 5-GHz PTP wireless ethernet bridge (under 3km), in which one 1552AP hangs off a L3/L2 Distro switch and the customer's 1522AP hangs off a 3750X switch, which has another access switch hanging off it via a fiber run of about 2km, which is exposed in parts and can't be re-run again due some limitations.The customer doesn't utilize any wireless services. Due to their location, we can't connect them to our wired distro infrastructure directly via fiber.
Looking at setting up two wireless shots (instead of just one currently used); 5-GHz point-to-point bridges using upgraded gear: Cisco 1552EU APs with Cisco Aironet 14-dBi Path Antennas (AIR-ANT5114P2M-N) or straight Exalt r5005 solution. The PTP shot will hang off two seperate distro switches for redundancy purposes, pointing toward the customer site at two seperate locations, spaced apart by approximately 1 to 1.5 km, so that they aren't at the mercy of being isolated on one side if they have another fiber cut which connects their two main access switches together. If need be, we can hang two main APs on one distro facing two APs at the customer site, since this would create some redundancy, just not the same level as above.
The below is what I'm really unsure on.
Possibly looking at setting up a mesh network using Cisco 1552E APs with 2.4 GHz Omni-directional antennas (either a 2.4/5GHz Terrawave MIMO Omnidirectional antenna or Cisco AIR-ANT2547V-N antennas, which ever is best) with two RAPs, one RAP hanging off one distro and the other RAP hanging off another distro for hardware diversity, both under the same bridge group name and both RAPs hanging off the same WLAN management SVI subnet on the distros. The customer site will have two 1552E MAPs located at two seperate sites, as pointed out above. I don't think a third AP would be needed, since they don't use wireless services. Since there would be only two RAPs, not three, would it be best two set-up this with both RAPs on the same channel to minimize convergence time should the mesh transfer from one RAP to the other RAP, as long as both RAPs are spaced apart under ???? distance to avoid interference/other issues? Looking at some documenation, it appears you can have a MESH network, as long as your MAPs and RAPs fall within a 2 mile range area, preferably closer to a 1 mile range area (for better bandwidth & reliability). This solution has been brought up as possible dual-homed solution in theory, by virtue of having two more more MESH APs fall within the range listed above, to the RAPs. From a layer 3 perspective, I'm not sure what the most optimal idea to run with in this scenario set-up would be. Possibly set-up two seperate user SVI VLANs (for their data services), one placed on each access switches these MAPs will hang off at the customer site, & using the same management SVI subnets as the RAPs for the wireless managment side (for accessing the APs). From my understanding, the user data SVI doesn't matter from the perspective of when the mesh transfers from one RAP to another, it should be transparent to them. The distro switches will just have the management SVIs placed on them for the RAPs, the user SVIs will be placed local on the access switches only. And all APs will hang off access ports set to the management VLAN ID.
In my opinion, the PTP 5-GHz, dual distro homed solution makes the most since for wired client access, but since the latter option was brought up, it has to be weighed - plus I'm curious if it can work.

The Exalt r5005 works great for redundancy PTP links. You have to use the sync cable between the two co-located bridges and also set the polarization on the bridges. You can then use routing or spanning tree to decide traffic path. With mesh, you will have to make sure you set the parent or else the maps will keep switching perhaps.

How do I set up time capsule to just backup multiple macs on a wireless network without using the TC in the bridge mode?

I have an AT&T modem that serves as our home wireless network. I wanted to backup up our computer data so I got a time capsule to back up our three household MACs. After purchase, I found how that I needed to put the exising modem in "bridge mode" so the Time capsule would establish the network. Four frustrating hours later talking to 3 different people at Yahoo, I got the **** thing established. It worked fine for 4 months - then a power failure forced me to repeat the process again. I had to reestablish everything and it took another 4 hours. After 6 months, another power failure forced me to go through the entire process again. Now, of course, Yahoo is charging a fee to help you establish the TC as the network if you have one of their modems - and to make things interesting, they really don't understand MACs. After 5 hours, in frustration, I gave up and asked the Yahoo folks to just put their modem back in as the network hub and I unplugged the Time Capsule. Now after 3 months of looking at an expensive Time Capsule and searching the internet for help, I figured I try the Apple help network,
I just want to backup the data on my MACS. I have a network in the house that works just fine. How do I configure the TC to work as a backup on a wireless network? It seems like it should be simple, but it isn't. Can anybody help?

I have no idea about the modem and bridge mode (I don't do networking -- hopefully Bob Timmons, Tesserax, or one of the other networking gurus will drop in and address that).
But . . . you should be able to back up to the TC as long as it's on your network and recognized by your Macs. I think being in bridge mode means it will be rather slow, but it should work. Until/unless we hear otherwise, you might want to see #Q1 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.

How do I resolve error 10057 when trying to set up my airport express to extend the range of my wireless network

I have a Dell XPS running on Windows 7 and use an AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi to get wireless internet access for other laptops in the home. I want to connect an AirPort Express 802.11n into the network to wirelessly extend the range of my wireless network. I have installed the AirPort Utility but when I attempt to connect to the AirPort Express, it gives me an error code 10057 and says I should check the internet connection. I have tried resetting the TCP/IP settings on my PC but that did not fix the issue. The Airport Express is also flashing yellow rather than solid green. Has anyone found a fix for this issue?

This sounds as if you have an older AirPort Express that is no longer supported by the newer Mavericks operating system.
To check and see if that might be the case, locate the model number on the side of the AirPort Express. It will start with an "A" followed by four numbers. Hard to see in the faint print.....so you may need reading glasses or a magnifying class to see the model number clearly.
Model numbers A1084 and A1088 of the AirPort Express are no longer supported by AirPort Utility in Mavericks.
You will need to use a Mac running Leopard, Snow Leopard, or a PC to be able to administer the older AirPort Express.

Can i use my airport to extend the range of my wireless network?

I currently have a two wireless networks set up in my home. Network 1 is the wireless router provided by Verizon Fios. It has a stong signal in about half of my home. Network 2 - I attached my airport to one of the LAN ports in the the back of the Fios router. I want to use my airport as a way to extend the range of my Fios wireless network. Is this possible?

Network 2 can effectively "extend" Network 1 if the AirPort is permanently connected to the Fios router using an Ethernet connection.
You would configure the AirPort to "create a wireless network" using exactly the same wireless network name, security settings and password as the Fios network. Additionally, the AirPort must be configured in Bridge Mode for this to work correctly.
The most difficult part of doing this will be to find the exact type of wireless security that the Fios router is using and then find a corresponding compatible match on the AirPort. If the settings do not match up exactly, you'll have two networks which will require separate log ons.
Configured correctly, your laptop will be able to "roam" from one area of the house to another and stay on the same network. That's why this type of setup is called a "roaming network".
If you can locate the security settings for the Fios router and post back with that info, we can provide you with a step by step configuration for the AirPort if you need it.

Airport Express extending wireless network issue in bridge mode

Hi,
I have an Airport Extreme (AX) connected to a Cable modem, and it is acting as a router and a DHCP server. To extend the wireless range I'm using an Airport express (AE) connected to the Airport Extreme using a wired gigabit ethernet connection.
I'm trying to set the AE in bridge mode as I don't want to setup another network segment and wireless network, I just want to use the AX as the DHCP server. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work. In this mode, the clients connected to the AE wirelessly can't get an IP address, and even when using a fixed IP address, it can't ping the AX router.
The only way I can set it to work is to set the AE to share a public address and create a new wireless network with a different name.
Original wireless network IP address: 192.168.0.x
Second wireless network IP address: 10.0.0.x
This gives a double NAT warning which I have to disable.
I've tried rolling back the firmware of the AE to 7.4.2 and that didn't seem to help.
Details:
Airport Extreme (Simultaneous Dual-Band II) - running 7.5.2
Airport Express (Wireless N) - 7.5.2 and 7.4.2

but I can't find an option to configure the AE as a "roaming network"
There isn't one. It's a term used to describe a particular type of setup.
Check your ethernet cable for proper operation by connecting a laptop. Turn off wireless on the laptop and make sure that you can get a good Internet connection. If you can, this confirms that the ethernet cable is working correctly. If you can not, you need to trobleshoot the ethernet connection first before you go any further.
On your AirPort Express, check your settings using AirPort Utility - Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Same name as your main router
No check mark needed next to Allow this network to be extended
Radio Mode = 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) a good choice. Your call here
Channel = Automatic (No need to manually set the channels on either router, but you can if you want)
Wireless Security = Same setting as your main network
Wireless Password = Same password as your main network
Confirm Password
Click the Internet icon
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update to save settings and the Express will restart in 40-45 seconds. You should have a green light. Important....now you need to restart your entire network.
Power everything down, order is not important. Start the modem first, let it run a few moments by itself. Then start your main router the same way. Then start all other devices the same way.

2 Extremes, 2 IP Ranges and 1 wireless network

i have 2 Airport Extremes both on the same sub net but in different IP ranges what i wanted to know is can i bridge the wireless networks so i get one wireless network name without it causing problems?

Sorry, I can't duplicate your setup here, but don't think that what you are trying to do will be possible with two Apple routers.
The "second" AirPort Extreme cannot act as a DHCP server to provide a different IP address range if it is in Bridge Mode. To provide IP addresses, the "second" AirPort Extreme would have to be configured to "Share a public IP address".
But, even if you manage to get both routers assigning a different IP address range without conflicts, you will still have to deal with a Double NAT error on the network. This will slow communications in some instances and not allow devices on one sub net to talk to others on another sub net in other cases. It's not possible to predict in advance what your results will be, you'll have to try it out.
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