I am trying to add a wireless bridge to my home network. My primary wireless router is a a modem connected to a D-Link DIR655…this is all set up and running well. I have another Ethernet cable running to the other end of the house that I wish to connect an older NETGEAR WNR2000 to, so that the signal coverage can be extended. I’m having a bit of trouble getting the WNR2000 to lock in with the DIR655.


Here’s what I do to the WNR2000…
(1) Reset the router to default settings
(2) In the BASIC SETUP, I change the SSID to match the network settings for the DIR655
(3) In the BASIC SETUP, I supply the password in the WPA2-PEK
(4) In the ADVANCED -> LAN SETTINGS, I turn off the DCHP setting
(5) Now, this is where I get tripped up. My DIR655 IP is 192.168.0.105. If I change the Netgear router address to 192.168.0.107…after that, I can’t reconnect to the Netgear by typing 192.168.0.107 in to the browser ribbon.

Any suggestions? Thanks!!!

 

Personally, I have no clue how to help you, but I noticed this thread title and a few minutes later was browsing CNET and they had this article posted. Maybe it'll be helpful?

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-...eless-network/

 

Thanks for the link, brother...I actually looked at that link last night, I'm not sure if I want to run a secondary firmware package...I am going to try an just change to BRIDGED mode and copy the MAC address...this seems like this should be so much simpler...

 

Ok, found my sticking point, for whatever reason, the WNR2000 does NOT want to accept my assigned IP setting...

 

just for clarification, you want to run a line out to the other side of the house connected to the Netgear WNR2000 as a Wireless Access Point?

if so, this is what i would do:
Reset the Netgear, and connect a LAN cable to your laptop and nothing else. Configure the wireless SSID, security, and channel (the channel should be separated by at least 5 channels. example, main router on channel 1, netgear on channel 6, 3rd router would be on 11). security and ssid must match exactly to your main router.

after you configure this, disable DHCP on the netgear. You may lose the connection to the router at this point. I believe if you put a static IP address for the router you can still access the administration page, but it will have to be outside of your primary router's dhcp range.

Then using that long cable connected to a LAN port from the primary router to the LAN port on the netgear (leave the WAN unused on the netgear). The netgear should now be a WAP and a switch, extending your primary router's SSID.

i know there are some other computer gurus on azine so i'm ready for the flames

edit: i see you pretty much follow the steps up. is teh static IP address inside the DIR's DHCP range?

 

You ALMOST had it my brother!!!!! I really appreciate the reply, though. 3 things missed (I got this up an running last night)

Set the subnet IPs to match the main routers range.

Set the NetGear IP to fall within the main routers range.

Copy the MAC address of the main router in to the NetGear

Other than that , you were spot on!!! Thanks again!

 

Oh, and all the frustration was WORTH IT. My WiFi devices are FLYING now.

 

awesome!

 

you really don't want to bridge 2 wireless routers as it kills bandwidth (cuts it in half). You can set one router up to act as a wireless client to the other one and that way you can get get full wireless bandwidth to the device. This is the method used in the CNET article