gtw3100
join:2001-11-22
Buffalo, NY
 ·Vonage
1 edit | Bridging 2 Routers Wirelessly
I have searched the internet and have spent countless hours to try to bridge two routers wirelessly. If anyone has any thoughts please let me know.
This is what I am trying to get done. I am living with family at the moment, and have taken up residence in the basement, There is a Verizon FiOS ActionTec MI424 Rev E on the 2nd floor. There is no ethernet cabling going to the basement nor do I have the option to install as I don't own the home or I would. I have just bought a Netgear WNDR3700 as it was supposed to be capable for bridging.
I am able to connect my wireless laptop to their network via the actiontec and have access to the internet and I get a great signal, my problem lies that I have a Internet enabled Blu-Ray player with functions I regularly used that relate to having it networked, however it is not wireless and needs to be hardwired, so therefore what I am tyring to accomplish with the two pieces of hardware at hand is to bridge my netgear to the actiontec wirelessly and then connect the hard wires to the Netgear so it would look like the following.
INTERNET --> FiOS ACTIONTEC -- (WIRELESS BRIDGE) -- NETGEAR WNDR3700 --> HARD WIRED BLURAY
Does anyone have any clue how this could be done with these routers, I have been able to connect the WND3700 as a repeater but can not get the WNDR3700 to act as a switch to it's native ethernet ports. I don't know what I am missing. From what I have reviewed some people have purchased a Netgear WNHDE111 in similar setups but I am trying to be frugal and not spend anything else I don't need to.
*** I Thank anyone for their assistance, I know some might think why bother with this setup and may have your own opinions on why not to do this, however these are my current needs that I need to complete so please only post replys with relevant thoughts or questions. *** |
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stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA |
Buy a game adapter a.k.a., WiFi bridge. Some have a built in ethernet switch. If not, use an external switch for n ports. |
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gtw3100
join:2001-11-22
Buffalo, NY | Thanks stevech0, I have been reading about those but I am trying to avoid to much of an investment but it looks like it is heading that direction. |
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stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA |
Airlink AP431W is an access point or bridge (you choose). It's among the lowest cost I've seen. I have one. |
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