slinga
Established Member
Alright here goes:
In my new apartment (shit I move around a lot), we've got a combo wireless router + AP which is located in the east end of the apartment. This connects to our cable modem and a PC. The apartment is small and I can get wireless on my bed, but not on my desk which is in the other side of the apartment.
To fix this, I was planning on buying another combo wireless device, and using it only for its switching functions. I was going to run a cable from the main device to this one, and use the main wireless router as the DHCP, etc. As long as I disable DHCP on the 2nd device, and make sure it's located in the same subnet as the first, this should all work correct?
My gut instinct tells me it'll work provided I make sure the wireless devices are on non-conflicting channels, but I just wanted to double check as I'm no wireless expert. Is there anything I'm missing? And yeah, we use WEP like a mofo...
Edit: Reason for using a combo Switch\AP instead of use an AP is because my roomates will use X-Box live, and I will buy a PC as soon as I stop being retarded. So having a few extra jacks is a good thing.
In my new apartment (shit I move around a lot), we've got a combo wireless router + AP which is located in the east end of the apartment. This connects to our cable modem and a PC. The apartment is small and I can get wireless on my bed, but not on my desk which is in the other side of the apartment.
To fix this, I was planning on buying another combo wireless device, and using it only for its switching functions. I was going to run a cable from the main device to this one, and use the main wireless router as the DHCP, etc. As long as I disable DHCP on the 2nd device, and make sure it's located in the same subnet as the first, this should all work correct?
My gut instinct tells me it'll work provided I make sure the wireless devices are on non-conflicting channels, but I just wanted to double check as I'm no wireless expert. Is there anything I'm missing? And yeah, we use WEP like a mofo...
Edit: Reason for using a combo Switch\AP instead of use an AP is because my roomates will use X-Box live, and I will buy a PC as soon as I stop being retarded. So having a few extra jacks is a good thing.