[CoLoCo] extending wireless access

[David Overcash]

My advice:
Buy a cheap used wireless router off ebay and just throw it on a different
IP range (i.e. switch it to 192.168.2.*) and keep it on the same subnet.
It's basically like setting up a Wireless AP on a network that already has a
router.  Works great and it's cheaper than most network extenders or APs.

-David

On Feb 2, 2008 9:22 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:

> > On Feb 2, 2008 7:16 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey, my dad is thinking about buying a Linksys Wireless-G Range
> Expander, so
> > > he can get wireless access in his workshop. The reason he is looking
> at it,
> > > is because it needs no computer to supply power/configuration. That
> way it
> > > can always be on without a computer (or windows). Does anyone have any
> > > comments or suggestions as to why we should or should not get one? Any
> > > better products out there?
>
> dd-wrt is cool. You can use it to set up 2 routes that use the same
> network and with the second one connected wirelessly to the first.
> It's called Wireless Distribution Service. I suppose it's somewhat
> similar to the expander but this is a linux firmware. You will need
> two compatible routers (linksys wrt54g is very common and easy to get
> on ebay for cheap) and flash them with the dd-wrt firmware. Then set
> up WDS. More info at http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WDS. I
> flashed my router with dd-wrt. It's easy and it now also work as a ssh
> server so even more added benefits.
>
> Enjoy.
> -jim
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