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    Possible to have a "bridge" across 2 routers?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by shinakuma9, Aug 6, 2011.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    Okay so I got another router today. I wanted to know if it is possible to connect router B to router A wirelessly and then my computer to router B to improve the signal.

    My routers are

    Microsoft MN-700
    Dlink 4500

    It doesn't matter which connects to which as long as it can be done. Help?
     
    shinakuma9, Aug 6, 2011
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    It can be done in theory but that's provided that firmware allows it. You can't install 3rd party firmware on either of those (MS router would require a hardware hack so I'm gonna treat it as a "no") so if default firmware doesn't allow it (on either of the units) you're done.

    One thing- from the description it looks like you're talking about a single bridge not two bridges and a router. If that's the case you need only one of those routers to support bridging and your throughput gets cut in half only once (with each "hop" you get half the throughput of the last one)
     
    downloads, Aug 7, 2011
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    WDS

    Wireless Distribution System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    But most router doesn't have that out of the box and I doubt microsoft's have that. And router with different architecture is a nightmare(if possible) to setup WDS.

    How about just put a wired link between the two so one router is just a 'workstation' to the other ?
     
    chimpanzee, Aug 7, 2011
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    If both of your routers support DD-WRT then you can make a repeater bridge, but I don't think the D-Link 4500 router is supported.

    Repeater Bridge - DD-WRT Wiki

    It would probably be much easier to buy a repeater or better anteannes to expand the wireless signal.
     
    aylafan, Aug 8, 2011
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