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Title: How do I connect two DIR655's together to increase coverage
Post by: themoose91 on February 16, 2009, 07:06:46 PM

I am trying to connect two DIR-655's together to increase wireless coverage.  I have one DIR-655 connected at a cable modem and its configured and works well.  I ran a Cat5 cable from that DIR-655 to another DIR-655 but cannot seem to get it configured to work.  Is there a step by step method out there somewhere?

Title: Re: How do I connect two DIR655's together to increase coverage
Post by: ttmcmurry on February 16, 2009, 07:15:07 PM

Set these up one at a time; when you've finished with the first 655, power it off and then set up the second.
Link>  Turning a router into an AP. (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=40856.0)
On the 1st DIR-655
Set it up with the wizards included in the web interface
Set up any additional options you want (QoS, Port Forwarding, etc)

On the 2nd DIR-655
Set the Router's IP address to one that is outside of the 1st 655's range (e.g. 192.168.0.50)
Disable DHCP/SPI/uPnp/Filters
Use the Wireless Network Wizard and set it up identically to the first 655. Channels needs to be different. SSID and PW can be the same.

Now take your Cat5 cable and plug it into port 1 of the first 655 and run it to port 1 of the second 655.  Power both 655s up.

That should be it.

Remember if you want to make changes to Port Forwarding, Virtual Server, QoS, DHCP, Rules, MAC Address Fitering, Website Filtering, or any other changable feature, do it on the first DIR-655 only.