Eircom Zyxel P-660HW-T1 v3 in bridge mode

0rt

hey all, ive looked through the previous threads and im looking for something kinda different,

in the previous threads, the Zyxel is acting as the modem and then you have a router connected to it through bridge..

myself and a neighbour are sharing his internet but i want to boost the signal in my house, so i was going to take this old Zyxel i have here and i was wondering if it was possible to have this recieve and rebroadcast the signal. Much like a repeater..

cheers for the help.

edit - his router is a Cisco EPC2425 and ive the Zyxel, and we want to wireless bridge between both.
if its not possible to do it with the Zyxel ill look into getting another router.

Diggerdunne

a wireless repeater is not a great option... you can only really extend the signal you receive, not improve it....
ideally you wud want to run a cat5 to your modem and then you wud improve the signal....

0rt

yeah i took that into account, but the house is across the road..
I get full signal in the front room of the house, which is grand for a laptop, but ive an office in the back of the house id like to reach.

CptSternn

Have you seen these? They have them at all the Maplins here in Ireland as well. They work well.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/netgear-universal-wi-fi-range-extender-531662

0rt

that looks handy, so i just configure it to pick up the existing wifi and it repeats the signal?

Diggerdunne

are they not to be used within the same house to make use of the existing elec wiring in the house...
The OP says that he's sharin internet with his mate who lives across the road....

0rt

Diggerdunne wrote: »

are they not to be used within the same house to make use of the existing elec wiring in the house...
The OP says that he's sharin internet with his mate who lives across the road....

good man i wouldnt have thought of that..
i was thinking of a simplified version of this..
http://www.mavromatic.com/?p=426

or
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Universal_Wireless_Repeater

CptSternn

0rt wrote: »

that looks handy, so i just configure it to pick up the existing wifi and it repeats the signal?

That's it sure. It will pick up the wifi signal across the street and broadcast it to your home.