On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:42:16 GMT John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
| On 19 Jul 2006 18:10:07 GMT, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote in
| <e9lshv0ai6@news2.newsguy.com>:
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|>Will the Netgear WGPS606 communicate wirelessly with the Netgear WGT624?
|
| According to the Netgear WGPS606 web page:
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| Works with all standard 802.11g and 802.1b wireless routers and
| access points
|
| That includes the WGT624.
|
|>And just to be sure I'm not forgetting to ask a question I perhaps need
|>to ask (though I think if the above is YES, these should be as well,
|>but I have learned with consumer wireless stuff, presumptions are bad):
|>
|>Will a computer attached to the WGPS606 via one of its ethernet ports
|>be able to communicate with a computer attached to the WGT624 via one
|>of its ethernet ports?
|
| If properly configured, yes.
|
|>Will a computer attached to the WGPS606 via one of its ethernet ports
|>be able to communicate with with the broadband internet attached to
|>the WGT624?
|
| Ditto.

Then this may be the way for me to achieve what I want with one more device,
which I would expect to buy anyway (through previously was going to get a
3rd WGT624).

WGPS606 connected by ethernet to wired switched LAN with my servers and
desktops. WGT624(1) connected to DSL modem. WGT624(2) at brother's house
connected to his cable modem (via WAN port) and desktop. I might be able
to use his cable modem, but he won't be able to use my DSL except via a
router or proxy I set up.

Hopefully the following will then also work to reach the printer.

Add the IP address of the WGT624(1) router (bridge side) to the HP 6980
printer as default gateway. Add HP 6980's IP address in route table of
the Linux machines that need to print with gateway being the WGT624(1)
IP address.

Although the WGPS606 has 2 USB printer ports and the HP 6980 can also
work on USB, for other reasons, these need to be a substantial distance
apart and running a wire is not practical. The HP 6980 sees full signal
strength at the other end of the house with either WGT624 when I connect
them on the wired LAN.

If the above works, then the only remaining issue is the RF path between
my house and my brother's house across the street. Unfortunately the
WGPS606 does NOT have the range extender that the WGT624 has, so there
is less chance of this succeeding.

The WGT624 has the 108 Mb capability, but it looks like there's no way
for me to use it. I would have been better off with WGR614's.

Maybe I would have been better off with some other brand models that can
attach external antennas and put some gain between the two houses. I did
see a +9dbi omni and a +18dbi panel on Netgear's web site.

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