Bill ... Thanks for prompt reply.

Your suggestion makes sense.

I'm going to give your tandum feed configuration a try. It is going to
be a few days before my second DI-524 arrives and I have the opportunity
to lash it up.

see reply to ps56k's posting for my more detailed explanation.

WindsurferLA.

Bill Kearney wrote:
>> Multiple access points to flood an area.
>
> Better describe "the area".
>
>> I suspect the problem is interference from numerous other wireless
>> devices in the area.
>
> Possibly. But without describing where you're trying to do this it's
> impossible to say. If you have any control over the other devices it
> might be possible to reduce the amount of interference. But if they're
> not yours and you can't contact who's running them then it may not be
> possible to do what you're after. Rather it might be possible, but
> perhaps only with more access points, each running at a lower power.
>
> Likewise if the interferring systems don't need to be covering such a
> wide area it may be advantageous for THEM to reduce their own radio
> power levels.
>
>> A possible solution would be to position two separate wireless routers
>> (access points) toward the edges of the area with each wireless router
>> (access points) hardwire linked to the modem via (possibly an Ethernet
>> switch and) CAT5 cable.
>
> Without better info it's impossible to say if that's right or not. But
> yes, in general, you put an access point where you want coverage and run
> wire back to the switch.
>
>> My current wireless router / access point of choice is the D-Link
>> DI-524. It has been chosen because the native IP range 192.168.0.X of
>> the D-Link does not overlap the 192.168.1.X IP address range of the
>> router built into the 2WIRE2701 modem (wireless option disabled)
>
> All devices of this sort have configurable options for their IP address
> and/or IP range. Chosing one based on that is like chosing a green car
> because you think it's faster than a blue one (everyone knows red is
> faster anyway. Heh)
>
>> My guess is that I can either: (1) configure each D-Link wireless
>> router so they have non-overlapping IP address ranges and feed them in
>> parallel from a switch, or (2) disable the DHCP in one of the units,
>> and feed it (the second in the chain) from the first unit.
>
> Use one as a router, use the other as an access point. They can be on
> the same subnet, just make one of the run DHCP and disable it on the
> other. DHCP requests will be passed through one to the other via the
> wired ethernet connection. An access point is basically 'dumb' in that
> all it does is pass traffic from the wired network to/from the wireless
> clients connecting to it.
>
>