[TriLUG] Another Plea for Wireless Networking Help

[Joseph Tate]

Jason Purdy wrote:

> Jim Ray wrote:
> 
>> You have to plug the router into your cable modem.  You can plug an 
>> access
>> point into a switch.  They definitely are not the same pieces of 
>> equipment.
> 
> 
> Gotcha.  I do have a wireless router plugged into the cable modem 
> upstairs.  But what do I need downstairs to convert the wireless to two 
> ethernet ports?  Access Point ... Router ... Adapter ... Bridge?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jason
> 
Bridge.  You can bridge one Access Point to another, but both have to be 
  pretty much the same brand/type (as bridging is not an 802 standard). 
  See your routers' documentation on how to enable bridge mode.