Hello,
I recently bought a new router (Asus RT N66U) and I'm trying to use my old router (Billion Bipac 7300N) as a wireless access point. I would like to have 1 wireless network using wireless n (Asus) and 1 using g (Billion).
I have followed the instruction from this article: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...onvert-a-wireless-router-into-an-access-point
But I'm getting very slow speed on the Billion wireless g network.
Here is what I have done:
On the Billion, I have disabled DHCP and assigned a fixed IP (192.168.1.254), which is outside the DHCP range of the main router.
I have set 2 different SSID on each router and used different channels (1 and 6).
I have connected the 2 routers with a cable, avoiding port 1 on the Billion, which the EWAN port. I have tried using different LAN ports on each device.
I read somewhere that I should disable WAN on the router, but I don't believe there is an option on the Billion. The WAN profile is set to EWAN (the other option is ADSL).
I can connect devices to the Billion, but I get very small internet speed (<1 Mbps). I get 25Mbps when I connect to the Asus (which is the speed of my cable connection). And the speed is not enough to watch Netflix.
I know very little about networking so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Erwan
I recently bought a new router (Asus RT N66U) and I'm trying to use my old router (Billion Bipac 7300N) as a wireless access point. I would like to have 1 wireless network using wireless n (Asus) and 1 using g (Billion).
I have followed the instruction from this article: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...onvert-a-wireless-router-into-an-access-point
But I'm getting very slow speed on the Billion wireless g network.
Here is what I have done:
On the Billion, I have disabled DHCP and assigned a fixed IP (192.168.1.254), which is outside the DHCP range of the main router.
I have set 2 different SSID on each router and used different channels (1 and 6).
I have connected the 2 routers with a cable, avoiding port 1 on the Billion, which the EWAN port. I have tried using different LAN ports on each device.
I read somewhere that I should disable WAN on the router, but I don't believe there is an option on the Billion. The WAN profile is set to EWAN (the other option is ADSL).
I can connect devices to the Billion, but I get very small internet speed (<1 Mbps). I get 25Mbps when I connect to the Asus (which is the speed of my cable connection). And the speed is not enough to watch Netflix.
I know very little about networking so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Erwan