"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in
news:540h6vF1t2ts2U1@mid.individual.net:

> Homeplug aka powerline networking will work perfectly in your scenario
> (probably cheaper too). Even easier, netgear makes a unit that goes by
> the cable modem, plugs into that a power strip and the wap/router, and
> the second unit (that is also a wireless access point) plugs in
> anywhere else in the home and uses powerline networking to bridge to
> the router, and then uses that to create a wireless signal in whatever
> area it is plugged into...
>
> see Powerline Wireless Access Points (54 mbps about $130 for two/both
> units)
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...lineWirelessAc
> cessPoints.aspx
>
> if you want to do wired instead of wireless, same scenario (wap/router
> by the cable modem, and one of these plugged into the wap/router by
> the cable modem, and then the second unit plugged in wherever you want
> it bridged too)
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...lineEthernetAd
> apters.aspx (85mbps about $120 for both units)
>
> In case you are wondering, yes, you can have both types at once (I
> have both, and a linksys wrt54g wap/router) all plugged into my cable
> modem and a powerstrip.. I use the wired at one end of the house on a
> laptop with no wireless, and the wireless one in my sisters room (or
> the backyard when it's armer out) since she has wireless on her
> laptop... If you are wondering about multiple units, yes, I
> essentially have two units (one wired one wireless) connected to my
> wap router at all times, and during the winter use two plug in
> transceivers, but when warm have the ones that are like an ap and that
> I plug in (so I can use the sunroom or backyard)
>
> If you decide to have multiple wap/routers and each one bridged via
> the second above, turn off the dhpc server on the additional units (so
> you only have one on the unit by the modem) and just plug into the
> router ports - *not* the wan input port on the additional units
> (essentially turning the extra units into just wap's)
>


Thanks Peter! I think I will give this a try, but will use my own WAPs.
This will allow me to more easily upgrade the wireless coverage later.