When I purchased my Linksys BEFSX41 I had two spare wireless routers a D-Link WBR-1310 and a WBR-2310 respectively. What to do? Turn them into wireless AP's (access points) of course! Increase your wireless coverage, look cool!
First thing's first, set up DHCP on your main router. For me it's the BEFSX41. Set your DHCP range, for example 192.168.0.150-199 giving you some room for wireless devices.
Now login to your router (most likely 192.168.x.1) which is converting to an AP, the WBR-1310/2310 for me. Turn DHCP off and set the router IP to below or above the DHCP range. So for example, 192.168.0.149, 192.168.0.200 etc.
Once you have configured your AP, plug the ethernet cable into one of the LAN ports, not the WAN port. See below.
Check the LAN connection then check the AP wireless connection.
This method can work with more access points as well (in my case, two AP's).
What now? Well, if you have two [802.11b/g] AP's set them to non-overlapping channels. Change them to either channels 1, 6 or 11. For more info see here.
Comments, ideas and so forth are appreciated :)
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Problem
Hey guys I have a problem. Like you I have a D-Link DIR655 I want to turn into an ap. My other router is a 10/100/1000 mbps Leviton product. I did all the things required. When the browser refreshed, it went to the leviton setup page, which means it worked. But then, 5 seconds after, the connection goes to "limited or no connectivity" and I cannot access the leviton router or the internet anymore. Any thoughts?
Re: Problem
Hmm sorta sounds like an IP conflict. Make sure you set your IP for the AP to above or below your DHCP range. Not sure that's gonna help, but maybe so :)Edit: I set up my DIR-655 as a AP the other day. I'd suggest reading this tutorial.
Thanks Easton for a well documented tutorial that WORKS!
Thanks Easton for an excellent post that work!!!
I followed Easton's instructions and turned my D-link DIR-655 wireless router into a pure Wireless Access Point (WAP) that is connected to DGL-4100 gamer lounge gigabit wired router.
I did this in one pass under 5 minutes by connecting my laptop to a LAN (not the WAN) port on the DIR-655 and calling up 182.168.0.1 using Firefox.
As Easton said: you do 2 things
1) change the IP address of the soon-to-be-a-WAP-router to a number above or below the DCHP range (above 192.168.0.99 or below 192.168.0.200)
2) disable DCHP
I would add a footnote:
a) if the DIR-655 wireless parameters have has been set (SSID name, password, WEP/WAP/WAP-2 security mode), leave them alone so you don't have to do anything with the desktops or laptops later. This way, after the required reboot of the soon-to-be-a-WAP-router, you just disconnect it from your laptop, plug it in LAN to LAN to the main router, and you all your wireless desktops/laptops will work as before without any need to reconfigure their wireless network settings.
Hien
I'm glad my tuturial worked
I'm glad my tuturial worked out for you! In that case, I'll keep 'em coming ;)
My WBR-1310 doesn't process wireless DHCP after a few days
My WBR-1310 doesn't process wireless DHCP after a few days.
My unit is:
WBR-1310 Hardware Version: B1 Firmware Version: 2.02
I bought a Belkin unit on black Friday and replaced the D-Link and followed your instructions on turning the D-Link into an access point.
It works great, but after a few hours the D-Link doesn't see to pass DHCP and I have to reboot it.
What version are the units you're using?
Thanks,
John
My WBR-1310 hardware's
My WBR-1310 hardware's version is D1 with firmware verison 4.00 by default, but I have 4.13 running. Could there be a conflict of IP's?