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[KMac]

I currently have a DIR-855 on the second floor of my home in my SOHO and I get very poor reception on the first level of my home. For this reason I purchased a set of Netgear Powerline adapters to provide faster speeds to my HDTV downstairs. No problems there, this works great! My question is, if I were to purchase another Powerline adapter for my downstairs area, could I then hard wire the DAP-1522 to it and use it to supply a wireless signal to my downstairs level? If so, what mode will I need to use and I'm assuming I would need to let the DIR-855 upstairs take care of the DHCP settings. Also would I need separate SSID's and how to control which device my laptops connect to?

I know I've asked quite a few questions here but I've never used multiple devices like this before. I'm fine with a simple wireless network but not that familiar with using access points/repeaters, etc.

Any pointers would be appreciated or if someone knows a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do I'd appreciate any suggestions. I tried the D-Link high gain antennas (ANT24-0700) and they didn't improve my coverage much downstairs.

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

[Weatherman]

Hi Kevin,

Yes, you could hardwire your DAP-1522 to your powerline adapter in order to supply wireless signal to your downstairs area.  You would need to set the DAP to AP mode.  You do not need, or want, separate SSIDs.  You are merely extending your existing network to downstairs via the DAP.  No need to change anything else.  Your 855 will continue to provide DHCP.  You won't get the speed advantage of the DAP-1522 because you will be going through powerline.  And don't forget, the more devices you add to a powerline network, the slower that network segment becomes.  You may start impacting your HDTV with the additional traffic from the DAP-1522.  If there is anyway you can get some ethernet cable downstairs from your DIR-855, that would be ideal.  You could then connect your DAP-1522 to that and get some awesome throughput.

As for which device your laptops connect to, they should go with the stronger signal automatically which should be your DAP-1522.

Hope this helps.