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Author Topic: Can 4500 and 4300 bridge?  (Read 5670 times)

bumbsles

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Can 4500 and 4300 bridge?
« on: July 29, 2009, 12:48:44 PM »
Hello i am replacing my dgl 4300 with a dgl 4500 and i want to know if there is a way to use the 4300 as a bridge or a wifi extender?  I know you can bridge two 4300's altho I've never tried.  The situation i have is my computer is upstairs and my xbox 360 and PS3 are down stairs they get very fluctuating signals and i occasionally get signed out of PSN, i mean i get between 70-90% on PS3 and 3 green bars on xbox but ingame signal is 2 orange bars  My thinking is that if i can make the dgl 4300 into a bridge or extender it has the 5dbi antenna stock I also have a 7dbi antenna that I've been using on it, as a bridge it might get better reception than the built in PS3 radio or the xbox 360 radio....

I don't wanna buy any other equipment.


Thanks for any advice. 
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Reinvented

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Re: Can 4500 and 4300 bridge?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 05:09:13 PM »
You cannot bridge them in the way that you are thinking.  However, you could disable the wireless on the DGL-4500, and attach a cable from 4500 LAN to 4300 WAN and disable DHCP on the 4300.  Setup a wireless network on the 4300, and there you have an AP.  That's a simple way to do it, but you cannot extend it unless you get an extender.  

Link>Bridge Mode vs Relay vs Acess Point (AP) / Routers vs Dedicated Acess Points (AP)
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bumbsles

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Re: Can 4500 and 4300 bridge?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 07:11:42 PM »
Ok thanks. That's what I figured.  Is it becuase the 4500 doesn't have wds? Would 2 4300's work that way? If yes then I ask am I gaining anything from the 4500 if I don't need 5ghz?
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Re: Can 4500 and 4300 bridge?
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 11:53:44 PM »
Quote from: bumbsles on July 29, 2009, 07:11:42 PM
Ok thanks. That's what I figured.  Is it becuase the 4500 doesn't have wds? Would 2 4300's work that way? If yes then I ask am I gaining anything from the 4500 if I don't need 5ghz?

WDS yes.  Two 4300's should still work, assuming that the WDS function still is in the firmwares.  5GHz isn't the greatest for indoors as we've discovered.  It has low wall penetration to have the signal reach.  2.4GHz is best.  You won't really gain anything, but you will lose that ability for better streaming and better network transfers.  (This is something that appeals to me with my music and movies)
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