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by mg123man
Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:22 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Setting up multiple wireless access points
Replies: 11
Views: 125244

A true access point will just have 1x ethernet port...so you won't have a choice but to run them in parallel. Router ===> AP 1, and Router ==> AP 2.
Or...you could go Router====> Switch...and from the switch run some lines to each AP individually.
Or....if you are reconfiguring some wireless ...
by mg123man
Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:14 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Setting up multiple wireless access points
Replies: 11
Views: 125244

APs in serial

Thanks, I have 2 Linksys WRT54G routers configured as APs, in serial. I'll need to check my AP 2 settings again and retry, but it has not worked yet. AP1 works fine. Will repost results shortly.
by mg123man
Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:31 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Setting up multiple wireless access points
Replies: 11
Views: 125244

router connected to 2 access points, do I connected in series or parallel from router

In setting up the additional wireless access points...make sure they're access points, or if you're using wireless routers for your second and third units....convert them to run just as access points. Meaning on the 2nd and 3rd router, after changing their LAN IP address to something like the ...