DGND3700 and WG102, with a switch

WG102 has no capabilities to push IP to wireless client different from your main DHCP

you will have to use DHCP from main router within your DHCP range or use "address reservation " under lan setup and push IP to the devices based on mac address

Thanks, that makes sense.

So am i on the right track here, I set the DGND3700 to an ip of 192.168.1.1
I reserve one main address for the WG102 of lets say 192.168.1.255 to its mac address
Sill on the DGND3700 I set the "Enable Wireless Repeating Function (2.4Ghz b/g/n)" with the "Wireless Base Station" radio button checked and enter the mac address of my WG102 into "Repeater MAC Address 1"
Set the wifi SSID, and preshared key, and channel number to be exactly the same on both routers.
Set the "DHCP Server" on the DGND3700 to a range of 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254
Connect the 16 port switch I have to it for all the wired computers, and set all the wireless devices to see the DGND3700 router, and this works because I did not check the option in the repeater screen to "Disable Wireless Client Association"

Now I go upstairs and set the WG102 to an ip of 192.168.1.254.
Set the wifi SSID, and preshared key, and channel number to exactly the same as the DGND3700.
Go to the "Advanced Access Point Settings" area and check "Enable Wireless Bridging and Repeating"
Select the radio button for "Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge"
Check the option "Enable Wireless Client Association"
And enter the MAC address of the DGND3700 in the "Remote MAC Address" field.
Connect the wired pc to it and any wifi devices should also work when the signal is better on the WG102
The computers that connect to the WG102 will still get their DHCP stuff from the DGND3700.

How does that sound, like I am mad, or is that perfect. Will it work even though the WG102 is not wireless N.

I reserve one main address for the WG102 of lets say 192.168.1.255 to its mac address

you can NOT use broadcast IP .255... 254 is the last octet you can use


repeating is LIMTED To 54Mbps /WEP don't use wireless connecting to 3700

using ethernet cables to AP not term repeating + setup you mentioned.

Thanks for the info, are you saying that basically this will not work because I am plugging the computer from upstairs into the ethernet and that is not considered to be repeating, therefore I have to use the wifi of the WG102 to make it work correctly?

WHat you are doing is known as wireless bridging rather than wireless repeating - the difference being in how the "clients" connect to the WG102 - if they are wired you have a bridge, if they are wireless you have a repeater.

I'd suggest you try it and see if it works.

scorpioserve wrote:
Thanks for the info, are you saying that basically this will not work because I am plugging the computer from upstairs into the ethernet and that is not considered to be repeating, therefore I have to use the wifi of the WG102 to make it work correctly?

didn't say will NOT work

Repeating will use WEP/54Mbps, poor encryption . If that is what you want.

if you want to be secure and have two wireless in the house to use ethernet cable to the WG.

otherwise by EXTENDER such wn2500rpt, wn2000rpt but you don't want to BUY new products for better encryption then you will be STUCK with 54Mbps/WEP to connect wirelessly between the dgn3700 and WG

your choice limited by your decision

jmizoguchi wrote:
Repeating will use WEP/54Mbps, poor encryption. if you want to be secure and have two wireless in the house to use ethernet cable to the WG.

Many thanks. Shame about the WEP encryption.

Are you saying that if I connect the WG102 to the DGND3700 using an Ethernet cable, I can use the Repeating function with (say) WPA?

Kind Regards,
Stephen

longwood wrote:
Many thanks. Shame about the WEP encryption. Are you saying that if I connect the WG102 to the DGND3700 using an Ethernet cable, I can use the Repeating function with (say) WPA? Kind Regards, Stephen

yes... WPA, WPA2

If you connect the WG102 to the DGND3700 with an ethernet cable, you can't repeat, you'll be using it as an access point.

At this stage you might as well connect the PC to the ethernet cable and be done with it.