"jtpr" <jtpryan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless router and a wireless access point. I want to use
> the AP to extend my coverage in the house. If I configure it at my
> desk using a hard wire connection as a repeater, then disconnect it
> and put it upstairs, will that work? Do I still need to have a
> hardwired connection? Or do I set it up as a bridge?
>
> I guess the short question is how can I, if at all, use the AP to
> extend my coverage without an ethernet drop at it's location?
>
> -Thanks,
> Jim

The AP has a 'MODE' menu that allows the repeater mode. Once It is setup
with the proper mac address you can unplug and move it.
Unfunny thing about repeaters, not all routers work with a repeater because
there is not standard protocol.
JPS