XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   On Sat, 04 Mar 2023 17:18:46 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:   
      
      
   >>[1] It starts as a wireless client bridge connected to any AP in the home   
   >>[2] For free it adds a few more ports at that PC if you need more Ethernet   
   >>[3] And for free it adds two Wi-Fi access points at the location of the PC   
   >   
   > If you use it as a client, then you're using one of the radios, leaving   
   > the other radio available. I may not be fully up to speed, but I don't   
   > remember being able to use one radio in client mode and the other radio   
   > in AP mode. If you decide to go that route, check into that.   
      
   The more I look into what to do with this spare router the greater my   
   appreciation for how powerfully versatile these little things really are.   
      
   This morning I flashed it with DD-WRT so now it's even more versatile.   
      
   I'm going to set it up in one of two configurations, depending on where I   
   decide to put it (and if I can get the setup to work how I think it will).   
      
   The two weakest locations current in the house are the kitchen & a bedroom   
   where the kitchen could use stronger signal & the bedroom has a desktop PC.   
      
   [1] Bedroom PC Ethernet set up as wireless client + wireless repeater.   
   [2] Kitchen standalone Internet station, set up as a wireless repeater.   
      
   >>I don't see any disadvantage of this other than it uses up the one Ethernet   
   >>port most PCs have but if you're not using it, then that's not a drawback.   
   >   
   > Not a con because where you initially had one Ethernet port, now you   
   > have three.   
      
   I don't see any disadvantages no matter how I set it up because I gain   
   three ports (you can even gain four ports with dd-wrt settings) and I gain   
   two access points (but I see above you say maybe I only gain one AP).   
      
   My two choices I'm focusing on learning how to set up are these two.   
      
   [1] Bedroom PC Ethernet set up as wireless client + wireless repeater.   
       This accomplishes three things, for free, because it is probably a   
       stronger connection over Wi-Fi to the router (via the wireless bridge)   
       and it adds one (or two?) strong access points in the bedroom   
       (for things like a cellphone and laptop PC to use) and it adds three   
       (or four?) Ethernet ports to the PC (DD-WRT has a setting to make the '   
       yellow WAN port into a LAN port so that would add four extra RJ45s).   
      
   [2] Kitchen standalone Internet station, set up as a wireless repeater.   
       This accomplishes two things, for free, because portable devices in   
       the kitchen can make use of the one (or two) access points of the   
       spare router, and if needed, it adds four (or five) Ethernet ports too.   
      
   Either way, it's more useful than a dumb switch would be so I'm glad people   
   were able to help guide me to put the spare router to a better purpose.   
      
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