2 routers and 1 house improving my connection

regan1985 · Jun 4, 2009, 04:40 PM

at the moment i have a netgear d834gt witg a 16dpi antenna and im the otherside of the house with my netgear wn311b adaptor and im getting about a 12mb connection. i have tried to direct the signal and had a small inprovement to about 24mb but the rest of the house losts most of he signal!

my next idea is the middle of upstairs above the outer gets about a 90% connections 90mb i was thinking i have a spare router another g834gt can i use this as a gateway or somthing to improve the connection upstairs? is it even possible to use 2 routers like that?

Pinchy · Jun 4, 2009, 04:58 PM

You can use two routers like that IF they have a feature called wireless bridging. If you can though, a better option would be to hook router 1 to router 2 via a cable, then router 2 will get full signal strength from wherever it is and output a good signal, covering more of the house.

regan1985 · Jun 4, 2009, 05:46 PM

i can do just that i can connect via ethernet cable! will have to google to see if i can bridge them i guess

regan1985 · Jun 4, 2009, 05:57 PM

jst checked i cant wire the two routers , i have to make a bridge without ethernet cable! can i do this? the setup i have is a pc downstiars connected to the router and i was then going to put the 2nd router in the middle of the upstairs and then my pc is my room! i cant seem to find any guides on how to do it tho

Pinchy · Jun 5, 2009, 01:47 AM

Do you mean you cannot wire them physically (ie, you can't get the cable from the first router to the second OR the router does not support it?)

If you meant the second (ie the router doesnt support it), I don't know where you read it but its probably wrong. As long as you hook the cable from the first routers switch port to the second routers WAN port, it should work. If you physically can't get the cable there, well there isnt much you can do.

Thermopylae_480 · Jun 5, 2009, 03:09 AM

Most consumer level routers don't support wireless bridging. You may have to attempt to install a 3rd party firmware on one of your routers if you want to create a wireless bridge. DD-WRT is an open source firmware that supports a wide range of routers. Check there compatibility list to see if yours is supported.

cdawall · Jun 5, 2009, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thermopylae_480

Most consumer level routers don't support wireless bridging. You may have to attempt to install a 3rd party firmware on one of your routers if you want to create a wireless bridge. DD-WRT is an open source firmware that supports a wide range of routers. Check there compatibility list to see if yours is supported.

the only netgears supported are

	Manufacturer	Model	Revision	Supported	Activation required
1	Netgear	WAG102	?	not possible
2	Netgear	WG302	v1	yes	yes
3	Netgear	WG302	v2	yes	yes
4	Netgear	WG602	v2	not possible
5	Netgear	WG602	v3	yes
6	Netgear	WG602	v4	yes
7	Netgear	WGR614	v4	no
8	Netgear	WGR614	v5	not possible
9	Netgear	WGR614	v6	wip
10	Netgear	WGR614	v7	not possible
11	Netgear	WGR614	v8	yes
12	Netgear	WGR614	v9	wip
13	Netgear	WGR614	WW	wip
14	Netgear	WGR614L	L	yes
15	Netgear	WGR826V	?	wip
16	Netgear	WGT624	v1	wip
17	Netgear	WGT624	v2	wip
18	Netgear	WGT624	v3	not possible
19	Netgear	WGT624	v4	yes	yes
20	Netgear	WNDR3300	?	yes
21	Netgear	WNR834B	v1	yes
22	Netgear	WNR834B	v2	yes
23	Netgear	WPN824	v2	no

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html

regan1985 · Jun 5, 2009, 07:50 PM

i may have to make some new holes in my house then, but dont want to do that unless it is possble .

so ive got a dg834gt and a dg834g how would i go about brigeing them in the settings when connected via ethernet?

or would i just be able to share the internet connection and have to different networks?

Jun 4, 2009, 04:40 PM	#1
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Jun 4, 2009, 05:46 PM	#3
regan1985 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Coventry UNI England Posts: 1,416 (0.56/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	i can do just that i can connect via ethernet cable! will have to google to see if i can bridge them i guess

Jun 4, 2009, 05:57 PM	#4
regan1985 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Coventry UNI England Posts: 1,416 (0.56/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	jst checked i cant wire the two routers , i have to make a bridge without ethernet cable! can i do this? the setup i have is a pc downstiars connected to the router and i was then going to put the 2nd router in the middle of the upstairs and then my pc is my room! i cant seem to find any guides on how to do it tho

Jun 5, 2009, 01:47 AM	#5
Pinchy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 4,650 (1.80/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 360 Times in 344 Posts System Specs	Do you mean you cannot wire them physically (ie, you can't get the cable from the first router to the second OR the router does not support it?) If you meant the second (ie the router doesnt support it), I don't know where you read it but its probably wrong. As long as you hook the cable from the first routers switch port to the second routers WAN port, it should work. If you physically can't get the cable there, well there isnt much you can do. __________________ mATX rig: TT Lanbox Lite, GA-G33M-DS2R, q9300, 4GB G.Skill Pi PC8000, 2x640GB Samsung F1's in RAID 0, LG 20x DVD+/RW, HIS IceQ HD4670 512MB, Gigabyte G-Power PRO, TT 450W TR2 RX Modular PSU HTPC: i-Cute iBox, GA-MA780GM-S2H, 4850e, 2GB G.Skill PC6400, 1x640GB WD SE16, Onboard HD3200, D-link XtremeN PCIe, Leadtek WinFast DVR3100 H Tuner, 450W Vantec PSU Server: Custom made case, EPIA Mini-ITX mobo, 1GHz VIA, 1GB PC2700 SO-DIMM, 1TB WD, Gigabit PCI LAN card, 60W 12V AC adapter

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Jun 5, 2009, 07:50 PM	#8
regan1985 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Coventry UNI England Posts: 1,416 (0.56/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	i may have to make some new holes in my house then, but dont want to do that unless it is possble . so ive got a dg834gt and a dg834g how would i go about brigeing them in the settings when connected via ethernet? or would i just be able to share the internet connection and have to different networks?

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