rndguy
@sbcglobal.net
| Connecting 2wire routers together wirelessly
Hello, I have a 2wire router that I would like to connect to another 2wire router wirelessly to get internet. There is no possibility of connecting them physically. Either router could be set up as a bridge, I just do not quite understand how to do it. Please help me out, thanks. |
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy | You can't do that with the 2wire |
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mengo76
@google.com
| reply to rndguy
Wayjac, can you elaborate?
I think I'm trying to do the same as rndguy. I have 2 2Wire 2701HG-B's. One is upstairs connected to the DSL line and providing ethernet to my desktop and wireless to my laptops. I want to get a Tivo 3 and an internet capable TV downstairs, but there's no phone jack near where I want to place them and I can't run an ethernet cable.
So I thought I could make a "bridge" with the two 2710HG-B's and connect the Tivo and TV to the ethernet ports on the downstairs one. I read that in general to connect two LANs wirelessly you just need to set them to the same SSID and channel. I tried that (plus followed instructions for bridge mode at »AT&T Southeast Forum FAQ »Bridge Mode for the 2Wire 2701HG-B) but couldn't get it to work. Is that what is not possible with the 2701HG-B? What about it makes it impossible that is different about other wireless routers?
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muiredised
ESSE QUAM VIDERI
join:2007-06-11
Tacoma, WA
2 edits | said by mengo76 :
What about it makes it impossible that is different about other wireless routers?
To network two devices together using 802.11 one device must act as the "access point" and one device as the "client". There is currently no provisions in the 2wire firmware that allows it to operate as a client. It is not a hardware issue, it is a lack-of-software issue. Thus as wayjac  has stated:
said by wayjac :You can't do that with the 2wire Now, about this:
said by mengo76 :
I read that in general to connect two LANs wirelessly you just need to set them to the same SSID and channel.
If that was written about wireless bridging, stop reading anything from that author.
What some people do in order to extend wireless signal coverage with 2wire devices is to tether two access points together with a crossover (or old school HPNA) cable so that they have an access point on either end of their property. They generally use two different channels that do not overlap, thus preventing the two access points from interfering with one another. Then they set the SSIDs to be exactly the same. In this configuration you have nearly seamless wireless coverage. When your wifi device moves from one end of the property to the other it (if configured correctly itself) will automatically connect to the stronger of the two signals.
Remember, "bridge mode" as it relates to the 2wire gateways has nothing to do with wireless networking or creating a "wireless bridge".
Edit: spelling
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mengo76
@google.com
| Thanks for the explanation So whatever solution I come up with will require buying something: buying a bridge, switching to cable modem+wireless router, ehternet-through-power-lines, who knows what else is out there these days :P |
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muiredised
ESSE QUAM VIDERI
join:2007-06-11
Tacoma, WA
| Did you already have a second 2wire that you planned to use or were you going to acquire one? If you didn't already have one I would stick with the original plan and simply get a device from another manufacturer that does have the ability to act as a "client bridge". There are plenty of them out there, just not from 2wire.
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janderso1
Jim
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-15
Saint Petersburg, FL
| reply to rndguy
This router supports wireless client mode
»www.provantage.com/zyxel-p330w~7ZYXE06R.htm
»How to setup a P330W as a wireless bridge revised
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