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Title: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: BrollTheAmerican on March 29, 2010, 01:31:59 PM

My D-Link DIR-655 is my main router, plugged into my cable modem.
I have a Belkin Wireless G router that I'd like to place in another part of my home and connect other devices to via ethernet (VoIP phone, blu-ray player). 
Is it possible to connect the two routers wireless-ly?

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: EddieZ on March 29, 2010, 02:13:29 PM

No. DIR655 is no wireless bridge nor does it have WDS.

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: Longs on March 31, 2010, 10:05:39 AM

YES, if your other router (not the 655) has the capability to be set up as a client/bridge.  I have this setup working with a WRT54G using DD-WRT.  My main router is the DIR-655.

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: Nnyan on March 31, 2010, 12:30:09 PM

Longs

Can you detail how you configured your DD-WRT and any changes you needed to make on the DIR-655?

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: BrollTheAmerican on April 02, 2010, 11:46:32 AM

My other router, a Belkin F5D7230 does have the capability to be an AP/WB.
I just don't know how to get the two of them to talk.

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: kthaddock on April 02, 2010, 12:00:08 PM

Quote from: Nnyan on March 31, 2010, 12:30:09 PM

Longs

Can you detail how you configured your DD-WRT and any changes you needed to make on the DIR-655?

look here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged (http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged)

This belkin are supported by DD-WRT:
Belkin  F5D7230-4  v1000, v1010, v1111, v1112, v1222de, v1223df, v122
Belkin  F5D7230-4  v1444, v2000df
Belkin  F5D7230-4  v2000, v2000de
Belkin  F5D7230-4  v3000
Belkin  F5D7231-4  v1001

and not yet this:
Belkin  F5D7230-4  v9000

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: Nnyan on April 02, 2010, 01:25:09 PM

I've configured the DD-WRT router to communicate to the DIR-655 but the DIR-655 keeps disconnecting it (with a deauthentication message in the logs).

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: chadd on April 08, 2010, 11:37:36 AM

if i have the 655 set up as my main router, can i add a second in another part of the house as the AP?
if so, does anyone have any tips on making that work?

Title: Re: Adding a wireless bridge / AP
Post by: Mackerel on April 08, 2010, 09:28:51 PM

Quote from: BrollTheAmerican on April 02, 2010, 11:46:32 AM

My other router, a Belkin F5D7230 does have the capability to be an AP/WB.
I just don't know how to get the two of them to talk.

I do not know anything on the Belkin WB/AP you mentioned, but as long as you set up the same SSID, security (type and passphrase), and set the Belkin in WB mode (all this via a wired PC-connection into the Belkin), it should not be too hard. The 655 will 'talk down' to the Belkin, as long as the wireless g is set supported by the 655.