Surely they wouldn't connect if they didn't have the same SSID... they
wouldn't be able to find each other. As long as they are on a
different channel, they should not conflict, just happily overlap.

The school I work in is set out in the same way with the Access Points,
three of which have the same SSID so that laptops can connect to the
same SSID without reconfiguration whereever they are in the school... I
can't see why a home network should be any different.

The question would be can I route from one router to the other through
IP addresses alone in the same SSID or not... if I need a cable, as it
would not be possible wirelessly, then fair enough. That really is one
of my questions.


Kerry Liles wrote:
> Most(?) wireless routers can only act as access points when they are
> connected by RJ45 to the "other" router... You may find something about that
> in the docs for your router. I also don't think you want both routers to
> have the same SSID... I'll have to do some more reading on this, but that
> is my first suggestion of possible issues for you.
>
> HTH
>
> Kerry
>
>
> <buonacorsi@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167411861.782653.294770@a3g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
> > In the next few days I am soon to join Orange, after leaving AOL, and
> > shall receive an Orange Livebox, which, as far as I am aware, in
> > basically a normal wireless router.
> >
> > I currently have a Netgear DG834G wireless router, and as the wireless
> > signal can fluctuate in our house (environmental reasons I believe) I
> > was thinking of demoting the Netgear to just an Access Point; having
> > the Netgear upstairs, and the Livebox downstairs with the phone line.
> >
> > I really just need confirmation on how to go about this. I know I
> > shall have to disable DHCP on the Netgear, and change the SSID on both
> > routers to the same.
> >
> > Now, if I change the "Internet IP Address" on the Netgear to the IP
> > Address of Livebox (making it the default gateway, in essence), and
> > change the former "LAN TCP/IP Setup" option from what was the gateway
> > to a new IP address within the range, would this be sufficent?
> >
> > i.e.
> >
> > PC --> Netgear (IP:192.168.0.10) --> Livebox (IP:192.168.0.1) -->
> > Internet
> > ^
> > 192.168.0.11____________________________DHCP/
> >
> > (I hope that diagram comes out right).
> >
> > Basically I would be changing the Netgear Router's static gateway IP
> > Address into just a static IP Address for access, and sending any
> > traffic through to the Livebox Static IP (new gateway) through what
> > used to be the IP that would access the Internet...
> >
> > Or am I just over-complicating things?
> >
> > Would this work, and would my computer upstairs find the SSID (Ch:9) on
> > the Netgear, send traffic through to Livebox, with the same SSID
> > (Ch:10) and DHCP come from the Livebox...
> >