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caph · 21-12-2008, 13:00

In short yes. Two wifi routers (no access points) will do what you want BUT make sure your existing router and the new router definitely support bridge mode (or point to point, point to multi-point, or WDS). You are quite right that access points on the whole only have one RJ45. I guess there's just no room in the market between access point and router.

The wireless is always on the LAN side of a router so basically you'll only be plugging cables in to the LAN ports on your new router. The WAN side will remain unused.

I've had this working with various Edimax wireless access points and a Draytek cable router and a no-name Tawianese ADSL router. The only problems I've had is with security. In my current setup I've had to drop the access points back to WEP 128 even though I've got both WPA and WPA2 working fine on my router in access point mode. Some sort of compatibility issue I guess. I can't say for definite that it will work with your exact router and the exact router you intend to buy but in my limited experience, compatibility in bridge mode has been very good across different brands.

21-12-2008, 13:00	#3
caph cf.geek Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 563	Re: Wireless networking help In short yes. Two wifi routers (no access points) will do what you want BUT make sure your existing router and the new router definitely support bridge mode (or point to point, point to multi-point, or WDS). You are quite right that access points on the whole only have one RJ45. I guess there's just no room in the market between access point and router. The wireless is always on the LAN side of a router so basically you'll only be plugging cables in to the LAN ports on your new router. The WAN side will remain unused. I've had this working with various Edimax wireless access points and a Draytek cable router and a no-name Tawianese ADSL router. The only problems I've had is with security. In my current setup I've had to drop the access points back to WEP 128 even though I've got both WPA and WPA2 working fine on my router in access point mode. Some sort of compatibility issue I guess. I can't say for definite that it will work with your exact router and the exact router you intend to buy but in my limited experience, compatibility in bridge mode has been very good across different brands.