 Re: extending range: torn between "expensive but supposedly safe" and "risky, but cheap and geekishly rewarding"
Swann <swann@tempsperdu.fr> wrote:
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> a) buy an access point, they have a D-Link at about EUR 40.00, and configure
> it as an extender for my "router-configured-as-an-ap" :)
The D-Link model DWL-G700AP is a reasonably priced access point that can
be configured to act as a repeater - when the firmware has been updated
to v2.1. It repeats the wireless signal here from my Trendnet
TEW-510APB. Works with WPA-PSK encryption.
> b) buy a proper extender, the only one they have at the shop is a D-Link
> that costs about EUR 99.00.
Would that be the DWL-G710 Extender? They cost twice as much as the
G700.
What's the difference between a repeater and an extender?
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