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Rockabilly Spike · 24-02-2010, 18:31

ok folks?

I posted a thing up the other day bout shiftin house over to live with the GF.
anyways, she wants me to put the PC in the bedroom rather than the front room (where I want it so I can link the HDMI on my GFX card to the TV)

her modem and router are in her front room

i have a Buffalo WHR G54s router which can also be used as an access point.

tried another few forums trying to get a straight answer to this but no one can give me one in very simple terms:

if I set my router to bridge mode with the switch on the underside and attach it via one of the LAN ports to my PC, will it be able to see the netgear router in her front room?

basically i wanna know whats gonna be my better option
buying a PCI or USB wifi card
moving the modem/router to the bedroom (requires a fair amount of recabling)
using a home network plug system?

can I use my buffalo router as a wifi reciever like that, just plugged into my PC's ethernet?

i thought the point of an access point was to recieve a signal, re-amplify it and send it on.

24-02-2010, 18:31	#1
Rockabilly Spike Inactive Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 373	can this be done? ok folks? I posted a thing up the other day bout shiftin house over to live with the GF. anyways, she wants me to put the PC in the bedroom rather than the front room (where I want it so I can link the HDMI on my GFX card to the TV) her modem and router are in her front room i have a Buffalo WHR G54s router which can also be used as an access point. tried another few forums trying to get a straight answer to this but no one can give me one in very simple terms: if I set my router to bridge mode with the switch on the underside and attach it via one of the LAN ports to my PC, will it be able to see the netgear router in her front room? basically i wanna know whats gonna be my better option buying a PCI or USB wifi card moving the modem/router to the bedroom (requires a fair amount of recabling) using a home network plug system? can I use my buffalo router as a wifi reciever like that, just plugged into my PC's ethernet? i thought the point of an access point was to recieve a signal, re-amplify it and send it on.