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Extend WiFi

  • 26-05-2010 10:28AM
    #1
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭


    I have an Eircom broadband wifi router on one side of my house and I have a cat5 cable running to a Belkin F5D7234 router on the other side so I can use my wifi there.
    I can get the internet fine if I plug a cable into the back of the router but I can't get anything through the wifi. I have the Belkin set up as an access point which I think is right.
    Does anyone have any ideas why I can't get net access through the wifi?

    Fixed I got it working by changing the security settings to WPA2 only instead of WPA/WPA2.


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  • #2
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    I can't connect to it know as it won't give me an ip address.


  • #3
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Did you make sure to disable the DHCP server on the Belkin router?


  • #4
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »
    Did you make sure to disable the DHCP server on the Belkin router?

    I did,I've got it going now,I ended up running a new cat5 down and that did the trick.


  • #5
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭Saganist


    cork45 wrote: »
    I have an Eircom broadband wifi router on one side of my house and I have a cat5 cable running to a Belkin F5D7234 router on the other side so I can use my wifi there.
    I can get the internet fine if I plug a cable into the back of the router but I can't get anything through the wifi. I have the Belkin set up as an access point which I think is right.
    Does anyone have any ideas why I can't get net access through the wifi?

    Fixed I got it working by changing the security settings to WPA2 only instead of WPA/WPA2.

    Have you considered replacing the Cat5 cable with some homplug Wifi Extenders ?

    Worth the money imo !


  • #6
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    Saganist wrote: »
    Have you considered replacing the Cat5 cable with some homplug Wifi Extenders ?

    Worth the money imo !

    I have but there are two different electrical circuit's as it's two houses joined together.


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  • #7
    619C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭619C


    The electrical mains extenders should still work provided you are both running from the same street transformer.


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