[MLUG] Wireless Router

[Chris O'Regan]

> Get 2 old WRTs and use WDS. Wireless connection to upstairs, and you even
> can use the wired ports on upstairs router as if they were physically
> connected to downstairs router. Effectively an extender of both wired and
> wireless. You will have a small speed hit, but it is not much. I used this
> for years myself. Not to mention you can boost levels on WRTs and play with
> channels etc (maybe try that first, use a weird channel... may help).

That's what I have done, except with newish routers running DD-WRT.
Ultimately it took finding a stable channel to get it working
properly, though I might consider buying a couple of high-gain
antennas to improve the quality and (hopefully) get wireless-N
working.

Chris