Config: XP Pro with ETH link to
Belkin DSL Gateway Router 54g.
This works fine with notebooks using (a) a Belkin Airplus 54G card, (b) an Artem card (811b with 11Mbps) and (c) an Artem USB adapter (811b with 11Mbps). WEP is disabled at present, DHCP enabled.
The signal is too weak to reach from the Belkin on the first floor to the Artem/USB in the cellar.
To extend the WLAN range I have installed a D-Link DWL-900AP+ and set it up in Repeater mode. Its WLAN lamp shows that it is receiving a signal, but it appears not to be repeating this further (i.e. no clients are connecting to it).
When connected via Cat5 cable to the Belkin g/w-router, the 900AP+ stats tell me that the 900AP+ is receiving/sending e.g. 5226/4762 good packets via ETH; over the same period the wireless figures are: received 15066, sent 2 (zero I could understand, but 2?); no packets are being dropped.
The 900AP+ log shows that no devices have connected to the repeater, so the test notebook on the ground floor is connecting to the Belkin, not to the D-Link repeater; the signal in the cellar is still too weak.
The Belkin 'sees' the 900AP+ on the cable, not on wireless.
I'm fairly new to networking; this is my first foray into wireless (running before I can walk?) and I'm stuck!
Any ideas?
ps the D-Link info warns that repeating is not defined in the 811b spec and that they only support it with other D-Link devices. The web article I read showed that it had worked in a heterogenous network - which is why I ordered it. Have I wasted my money??
Belkin DSL Gateway Router 54g.
This works fine with notebooks using (a) a Belkin Airplus 54G card, (b) an Artem card (811b with 11Mbps) and (c) an Artem USB adapter (811b with 11Mbps). WEP is disabled at present, DHCP enabled.
The signal is too weak to reach from the Belkin on the first floor to the Artem/USB in the cellar.
To extend the WLAN range I have installed a D-Link DWL-900AP+ and set it up in Repeater mode. Its WLAN lamp shows that it is receiving a signal, but it appears not to be repeating this further (i.e. no clients are connecting to it).
When connected via Cat5 cable to the Belkin g/w-router, the 900AP+ stats tell me that the 900AP+ is receiving/sending e.g. 5226/4762 good packets via ETH; over the same period the wireless figures are: received 15066, sent 2 (zero I could understand, but 2?); no packets are being dropped.
The 900AP+ log shows that no devices have connected to the repeater, so the test notebook on the ground floor is connecting to the Belkin, not to the D-Link repeater; the signal in the cellar is still too weak.
The Belkin 'sees' the 900AP+ on the cable, not on wireless.
I'm fairly new to networking; this is my first foray into wireless (running before I can walk?) and I'm stuck!
Any ideas?
ps the D-Link info warns that repeating is not defined in the 811b spec and that they only support it with other D-Link devices. The web article I read showed that it had worked in a heterogenous network - which is why I ordered it. Have I wasted my money??