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scorpioserve
Mar 09, 2012Aspirant
DGND3700 and WG102, with a switch
I have a DGND3700 N600 adsl router, attached to a network switch on the ground floor of my home, the switch and adsl are working great, fast browsing for 7 wired devices at gigabit speed, great wifi f...
jmizoguchi
Mar 10, 2012Virtuoso
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