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Adding an Access Point to Network

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    #2
    rolion
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    Hi,

    Wireless is "a black art"...

    Are you the end user or the techie !?

    The best practice is to start doing a spectrum analysis and publish results here... no point selling you a "go to the moon" if all you need is "get me to local station" solution !


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    yuloni
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    Dardania
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    What you're describing to do shouldn't be a problem - ive done it a few times before with no hassle.

    As a general housekeeping rule, you should check that both the access point and the router are running the latest firmware - one less issue to go wrong later. http://www.dlink.co.uk/cs/Satellite?c=TechSupport_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLTechProduct&cid=1197319500943&p=1197318962293&packedargs=category%3DTechSupportSearch%26locale%3D1195806691854%26term%3DDWL-2100AP&pagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLWrapper

    How you should then configure the devices is to have the same WiFi SSID and same password / encryption (WPA2 PSK should be plenty for your needs now - WPA is less secure, and WEP a complete waste of time)

    To keep the two wifi devices from interfering with each other, they should be configured on different channels, at least 3 away from each other, so set the main to 1, and the dlink AP to 4. This way devices connecting will roam from one to the other.

    And to Keep the main router as the main router / DHCP, make sure that the dlink is configured as a simple access point, not a routing device.

    Hope this helps!


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    yuloni
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    #6
    rolion
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    i'll send you some links with the software i'm using.
    leave it running for a day and then you'll be able to see what's going around your office in wireless spectrum !

    regards


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    PogMoThoin
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    Dardania wrote: »
    What you're describing to do shouldn't be a problem - ive done it a few times before with no hassle.

    As a general housekeeping rule, you should check that both the access point and the router are running the latest firmware - one less issue to go wrong later. http://www.dlink.co.uk/cs/Satellite?c=TechSupport_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLTechProduct&cid=1197319500943&p=1197318962293&packedargs=category%3DTechSupportSearch%26locale%3D1195806691854%26term%3DDWL-2100AP&pagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLWrapper

    How you should then configure the devices is to have the same WiFi SSID and same password / encryption (WPA2 PSK should be plenty for your needs now - WPA is less secure, and WEP a complete waste of time)

    To keep the two wifi devices from interfering with each other, they should be configured on different channels, at least 3 away from each other, so set the main to 1, and the dlink AP to 4. This way devices connecting will roam from one to the other.

    And to Keep the main router as the main router / DHCP, make sure that the dlink is configured as a simple access point, not a routing device.

    Hope this helps!

    Sorry, but that's wrong, they need to be at least 5 away to not interfere, 1, 6 and 11 are the non-overlapping channels

    802.11x-channel-overlap.jpg


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    Dardania
    Registered Users Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Dardania wrote: »
    What you're describing to do shouldn't be a problem - ive done it a few times before with no hassle.

    As a general housekeeping rule, you should check that both the access point and the router are running the latest firmware - one less issue to go wrong later. http://www.dlink.co.uk/cs/Satellite?c=TechSupport_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLTechProduct&cid=1197319500943&p=1197318962293&packedargs=category%3DTechSupportSearch%26locale%3D1195806691854%26term%3DDWL-2100AP&pagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLWrapper

    How you should then configure the devices is to have the same WiFi SSID and same password / encryption (WPA2 PSK should be plenty for your needs now - WPA is less secure, and WEP a complete waste of time)

    To keep the two wifi devices from interfering with each other, they should be configured on different channels, at least 3 away from each other, so set the main to 1, and the dlink AP to 4. This way devices connecting will roam from one to the other.

    And to Keep the main router as the main router / DHCP, make sure that the dlink is configured as a simple access point, not a routing device.

    Hope this helps!

    Sorry, but that's wrong, they need to be at least 5 away to not interfere, 1, 6 and 11 are the non-overlapping channels

    802.11x-channel-overlap.jpg

    My bad - you're right!


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    Redisle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Redisle


    Actually the channel spacing could be different again in this case! The access point the op linked to is an old 108Mbps one. These use a bandwidth of 40Mhz instead of the standard 802.11g spec of 20Mhz which can provide faster transfer rates of 108Mbps with compatible devices.

    @OP. In this case it's probably best to just configure that Dlink access point to 54Mbps mode and disable the 108Mbps setting which isn't widely supported anyway. Then you can refer to the chart above for channel overlaps.


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