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    Pesky Walls!

    Two simple ideas to start: 1) In the living room, where the cable entrance is, run a longer TV cable wire around that room so you can install the router as far northeast (in your diagram) as poosible. OR 2) Leave the router where it is and run as log an ethernet cable from the router...
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    Softare to test/display network

    Software to test/display network I am looking for a software product to visually present, adjust configuration, and perfomance test my network. So far I aware of - Network Magic 4 - Home Net Manager 3.05 Intersting products but not quite tehre. Both detecd my hardwired router and PCs...
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    Vistors coming - mxiing N and G with caution

    Setup - 1 G/N router (DIR-655) as main router set for G only - 2 addtional G routers as access points - 1 mac laptop with G/N nic, used on G only - 1 Dell laptop with G nic - mutilple hardwired desktops With the above, all laptops work on G and all is fine in the world. Scenario ...
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    Gigabit network card upgrades D-Link vs Netgear vs nothing

    Good stuff. I think Intel works for me given: -I am 'stuck" with PCI -I am dealing with older machines and want to optimize where possible -would benefit from good driver support -as noted, their chipsets tend to have better throughput and lower CPU utilization -the cost premium with...
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    Gigabit network card upgrades D-Link vs Netgear vs nothing

    I plan to upgrade about a few older PCs (PCI only) with new network cards, either the Intel Pro Desktop 10/100/1000 Gigabit PCI or the D-Link DGE-530T PCI Network Adapter. They would be running under Win XP and would likely be paired with a yet-to-be-purchased DIR-655 router and a gigabit...
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    WPA2 router options

    WPA2 router configuration My router (Trendnet TEW-452BRP) has choices for cipher type as TKIP (default) or AES. But I read where TKIP is not used in WPA2 except in backwards compatible WPA mode by APs to support legacy WPA/TKIP clients. So if all my clients are WPA2 So I gather I should change...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    Understood re IP address (finally), SSIs and channels. Many thanks again. Re NIC, even if there were such a beast as mini-PCi card, based on a Atheros SuperG chipset, to replace the 2220 to acheive a rated 108Mbps, that would only make sense if I indeed had the need for that speed re WLAN...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    STATUS AS OF 4:30p, ; EXHAUSTED BUT GOOD. NIC drivers re WPA2 – It was the drivers. Some google searches suggested that Version 8 and above ofthe IntelPro 2200 BG NIC supports WPA2 ; I had Version 9 so the thought I was okay, but I downloaded version 11 from the Dell site. Now it works fine...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    If what you adivse doesnt work, we are all in big trouble....no.... what I meant had just spotted it and will try it.... Okay, I tired it, and yes , that was a major piece of it ( I will comment later on why I missed it). I changed it to 192.168.0.251, for router1, to allow for 252, 253 etc...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    P.S. The only way I can get back to the admin pages is a hard reset and a reintall When I do that, I can get it all working (as confirmed by LAPTOP), but its unsecured...and I can then NOT get back in! If I repeat the whole process again, and use WPA2, it appears to take it, but when i...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    To keep terminology clean I have -the MAIN router for my wired network -the AP router for the first wireless access point I am tryig to establish -the SPARE desktop I am using to config the router, and -the LAPTOP I am using to test the connection. What is the DHCP range of your main...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    Status 11:05 am a) restored to factory defaults b) ran intalll off CD c) ran wizard off admin d) left IPaddresses per default e) set to AP mode f) DHCP server and client set themselves to disabled g) WAP2 set ( didnt see earlier suggestion) h) all cables on LAN ports Laptop sees...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    OK, working bliind here. My AP actaully works...laptop can see it, and can connect to it. While that would appear to be all well and good, I cannot access the admin pages. The connection is unsecured. (Last set of changes did not get saved). I've tried 192.168.1.1 and any other...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    Right now it says DHCP Client = Disabled << correct??? IP address = 192.168.1.250 Subnet mask - 255.255.255.0 DHCP server disabled Stat IP = 192.168.1.100 End IP = 192.168.1.199 WAN connection Type = DCHP Client or fixeds IP Wireless = enabled AP= Enabled Secuirty = WPA2 PSK tkip
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    okay, I ahve access to the admin pages now ( but as soon as I save them I will likey not be able to get back in without a hard reset DHCP clinet - should it be enabled or disabled??
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    Many thanks.. I'll try anything! So they sell a router with the default guaranteed not to work! Wonderful, It not complicated enough! I thought 192.168.1.1 WAS in the range of 192.168.1.XXX)....but my brain is so fried now nothing makes sense anymore. I've tried bypassing my main...
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    Attempting very first wireless connection to existing network

    Not doing very well here. I absolutely knew this was goiig to happen... I read everything i could including spceific tips on this topic, made all my preperations, took care about using WAN vs LAN ports, avoiding conflicts with other routers, read the well documented instructions. etc - did...
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    Taking the plunge

    Re my main wired router ("A" in main office) , the DGL-4100 is good...but is now is the same price here as the DIR-655 If , for my main office, where I want a robust main router (and could look at wireless cabability as a bonus, or just not use it) how to these routers compare? Looking...
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    Mix n match re gigabit and 10/100

    Good find! Disabling flow control - who knew. I went to disable it on my Intel 82566DC and noted it was disabled by default. Questions 1) does this feature only apply to gigabit cards or must one find and disable flow control on 10/100 cards? 2) with flow control disabled, as per the...
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    Mix n match re gigabit and 10/100

    A followup to 1b above. Say a non-gigabit wireless router, set up as a wireless access point, is connected to via ethernet cable connected to its 10/100 LAN port. Does this mean that it can never achieive the >100 throughput we see on the wireless charts? That is, all those routerss with...
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