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Hey all,<br />
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Got myself a US Robotics 5450 access point to extend the range of my current wi-fi network running on a US Robotics 9106 router/access point.<br />
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What I believe I should be doing is setting up the 5450 as a repeater and pointing to the MAC of the 9106. I set both devices to the same channel (11), set the same SSID, disabled WEP (for now), and disabled any crap like the 5450's turbo options (125Mbit). I have also disabled DHCP on both devices to make sure it doesn't interfere.<br />
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What happens then is that my computers (laptop using MSI PCMCIA 802.11g card; desktop using MSI PCI 802.11b card) seem to see two sepparate devices with the same SSID.<br />
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When connected to one of the devices, it's not possible to ping the other.<br />
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The 5450s log says that is succesfully sets itself up in repeat mode with using the MAC of the 9106.<br />
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Basically, it ain't working, and I can't figure out why.<br />
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Any suggestions or insight?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Esulin
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Hey all,

Got myself a US Robotics 5450 access point to extend the range of my current wi-fi network running on a US Robotics 9106 router/access point.

What I believe I should be doing is setting up the 5450 as a repeater and pointing to the MAC of the 9106. I set both devices to the same channel (11), set the same SSID, disabled WEP (for now), and disabled any crap like the 5450's turbo options (125Mbit). I have also disabled DHCP on both devices to make sure it doesn't interfere.

What happens then is that my computers (laptop using MSI PCMCIA 802.11g card; desktop using MSI PCI 802.11b card) seem to see two sepparate devices with the same SSID.

When connected to one of the devices, it's not possible to ping the other.

The 5450s log says that is succesfully sets itself up in repeat mode with using the MAC of the 9106.

Basically, it ain't working, and I can't figure out why.

Any suggestions or insight?

Regards,
Esulin

Wi-Fi: Extending range of USR9106 router/ap using USR5450 ap.

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