RE: Wireless AP Repeater ?

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Linksys wrt54g or wrt54gs

Cheers,
Andy

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Sounds interesting - know which model this is ??

G.

Gareth Cook
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"Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>
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Gareth Cook wrote:
> As I saw the subject of a WAP this morning, I'd like to ask - has
> anyone ever successfully got a WAP repeater working ? My walls really
> do sap the signal so be nice to have an AP at each end - one being
> the main unit, the other a repeater.
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> I currently have a DLink 950 - and bought another one a few months
> back to act as a repeater but it never really worked....

We use one of the Linksys models re-flashed with different firmware to
allow
WDS links.  Essentially unlimited repeaters!  Of course, bandwidth becomes
an issue with each hop.  Most of central Bristol will be covered with a
big
wireless network next month (should be next week all being well).

Cheers,
Andy
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