Wireless Repeater
- Thread starter dukeebear
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I dont know if this is something you might be interested in, but I am using a standard wireless router and upgraded/modified the firmware with dd-wrt to make the router a bridge. www.dd-wrt.com | Unleash Your Router
Basically, it allows the router to take the wireless signal upstairs from my main router and distribute that signal from the 4 lan ports on the back
wireless router (upstairs)
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wireless router (downstairs modified with dd-wrt, receives wireless signal form upstairs)
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(4 LAN ports)
xbox computer etc etc
Only certain routers can have their firmware upgraded, but its a simple solution and I bought the second router for about $15-20
I dont know if this is something you might be interested in or maybe your not comfortable with upgrading hardware, but its a idea. Sure beats buying the $80 xbox wireless adapter
Basically, it allows the router to take the wireless signal upstairs from my main router and distribute that signal from the 4 lan ports on the back
wireless router (upstairs)
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wireless router (downstairs modified with dd-wrt, receives wireless signal form upstairs)
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(4 LAN ports)
xbox computer etc etc
Only certain routers can have their firmware upgraded, but its a simple solution and I bought the second router for about $15-20
I dont know if this is something you might be interested in or maybe your not comfortable with upgrading hardware, but its a idea. Sure beats buying the $80 xbox wireless adapter
big d's idea will be the cheapest option. If it was me I would use the power line thing though. I have used them and they work just fine. I have also used wireless repeaters too, and they work fine as well. The one I have used is a linksys one, you need to have your router unsecured to set it up at first.
