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actuallylike · 30-04-2012, 20:06

How do, apologies if this comes out as jibberish, I'm not too well versed on these matters. I'm on eircom broadband at the moment and want to boost my signal so it reaches my new study where I do all my work now. Moving the eircom stamped box is a last resort really so I wanted to boost the signal as it just stops shy of the study. I have a Linksys wrt54gc

and was wondering if I caould place that half way to boost the signal. I changed the IP address on it and changed it to a gateway instead of a router and it works fine with the ethernet cable connecting it to the eircom router but I was wondering could I get rid of the ethernet cable (don't fancy it hanging throughout my kitchen) and do it wirelessly? Thanks.

jor el · 01-05-2012, 00:37

Moved to Wireless forum.

PogMoThoin · 04-05-2012, 16:20

If it can take the DD-WRT firmware then you can set it as a repeater
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...eless_Repeater

Be aware, a repeater will halve the throughput of your original router which may be fine for browsing but will make file transfers painfully slow. Wireless is half duplex, it will only talk in one direction to a single device, there will be no two way traffic. Repeaters will also cause high latency.

Because of these issues it's best to run a cable and set the Linksys as an access point on a channel well away from the existing Eircom wifi router.

actuallylike · 04-05-2012, 18:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by PogMoThoin

If it can take the DD-WRT firmware then you can set it as a repeater
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...eless_Repeater

Be aware, a repeater will halve the throughput of your original router which may be fine for browsing but will make file transfers painfully slow. Wireless is half duplex, it will only talk in one direction to a single device, there will be no two way traffic. Repeaters will also cause high latency.

Because of these issues it's best to run a cable and set the Linksys as an access point on a channel well away from the existing Eircom wifi router.

Had a feeling about that. Thanks for your reply though, now to decide how to mask an ethernet cable

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actuallylike Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,146 Adverts \| Friends	Can I using my Linksys modem as a wireless gateway? How do, apologies if this comes out as jibberish, I'm not too well versed on these matters. I'm on eircom broadband at the moment and want to boost my signal so it reaches my new study where I do all my work now. Moving the eircom stamped box is a last resort really so I wanted to boost the signal as it just stops shy of the study. I have a Linksys wrt54gc and was wondering if I caould place that half way to boost the signal. I changed the IP address on it and changed it to a gateway instead of a router and it works fine with the ethernet cable connecting it to the eircom router but I was wondering could I get rid of the ethernet cable (don't fancy it hanging throughout my kitchen) and do it wirelessly? Thanks.

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01-05-2012, 00:37	#2
jor el Closed Account Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 16,421 Adverts \| Friends	Moved to Wireless forum.

04-05-2012, 16:20	#3
PogMoThoin Closed Account Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13,650 Adverts \| Friends	If it can take the DD-WRT firmware then you can set it as a repeater http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...eless_Repeater Be aware, a repeater will halve the throughput of your original router which may be fine for browsing but will make file transfers painfully slow. Wireless is half duplex, it will only talk in one direction to a single device, there will be no two way traffic. Repeaters will also cause high latency. Because of these issues it's best to run a cable and set the Linksys as an access point on a channel well away from the existing Eircom wifi router.