WRT610N or WET610N+WRT160N?

[IsLNdbOi]

I have a WRT610N upstairs. The 5GHz radio is not used since I don't have any devices w/ 5GHz cards.

I'd like to extend the range of my 2.4GHz radio. I could get another WRT610N and use it as a repeater (using their 5GHz radios AND w/ dd-wrt firmware)

or

could I do this?:


I have an unused WRT160N.

Could I use a WET610N connected to the WRT610N (using the 5GHz N radios) and use the WET610N as the "internet connection" for the WRT160N (connected to the WRT160N's "Internet" port)?


Doing it the second way I'd end up w/ two separate 2.4GHz N networks (one from the WRT610N and the other from the WRT160N) instead of one seamless network, right?

 

[stevech]

to improve coverage: Most preferred is to add an Access Point (AP). Place this where practical, nearer the weak signal area, even in an attic. Run cat5 cable from it to router or switch.

Any consumer router can be faked out to be an AP. Easy.
Read how on
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10929

Using a "repeater" requires use of "WDS", and that's not standardized and is problematic among products.

 

[IsLNdbOi]

Running a very long cable from upstairs to downstairs is not an option for me.

Using dd-wrt, I don't have to use WDS when setting up the router as a repeater.