D-Link Forums

The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-615 => Topic started by: sdw303 on April 12, 2010, 01:06:46 AM

Title: Extend range with WDS, from DIR-615?
Post by: sdw303 on April 12, 2010, 01:06:46 AM

Hi, I've just received a DIR-615 from my ISP here in the UK.  I'd like to extend the LAN to another room.  Is the DAP-1353 suitable/compatible?  If not, what else should work?  Thanks, Dave.

Title: Re: Extend range with WDS, from DIR-615?
Post by: sdw303 on April 12, 2010, 03:00:14 PM

bump

Title: Re: Extend range with WDS, from DIR-615?
Post by: sdw303 on April 15, 2010, 04:27:55 AM

Does anyone know if a DAP-1353 will extend the LAN of a DIR-615?
Or do I need to turn the wireless off within my DIR-615 and get two DAP-1353 access points?
Thanks, Dave.

Title: Re: Extend range with WDS, from DIR-615?
Post by: sdw303 on April 16, 2010, 03:47:00 AM

I tried using a Draytek Vigor, and a Belkin router, and an Apple Time Capsule to extend the WLAN/LAN of the D-Link DIR-615 - to no avail.  I found out that the older Draytek doesn't support it, but the other two should, but wouldn't work.  Seems to me to be a compatibility thing.  Each manufacturer only tests against their own kit.

Upshot is that I got an Apple Airport Extreme, and have ditched the D-Link DIR-615.  All working fine, no drops, high speed.  Real easy to setup with the Apple kit.

So, to summarize:

Downstairs... WAN in --> Virgin coax cable modem --> Apple Airport Extreme WAN port (firewall, router, NAT) configured to allow WLAN extension --> (over air to upstairs) --> Apple Time Capsule (which incoporates an Airport Extreme) LAN port --> cabled to an eight port switch --> with several devices hanging off.


So all devices effectively in one LAN, i.e. the Airport Extreme downstairs acts as the DHCP server to all devices upstairs - plus I now have extended wireless range.


Simples.