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December 17, 2008 03:22 AM

What wireless Linksys device do I have to use in order to expand existing network and also have a port to use?

This is a about my existing secure network that I want to access from a point where the signal is weak. I am using another Linksys device to boost the signal at another area of the house. The new device will have to boost the existing signal and also offer at least one port where a wireless printer can be connected.

I think that what I need is the Linksys Bridge WET54G but would like to be sure and also find out if there are other choices.
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mrhelmsc mrhelmsc
 
December 17, 2008 03:31 AM
Linksys wireless router
http://linksys.links.channelintelligence.com/pages/prices.asp?sSKU=WRT150N&nRGID=1909

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poindexter poindexter
 
December 17, 2008 03:33 AM
Any router will work. You can plug one router into another to expand your wireless network if that's what your looking to do. You can then go into the settings on the second router and tell it to act as a bridge, or just have two different wireless networks.

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haimtime haimtime
 
December 17, 2008 04:00 AM
you need any other router. the first router is set up normally, but you take one of the ports and plug a RJ-45 cable from there into one of the 4 ports in the second router (not the WAN port, this is important).

Before you do that, go into the second router via the 192.168.1.1 (or whatever yours is) and turn the setting into "gateway" mode (usually on the main screen), and disable DHCP. Once there you should be good to go.

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