WRT 600N + Access point?

I have a WRT600n wireless router located in my home. Unfortunately, the router is on the 2nd floor which creates weak signals on the first floor. Currently the location cannot be moved. Assuming i can run a wired connection to the first floor, is there a recommended wireless access point which will work with this router? What are my options
Thanks

Seems like one possible option is the WAP4400n? In order to use this, i would run some ethernet between the 600n and the 4400n? Does the 4400n take on a new SSID, or would it be the same as the 600n router? Any advice would be great. thx

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Static Routing vs. Access Point

I need helping in setting up my media center. I have the Dlink 520 in wireless mode. I have the linksys WRT300N. And I'd like to set up a static route to my wired network's resources. This device is hardcoded with 192.168.1.X and I need a static route to the 192.168.0.X network. Is there a way to do so, so that my media server will be seen by the server on that network. Please help.. I've looked at port forwarding and DMZ and they all have a hardcoded 192.168.1.X. Should I just set this device up as a access point, even though I have other wireless devices that benefit from DHCP. Please advise.
Thank you
Mr V.

If you connect the WRT in gateway mode through its internet port to the dlink, you don't have to define any static route on the WRT. The LAN behind the WRT is inaccessible then unless you define port forwardings on the WRT.
If you connect the WRT in router mode through its internet port to the netgear you also don't have to define a static route on the WRT. You must define a static route for the WRT subnet on the dlink. The WRT will just work correctly as it is. You may also have to define a static route on the dlink to forward packets for the WRT subnet to the WRT instead of the netgear.
If you setup the WRT as I have suggested you don't need static routes on the WRT either because the internet port is not used and thus there is no routing on the WRT.
So, whatever you want to do I cannot see any reason in your setup why you think you would have to set a static route on the WRT. You only need routing if the packets have to go one more hop. But the WRT has only two sides and those two sides are your complete LAN. There is nothing else there...
You cannot define a static route for the traffic from inside the WRT LAN to the outside simply because this is implicitly defined with the configuration of the internet and LAN interfaces.
I don't have another suggestion. I think I have listed the major reason why it is beneficial to set up the WRT as access point, mostly because you'll only have a single LAN subnet instead of two. Two subnets complicate many things. One of those things is file sharing across the router which may be related to your problems.
I suggest you try to set it up as I have suggested and we see how it goes...

WRT 110 as an access point

I have two WRT 110 and I am using one as a wireless router and I wish to use one as a wireless access point, but cannot get them to connect. I have tried it manually and using the wireless protected setup. Is there anything that needs to be cofigured in the router to use it as an access point only? Any help or advice would be appreciated.

You can not connect them wirelessly, you must connect via Ethernet cable.
You may go here to find out how to cascade two routers.

WRT 54G conected to access point but not internet

Hi There
The wireless router is working an can get to the internet on PC
My other PC see's the access point but
will not connect to the internet
Signal strengh andLink quality are good, looking at the
PCI Linksys adapter box
any thoughts?
Thanks

Whats the OS installed on your computer. In the system tray you will find the linksys monitor...right click on it and select "Use windiws XP configuration" ... once its done ... next to that you will find "Wireless Network Connection" icon ... Right click on it and select "View Available Wireless Network".... select your network... when prompted for "Network key" type in your security key and click on 'Connect' ... After this see if you are able to go online or not.

WRT 300N - WRT 600N

After all I received 4 linksys wireless router n series.
2 WRT 300n
2 WRT 600n
I decide to test those routers in LAB and then migrate our buisiness medium platform from G to N.
Lets See what happened.
1- In open office env with 200 square meter I have weak signal at corner that reduce my bandwidth to 54 Mb/s(from 270 Mb/s).I test coverage area against WRT 54g and I get Incredible result.there is no more coverage except that you forget bandwidth because it Reduce it to 11 Mb/s.
2- I used Solarwinds Orion to get Throughput from this router and again I find a new incredible thing my dashboard show 150 Mb/s at 2 meters distance between my computer and router.
3- I decide to use site survey to plot a map of coverage area incredibly in close building area i see a circle with 10 meter in blue witch means I can use 270 Mb/s at this range only.
4- After All I tried to bridge two routers together I impact with a phenomena these routers series cant bridge together and there is no sign of option access point or bridge in web base console.But I read in Linksys catalog that this models are enhanced Access Points.
5- After all problems with signaling,bandwidth,Bridging ...
I can only say that linksys produce a product with many weakness in hardware and software.

There is always a reality check between what marketing materials claim (a perfect test in their lab) and a real-world test. Having been on the vendor side for many years, I have seen this situation many of times.
Hopefully the speeds will be good enough for your deployment situation. What caught my eye was your mention of Solarwinds. I have been a long time user of Orion and the Engineering Toolset. Recently I came across PacketTrap Networks (www.packettrap.com) for scanning and diagnostic tools. They also have a monitoring dashboard that I have been using for my critical devices. It was the easiest dashboard to set up that I have experienced. To top it off, they have a free version - gotta love that price. www.packettrap.com/download. Good luck, I feel your pain.
(Edited post for guideline compliance. Thanks!)
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WRT 600N and the Intel 4965 Wireless AGN

I have a version 1 WRT 600N with the latest firmware. I have a Dell Precision that has a Intel 4965 AGN wirless adapter. I can connect a G speeds just fine, but cannot connect at N speeds. When I search for wirless networks near me I see my WRT 600N and it announces it as an N access point but will only connect as a G network.

I too am in a similar bind...
I have a hp6500t with a 4965 agn and a linksys 600n router. i have vista premium, and i wouldnt be supprised if that was the issue
1) i can get 130 kbps, and if i am right ontop of the router, i can get a 270- i read to switch the settings at 5ghz to wide, 40 mhz.
the questions i have are:
1) we are suppoed to be able to get "dual connection," from what i understand- i.e. that the laptop connects twice to the same internet connection- i think i was able to do this when i first set everything up. I used to see, (under network center in vista) two simultanious wireless connections to the same network- how do i do that?
(it may have worked better before i installed thenew driver on the 4965 card)
- has anyone been able to use the intel wirelesspro software connection application- appartntly it doesnt install with vista.
2) why does my radio identify "n" networks as "a"- even when i make the router only broadcast as "n" my laptop identifies it as "a"
3) maybe its an issue of antennas installed in the laptop???
4) is there a setting in the router to allow this?
am i making any sence?

Apple TV 2G (Airplay and Homesharing) can only stream from devices on the same wireless access point range??

connection:
40 Mbps Fiber Broadband connection using:
Devices:
1. Main Modem/router (AP1): Huawei HG8245 (provided by ISP) - Wireless enabled.
2. Remote Access point (AP2): Linksys/Cisco E3200 Wireless gigabyte router flashed with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (06/14/11) mini (Cascaded -wired- LAN to LAN from main modem).
3. Wireless Repeater to cover a dead spot (AP3): Linksys/Cisco E1000 wireless repeater.
4. Apple Tv (AT2G) with home sharing/airplay enabled.
5.( Ipad) with home sharing on itunes enabled.
6. Win7 (PC) using iTunes with Home sharing enabled.
all devices are updated to their latest firmware.
In order to cover a large 3 story house with Wifi. I had (AP1) is located on the first floor, while (AP2) is located in the basement floor directly wired by LAN to LAN with (AP1). (AP3) is located on the Ground floor away from the living room to repeat wireless network into the back yard. While (AT2G) is located in the living room on the ground floor right in the middle of both (AP1) + (AP2) while connected via Wifi.
Network SSID, security, passphrase and wireless settings of (AP2) are identical to (AP1) to create a single big LAN/WLAN roaming network where all devices connected to both wireless access points can find/share the others. As understood, it's refered to as bridging.
I have noticed that my iphone/ipad does not show the airplay button anywhere within the wireless network. it seems that the apple TV randomly choses to connect to the AP with stronger signal, or switch to the other in case of a reboot to one of them.
to elaborate further, if i was sitting in the living room (groundfloor), trying to airplay some you tube contents via Wifi to my Apple TV, i may not find the airplay button available all the time, i found out the reason is while i'm wirelessly connected to AP1, the Apple TV was connected to AP2 and both deviced cannot detect each others to enable my purpose. that goes the same for Home Sharing. only if my Ipad/PC and Apple Tv are on the same wireless AP. they would detect each others immediately.
although, the second AP (AP2) is suppose to extend my wireless network of the same subnet in which any device connected can be found.
After all sorts of trial and error tweaking my router/access point, I thought the problem would be due to the Linksys 3200 capability of bridging WLAN and lacks few protocols that enables my purpose. i have flashed the firmware to a DD-WRT, but again, problem was not solved.
I have not tried having my Apple Tv wired to either router/AP, but i assume it may work well if i do so. i still need to solve this wireless connection issue though.
Am i the only one with this problem, would there be something wrong with my setup?
Your feedback is highly appreciated.

You may or may not already have your network set up correctly, it's just that I can't tell from what you have said.
I have a main router provided by my ISP, I have several other Airport Extremes and Airport expresses connected by Ethernet, all set up to bridge the network created by the main router.
Each maker has their own settings, but bridging should be reasonably obvious. In simple terms my main router distributes IP addresses to all devices, the Airports bridge that network by passing these addresses to the devices from the main router. A base station that isn't in bridging mode will distribute its own addresses to the devices connected to it.
I don't really follow your next point.
instruction for configuration vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, the best course of action here is to refer to the manual. If everything is set up properly the addresses of everything on your network will have identical sets of numbers for the first 3 of 4 groups of numbers that make up an address, the last set must always be different. I think the part you are referring to with your DD-WRT is the option to have Ethernet and wifi bridged or not.
Some routers may be easier to configure than others, but generally speaking they should all work with the Apple TV. 5Ghz is less likely to suffer interference but it is much more likely to be blocked by solid objects, it may or may not be an advantage.

How do I configure WRT54G as a wireless access point?

Ater a whole series of problems related to Vista, a WAP54G, Airport xpress, wireless printers, etc. plus at least three hours on the phone with Linksys tech support acessing my computer remotely and still not fixing the problems, I dumped my WRT54GC for a Belkin-N router. I set it up over the weekend and slowly regained internet access, then the pinter, then the Airports.
I still would like to have an access point because my signal strength even with the new N router is too weak downstairs to allow my PS3 to connect to it. I cannot figure out how to configure the WAP54G to make it work. I want to take a shot with the WRT54GC. From what I've read, I should be able to do it.
I can get into the router (referring to the Linksys) no problem. I can reconfigure it to an extent, changing the IP address to the recommended 192.168.1.2. I do this by running an ethernet cable from my PC to the router. Howver, after changing the IP address in the router I can't get into it any more using the new IP address. When I attach teh Linksys router to the Belkin I can't get in either.
Both the Linksys and the Belkin use 192.168.1.1 as the default IP address for each device.
I would like to know what settings I need to change i nteh WRT54G to turn it ino an access point -- an extenson of my existing network with teh Belkin router attached to the Comcast modem. I have looked at various how-to's and they all seem to assume I am connecting the two routers with an ethernet cable. If it's not clear at this point, I'd like to connect them wirelessly.
Thanks.

Thanks so much for the reply.
I was working with it all last night and somethign strange happened. After reading some other info on the internets, I changed the IP address on the WRT to 192.168.2.1. It updated, I then ran the wire from the Belkin to the WRT, I typed in 192.168.2.1, it took me to the Linksys setup page, but when I clicked "wireless" in the WRT setup, it took me to the Belkin setup page. How in the world did that happen?
Armed with tis new info, I did a hard reset on the WRT -- assuming it would change the WRT back to 192.168.1.1 -- got into the setup, turned off DHCP, left the IP as .1.1, and then wired it again into the Belkin. I can now get into the setup of either one.
Here's the thing: I don't want the two routers wired together. I want to move the WRT downstairs so a PS3 can pick up the signal. I want the WRT to wirelessly relay that signal to the Belkin to get the PS3 onto the net. I can't run a wire from the Belkin to the WRT.
I've read conflicting reports about whether the WRT can do this. Other sites suggest adding 3rd party firmware to add that functionality but that will definitely push the bounds of my abilities and likely exceed them. So, can the WRT even function in this way?
Inre the WAP, I don' know why but my ability to access the setup menu via 192.168.1.245 is very hit or miss -- much miss than hit. It makes no sense unless there is a bad connection somewhere because I hard reset, wire it to my laptop, put in the IP, and time out 19 times out of 20. I've got the MAC address for the router, and I think I know I want it to function as a repeater, but I've not been able to get that working right eihter.
Thanks for any further reply.

Wrt54g as a wireless access point

alright i recently changed around my configuration with my wrt54g wireless router. I have made it into an access point which i was unaware is better. Im kinda new to the networking deal though it is what i want to do as a career and access points are new to me. so to the point of this post... when i make it an access point instead of the router i cannot access the admin setup page anymore. I know that when its the DHCP server you type in the default gateway that your given and the admin page pops up... well when its just an access point the gateway is from your router box not the linksys. so how if at all possible am i able to access the setup for the linksys if say i wanted to change the SSID of my network? i appreciate any help
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It depends. If you have another gateway router then you should assign a LAN IP address inside the gateway router LAN. For instance, if your gateway router uses 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 then you could assign a LAN IP address of 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0, turn off the DHCP server and do the LAN-LAN connection.
If you only have a simple modem and the computers make a direct connection to your ISP then you have to set up a static IP address temporarily. Assuming you did not change the LAN IP address of the WRT from 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 you would assign a static IP address 192.168.1.2 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 on the computer. With this static IP address the computer can access http://192.168.1.1/ After that you change the computer back to DHCP (Retrieve IP address automatically).

Can WRT54G be setup as a Wireless Access Point?

Does anyone know how to setup a router (WRT54G) to connect to other routers using a wireless connection and function as either a wireless access point or another router using the main router for it's internet and network connection?

you cannot get the WRT to connect wireless to any device as it is an access point.
However this same thing will work wired. All you need to do is change the LAN ip of the WRT to 192.168.1.50 from 192.168.1.1 and disable the DHCP on the WRT.
Connect both devices LAN to LAN , do not use the internet port of the WRT.

How do I use a Dlink WBR-1310 router as an access point w/WRT54GS Router?

How can I set up my Dlink WBR-1310 router as an access point for the main router which is a Linksys WRT54GS?

I don't mean to be stupid but perhaps I was vague. I want to be able to plug the xbox 360 into the wrtu54g-tm using it as only a way to communicate wirelessly to my wrtg54G which is plugged into my modem. Are you saying that this can't work unless I try to use DD-wrt or something like that?

2 Access Points?

I have a E4200 as well as a WRT54G. I'm looking to create two different access points to the same network, one access point being 802.11g (WRT54G) and the other being 802.11n (E4200) I want to do this because I need the extra speed from 802.11n for streaming video to my consoles. The problem is that there are multiple devices that only reach up to 802.11g.
Would it be possible to plug the WRT54G into the E4200 in order to give a second access point (probably with different SSID) so that 802.11g devices can connect to the network, without having to destroy my 802.11n network? The WRT54G is currently running DD-WRT.

Yes. You can use two access points. davidssw posted the general instructions. I think dd-wrt even supports "bridge mode" which allows you to to connect the internet port of the WRT to your E4200. You could then use all 4 ethernet ports on the WRT for wired devices.
You can use different SSIDs etc. on both. Most important make sure that you assign different non-overlapping channels on both for the 2.4 GHz band. Pick two from 1,6,11. Operate the E4200 on 20 MHz channels only for the 2.4 GHz band.m Don't use the "auto 20/40" setting. A 40 MHz channel on the 2.4 GHz band basically allocates most of the total available 2.4 GHz band and thus you will most definitively interfere with your WRT and the E4200 should eventually automatically switch back to 20 MHz channels anyway. Thus, instead choose 20 MHz and a static channel to avoid this situation.
I would also suggest to use a different SSID for the 5 GHz band on the E4200 and, if possible, use that SSID for streaming. Of course, this depends on your consoles and whether they support the 5 GHz band or not...

Accessing a WRT160Nv2 through a Netgear WG602v4 access point?

I need some sort of extender to ensure the wireless signals reaches upstairs in my house. The only one that Best Buy was the Netgear WG602v4. Doing my best to follow directions, I got the WG602 configured as the WRT160N from an SSID and security/password perspective. However, none of the computers connected to the access point can access the Internet. I've tried the WG602 both in point to point and repeater modes.
A number of the forums talk about settings that I don't seem to have on the WRT as well as something called WDS.
Does anyone know if I can use the WG602 as an access point for the WRT160N and, if so, how I can make it happen?
Thanks.

Thanks for trying to help. I wonder if the two devices just aren't compatible -- one is Linksys and the other is Netgear.
I've also been reading about something called WDS, and the WRT160Nv2 doesn't seem to have WDS - or at least I can't find it.
I can still get other devices to connect to the WG602v4, but no Internet through it.
You said to give the WG602v4 the same default gateway as the Linksys router. According to my router that default gateway is 151.164.182.113. However, when I enter that into the Netgear device, it won't take.
Any more ideas from anyone?

WRT160N v2 as access point inside LAN

I got this router and I need to set it as an Access Point (will not be using the routing functionality) in the far side of our building. Our LAN uses IP addresss in the range 10.*.*.* with subnet 255.0.0.0, so I need to put the access point ino this subnet. The dropdown box only allows me to set some predefined subnet masks, none of which matches ours. So how am I supposed to set this router in our LAN? Please, help!

Set the access point to a unused LAN IP address inside your LAN (not used by any other device nor inside the DHCP server address pool).
Set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0.
Disable the DHCP server on the WRT.
Connect a LAN port of the WRT to your existing LAN.
The wireless part is bridged into the ethernet LAN. The IP address of the WRT does not play a role here. The wireless works anyway. (Just like you can use the other LAN ports on the WRT to wire devices to your LAN).
The only limitation you have is that you can only access the web interface of the WRT from an IP address inside the incorrectly configured LAN subnet on the WRT. If you have set the WRT to 10.0.11.12/255.255.255.0 then the WRT is only accessible from IP addresses 10.0.11.*. If you computer does not happen to use an IP address inside this IP subnet you must set a static IP address temporarily to access the web interface. But you only need access to the web interface for configuration purposes. After the wireless is configured it works just fine.
Unless, of course you use WPA/WPA2 enterprise mode which requires to contact the RADIUS server. In that case you must use an IP address on the WRT which allows it to send packets directly to the RADIUS server.
Moreover, I would recommend not to use the broadcast IP address of the LAN IP subnet assigned to the WRT for any other purposes. If you set 10.0.11.12/255.255.255.0 I would suggest not to use 10.0.11.255 for any computer inside your LAN. You'll never know what traffic the router may be broadcasting to the LAN and that could become problematic if there is a computer sitting on that broadcast address (which of course is not really a broadcast address inside your LAN).
The other option would be to change the LAN subnet mask and maybe split the LAN into multiple routed networks.

WRT160N as Access point

Hey all, The library 2 buildings away (my house, neighbors house, library) has free public wifi. They have a 3com N wireless router. I can only get a signal if I build a cantenna. Now, I am looking to take that signal and enhance it so all wireless componets inside my house can pick up the wireless signal. The way im looking to do this, from my understanding of reading and reading non stop through discussion boards and other internet articles, is to purchase a WRT160N wireless router, download the DD-WRT firmware to turn it into a access point. Now, my problem is that I will not have administative control as the router is at the library and I highly doubt they will let me get into their admin settings. Is there any way this can be done. I am looking to place the 160N halfway between my house and the library. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You can use the WRT160N as an access point if you are trying to upgrade the router with dd-wrt firmware as the dd-wrt firmware has the feature to make the router work as an access point.However,while configuring the WRT,you need to match all the wireless setting to WRT like SSID,Security Type & Key,Wireless Channel including the Wireless Mac Address for the router.
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