help with 2 router extended wireless signal in home (or boost wireless signal)

We have a buffalo WHR-HP-G300N in the basement set up with wireless. The wireless setup is set up like this.

By the time the signal reaches the computer upstairs it is a very low strength, 1mb/s.

A friend gave me his Linksys BEFW1154 ver .4 . I have it plugged into a solid line upstairs and would like to extend the wireless signal coming from the basement.

Or

boos output of buffalo router?

Thank you

-pinky

That would be a BEFW11S4. I believe that is the worse router I have ever owned in my life...

It does not support any repeater or client bridge features that I know of. It also does not support custom firmware, which would add those abilities. Finally, it is a wireless-B only router, which would mean your Buffalo router would have to be using mixed mode and your upstairs computer would be limited to B speeds.

You could try to go into the wireless config of the Buffalo and boost the power output. Other options would be to run a cable to the upstairs or get a cheap router that supports wireless repeater mode. There are also some wireless repeaters and wireless ethernet bridges that you could get, but I bet you could get a router for the same price.

Use dd-wrt on them and http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linking_Routers

I can not figure out how to increase signal strength via the stock software. I can not load my own as that will void warranty.

The linksys is a no go.

So either buy new antenna or figure out how to boost signal with stock software.

any other thoughts. Thanks

pinky33 said:

I can not figure out how to increase signal strength via the stock software. I can not load my own as that will void warranty.

The linksys is a no go.

So either buy new antenna or figure out how to boost signal with stock software.

any other thoughts. Thanks

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It might void the warranty but how long is the warranty for? I've been running dd-wrt for years and only ever had one router die, and I think that it was do to a power surge, and that probably isn't covered under warranty anyway. Just saying that what are the chances of the unit dying within the warranty anyway

You basically want a wireless bridge to connect the two LANs. I still don't see how DD-WRT will help here. The Linksys does not support DD-WRT, only the Buffalo does. That would mean the Linksys would have to be the main router and the Buffalo would need DD-WRT and be set in Client Bridge mode.

To be honest, you would be better off just buying a cheap router like the ASUS WL-520gU or some wireless-N router that supports DD-WRT on it and use it as the Client Bridge. It would be almost the same price as an antenna and it would give you more functionality.

thehacker010 said:

You basically want a wireless bridge to connect the two LANs. I still don't see how DD-WRT will help here. The Linksys does not support DD-WRT, only the Buffalo does. That would mean the Linksys would have to be the main router and the Buffalo would need DD-WRT and be set in Client Bridge mode.

To be honest, you would be better off just buying a cheap router like the ASUS WL-520gU or some wireless-N router that supports DD-WRT on it and use it as the Client Bridge. It would be almost the same price as an antenna and it would give you more functionality.

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Thats exactly what I was thinking, make the linksys the primary.

I just bough a WL-520GU and it's great, I love the printer support with dd-wrt, now I can printer from anywhere without having to have a pc on.