 KyawaPremium
join:2006-01-26
Middletown, MD | reply to antdude
Re: Best Linksys wireless router suggestions for a big house? So run a CAT5 cable from the existing router to a more central location via the attic and connect an access point. Pretty easy solution. |
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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United State
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
2 edits | said by Kyawa:So run a CAT5 cable from the existing router to a more central location via the attic and connect an access point. Pretty easy solution.
So a router can stay in the room next to the cable modem, and then an AP in the attic?
Any suggestions on which router and APs? Is an old Linksys WRT54GL router enough (ignoring gigabit speed)? |
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KyawaPremium
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Middletown, MD Reviews:
·Comcast
| You can use the WRT54GL as either the router or access point. Ideally, you could use a ceiling mount POE access point. The CAT5 cable would carry both the signal and power to the access point and then you could just mount it in the ceiling in a place most central. I really don't recommend putting a unit in the attic. It is a powered device and sometimes the A/C adapter gets hot and you don't want a fire up there. Let me think about a ceiling mount A/P that's easy to configure. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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United State
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·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | said by Kyawa:You can use the WRT54GL as either the router or access point. Ideally, you could use a ceiling mount POE access point. The CAT5 cable would carry both the signal and power to the access point and then you could just mount it in the ceiling in a place most central. I really don't recommend putting a unit in the attic. It is a powered device and sometimes the A/C adapter gets hot and you don't want a fire up there. Let me think about a ceiling mount A/P that's easy to configure.
OK, I am going to try an old Linksys WRT54GL and see how it is over there (finding dead spots, etc.). |
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KyawaPremium
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Middletown, MD | If you're going to try to test it "live" you'll need to go into the setup on the 2nd device and set the IP address to something different than the one by the modem. You also need to set DHCP to DISABLE. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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United State
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·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Kyawa:If you're going to try to test it "live" you'll need to go into the setup on the 2nd device and set the IP address to something different than the one by the modem. You also need to set DHCP to DISABLE.
Um, I am just connecting a Linksys WRT54GL router to the cable modem (power cycled too) and see if an old MacBook Pro can connect wirelessly to it in various areas of the house. |
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KyawaPremium
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Middletown, MD | If you have an Android phone, there's a WiFi Analyzer app. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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United State
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·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Kyawa:If you have an Android phone, there's a WiFi Analyzer app.
Thanks, but I don't. Actually, iPhone 4S can connect to it too. |
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