davidgareau
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Can I set up a second router?
I have 2 linksys routers, one is a new Wireless-G, it's got good enough range to cover the three rooms in my building that I need coverage in, but I was wondering if I could use my 2nd (older) router Wireless-B to improve the speed/connection of my network.
I have 3 rooms. Two downstairs and one upstairs that I mainly use. The two downstairs have desktops and the upstairs has a laptop (which I want to use a bit all over the place too)
Room #1 has two desktops which I plug into the Wireless-G router.
Room #2 has one desktop which I have to decide whether to try and set up with my old Wirless-B router or my Wireless-B USB receiver/transmitter.
Room #3 is upstairs and has a laptop with a built-in Wireless-G adapter.
The laptop currently has a wireless connection but the icon in the system tray / notification area says "Very Low" and only 24mbps instead of 54mbps. In reality my download speeds are about 25% of what they are on the desktops that are directly connected to the wireless-G router.
Would connecting the second (Wireless-B, not G) router help improve my signal, that would be connected to the desktop in Room #2 which is a little bit closer to the laptop in Room #3 than the current Router that is set up in Room #1, I don't want to move the Wireless-G router to room #2, because there is a lot of smoke and dust there and so I don't want to wreck it, whereas I don't care as much about the Wireless-B router, as it's old and just sitting around anyway.
I have 3 rooms. Two downstairs and one upstairs that I mainly use. The two downstairs have desktops and the upstairs has a laptop (which I want to use a bit all over the place too)
Room #1 has two desktops which I plug into the Wireless-G router.
Room #2 has one desktop which I have to decide whether to try and set up with my old Wirless-B router or my Wireless-B USB receiver/transmitter.
Room #3 is upstairs and has a laptop with a built-in Wireless-G adapter.
The laptop currently has a wireless connection but the icon in the system tray / notification area says "Very Low" and only 24mbps instead of 54mbps. In reality my download speeds are about 25% of what they are on the desktops that are directly connected to the wireless-G router.
Would connecting the second (Wireless-B, not G) router help improve my signal, that would be connected to the desktop in Room #2 which is a little bit closer to the laptop in Room #3 than the current Router that is set up in Room #1, I don't want to move the Wireless-G router to room #2, because there is a lot of smoke and dust there and so I don't want to wreck it, whereas I don't care as much about the Wireless-B router, as it's old and just sitting around anyway.
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I don't understand how I can use the transceiver from anywhere, because it's needs to be plugged into a USB port, so it only seems to make sense to plug it into the Desktops, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Does a wireless B Router need a computer to be used as a range extender / access point or can it be set up to work just being plugged into a power source?
Does a wireless B Router need a computer to be used as a range extender / access point or can it be set up to work just being plugged into a power source?
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Is that a "no" to the first or second part of the question?
Does a wireless B Router need a computer to be used as a range extender/access point?
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Can it be set up to work just being plugged into a power source?
Does a wireless B Router need a computer to be used as a range extender/access point?
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Can it be set up to work just being plugged into a power source?
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wich model of Router?...
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Thanks guys, sorry for the long delay, I've had a busy month (who hasn't?)
well, I scrapped the idea of using the Wireless-B Router as I didn't want to take the drop to 11Mbps, I could use that if I only was internet connection that I wanted, but I also stream video, and 11Mbps with an iffy connection at best isn't worth the frustration...
thanks for the input, what I did was get three new USB adapters, and the connections are now much better to all three nodes, although still not "good enough" when all three are using bandwidth, so I am going to to hardwire an access point or switch to plug in two of the systems, and then just use the wireless for the laptop.
Regardless, thank you very much for the ideas and help.
david
well, I scrapped the idea of using the Wireless-B Router as I didn't want to take the drop to 11Mbps, I could use that if I only was internet connection that I wanted, but I also stream video, and 11Mbps with an iffy connection at best isn't worth the frustration...
thanks for the input, what I did was get three new USB adapters, and the connections are now much better to all three nodes, although still not "good enough" when all three are using bandwidth, so I am going to to hardwire an access point or switch to plug in two of the systems, and then just use the wireless for the laptop.
Regardless, thank you very much for the ideas and help.
david
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Also, wireless B is fast enough to stream music and videos from Room #1 to Room #3 which is the main thing that would come from that connection.
would a wireless B router get better connection in room #2 than the USB-G transceiver.