jtpr wrote:
> 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

as others mentioned - what models are involved ? duh ?

repeater mode -> receive wifi and re-broadcast wifi, no wires involved

bridge mode -> receive wifi and connect to local ethernet via single RJ45
jack.
I have a "bridge" running in the family room connected to a small 5-port
hub
to supply connections for Tivo and Xbox and other stuff...