Connecting 2 WNDR3700 via Ethernet

[kbencher]

My house is wired with Cat5 ports in each room, but I want to connect clients wirelessly. I have 2 WNDR3700s. Is there a way to connect the WNDR3700s to my Cat5 ports such that both can act as wireless access points? Ideally I'd like one connected downstairs and one upstairs so I can provide good wireless coverage throughout the house.

I don't want to go the repeater route, because I don't want to lose the throughput. Right now my modem is connected to the Data In port of my LAN and one WNDR3700 is connected to a Cat5 port, but when I try to connect the other WNDR3700 or any other client to another Cat5 port via Ethernet, I don't get an internet connection.

Is there a way to do this?

 

[claykin]

Most likely you need to disable DHCP on one or both of your WNDR3700s. To set them up as AP, you need to disable DHCP.....set a static IP on your LAN to the 3700 LAN IP, and connect the 3700 to your LAN using one of the LAN ports (don't use the WAN port). As an AP, the WAN port is not used.

For the wireless portion, if the 3700's are within earshot of each other you'll likely want to set them on different channels to insure good connectivity (assuming 2.4Ghz). Set one to channel 6 and the other to channel 11 if they are close enough to interfere ("earshot of each other"). You can try to set both to AUTO channel, but you may have problems.

See how that works for you. I find in most cases where folks use a router as an AP and lose Internet (WAN) connectivity its because they have more than 1 DHCP server.

 

[Bob K]

Try one of these. I think this is what you want to do:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30740&Itemid=229

or

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...onvert-a-wireless-router-into-an-access-point

or

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-basics/31442-how-to-add-ports-to-a-router

 

[thiggins]

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