WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Wed Feb 16 14:52:34 UTC 2011


fred smith wrote:

> you could use a second wireless router: hardwire its input port to
> the (an) output port on the modem/router you've got. configure your
> "new" router to use dhcp, so it should "just work" when talking to
> the vendor-provided router. configure YOUR "new" router to provide
> services you need (firewall, etc.), channel selection, etc. If the
> current problem(s) is(are) due to misconfiguration of the wireless
> part of the modem/router you've got, this may allow you to simply
> ignore the problems and set up wireless that works for you.

That's more or less what I plan to do,
if I can find the password so I can use my Billion modem.
I have a LinkSys WRT54GL in place if I can get the Billion working.

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Timothy Murphy  
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