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WAG102 as "A" bridge and "G" AP?
Hi, I'm having some trouble setting up two bridges and any suggestions or help would be appreciated. What I'd like to do is use two WAG102's as both AP and bridge. One unit is wired to my router ...
I don't think you can do what you're trying to - which is essentially a repeater setup, but with the "A" radios being used for the backhaul.
Try this - disable both "G" radios and connect a wired client to the second access point - you should be able to get this functional as a wireless bridge using just the "A" radios, once that is up, re-enable the "G" radios, it will either stay up, or it won't.
If it stays up you're good to go - if it doesn't then you know it's not going to work.
One last thing - the final locations are going to be only 20' apart? That is no distance at all - whatever you're connecting to the second access point should be able to associate with the first one, and if it can't because of the construction of the intervening wall & closet, then I seriously doubt that you'll be able to maintain a connection at 5GHz.
Try this - disable both "G" radios and connect a wired client to the second access point - you should be able to get this functional as a wireless bridge using just the "A" radios, once that is up, re-enable the "G" radios, it will either stay up, or it won't.
If it stays up you're good to go - if it doesn't then you know it's not going to work.
One last thing - the final locations are going to be only 20' apart? That is no distance at all - whatever you're connecting to the second access point should be able to associate with the first one, and if it can't because of the construction of the intervening wall & closet, then I seriously doubt that you'll be able to maintain a connection at 5GHz.